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A group of dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performing "Are You in Your Feelings" by Kyle Abraham. They are on stage in vibrant, flowing pants and crop tops, with a blue background and a curved light above them.

Repertory

Are You in Your Feelings?

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

WORLD PREMIERE

New York City Center, 2022

MUSIC

Various Artists

REHEARSAL ASSOCIATE

Stephanie Teraski

Costumes

Karen Young

LIGHTING

Dan Scully

RUN TIME

32 Minutes

Acclaimed choreographer Kyle Abraham’s Are You in Your Feelings? is a celebration of Black culture, Black music, and the youthful spirit that perseveres in us all. Scored to a “mixtape” of soul, hip hop, and R&B, it highlights the bridge between music, communication, and personal memory. Abraham combines hip hop and modern dance vernaculars to create a dynamic and thoroughly contemporary movement language, with the dancers shifting from technical virtuosity to interactions that convey emotional and romantic entanglements.

"The choreographer Kyle Abraham knows how to make a playlist... [His third work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater] unfurls to an R&B, soul and hip-hop compilation of thoroughly danceable songs about love and relationships...The dancing commands attention right away...I can imagine happily returning to see it again and again." Read more in The New York Times review "The Ups and Downs of Love." 

A group of dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performing "Are You in Your Feelings" by Kyle Abraham. They are captured in mid-jump, wearing colorful flowing pants and crop tops, set against a bright blue background with a curved light above them.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Kyle Abraham's Are You in Your Feelings? Photo by Paul Kolnik

A group of dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater standing in a line, performing "Are You in Your Feelings" by Kyle Abraham. They wear vibrant, flowing pants and crop tops against a bright blue background with a curved light above them.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Kyle Abraham's Are You in Your Feelings? Photo by Paul Kolnik

A group of dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performing "Are You in Your Feelings" by Kyle Abraham. They are on stage in vibrant, flowing pants and crop tops, with a blue background and a curved light above them.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Kyle Abraham's Are You in Your Feelings? Photo by Paul Kolnik

A woman in an orange top and purple pants leans next to a man in a pink top and pants leaning forward with one leg in the air.

Ashley Green and Chalvar Monteiro in Kyle Abrahams Are You in Your Feelings Photo © Tony Powell

See It Live

Music Credits

“I Love You” is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. “I Only Have Eyes for You” performed by The Flamingos, courtesy of Warner Chappell. “A Breaux's Tale” and “Roster” performed by Jazmine Sullivan, courtesy of Warner Chappell and Kobalt Music Publishing. “Forgive Them Father” performed by Lauryn Hill, courtesy of Sony Music Publishing. “That’s How You Feel” performed by Drake, courtesy of Sony Music Publishing. “I’ll Call U Back” Performed by Erykah Badu, courtesy of Sony Music Publishing and Universal Music Publishing. “Woman to Woman” performed by Shirley Brown, courtesy of Universal Music Publishing. “Symptom Unknown” performed by Maxwell, courtesy of Sony Music Publishing. “Session 32” performed by Summer Walker, courtesy of Warner Chappell. “LOVE. ft. Zacari.” performed by Kendrick Lamar, courtesy of Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell, Kobalt Music Publishing, and Universal Music Publishing. “While We’re Young” performed by Jhené Aiko, courtesy of Universal Music Publishing.

Funders

The creation of Are You in Your Feelings? was supported by commissioning funds from New York City Center. Are You in Your Feelings? was made possible with major support from Michele & Timothy Barakett, Melinda & Paul Pressler, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn & Nicolas S. Rohatyn New Works Endowment Fund, and The Pamela D. Zilly & John H. Schaefer Endowment Fund. Additional support was provided by an Anonymous supporter, The Fred Eychaner New Works Endowment Fund, and The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey - Sara and Bill Morgan New Works Endowment Fund.