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Repertory

Anointed

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

MUSIC

Moby & Sean Clements

WORLD PREMIERE

New York City Center, 2010

CHOREOGRAPHIC ASSISTANTS

Sean Carmon, Levi Marsman, and Makeda Crayton

MUSIC

Moby and Sean Clements

COSTUMES

Christopher L. Huggins

COSTUME CONSULTANT

Jon Taylor

LIGHTING

Al Crawford

Former Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dancer Christopher L. Huggins—acclaimed for crowd-pleasing dances that rev up dancers and audiences alike with high-speed movement, unexpected patterns, and kinetically charged gestures—made his first contribution to the repertory with this piece set to music by Moby and Sean Clements. Huggins described his work as “a tribute to the Ailey legacy” and over the course of the ballet’s three sections—“Passing,” “Sally Forth,” and “52 and counting”—he depicts the passing of the torch from Mr. Ailey to Judith Jamison to Robert Battle. 

A female dancer performs on stage, wearing a sleeveless purple dress. She stands with her arms raised above her head, hands gracefully positioned.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Linda Celeste Sims in Christopher L. Huggins' Anointed Photo by Gert Krautbauer

A duet holding hands while one of them lifts their leg in the air. The light is dim and red.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Ghrai DeVore and Daniel Harder in Christopher L. Huggins' Anointed Photo by Gert Krautbauer

Two dancers wearing black. One is spinning in a dress.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Linda Celeste Sims and Jamar Roberts in Christopher L. Huggins' Anointed Photo by Paul Kolnik

News & Press

'Anointed', a photo story by The New York Times

 

FUNDERS

Generous support for this production was provided by The Fred Eychaner New Works Endowment Fund. This work was also made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts. 

Music credits

“Grace” (Moby) © 1997 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) and The Little Idiot Music (BMI). All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission. All rights on behalf of The Little Idiot Music (BMI). “Blessed Love” composed by Sean Clements. “God Moving Over the Face of the Waters” (Moby) © 1995 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) And The Little Idiot Music (BMI). All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission.