A shirtless man in billowing white pants reaches up to the sky

Repertory

Black Milk

CHOREOGRAPHER

COMPANY PREMIERE

New York City Center, 2002

WORLD PREMIERE

1985

ASSISTANT TO CHOREOGRAPHER

Adi Salant

MUSIC

Paul Smadbeck

COSTUMES

Rakefet Levy

LIGHTING

Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi)

RUN TIME

15 Minutes

The Ailey men display their extraordinary strength in Black Milk, a physically demanding quintet by Ohad Naharin whose choreography has been hailed by The New York Times as "raw and elegant […] always powerful." Danced to a score for two marimbas by Paul Smadbeck, this tightly structured work challenges the men with its juxtaposition of tempos, textures, and energy.