Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Hope Boykin's Finding Free Photo by Paul Kolnik
Repertory
Finding Free
COMPANIES
CHOREOGRAPHER
WORLD PREMIERE
New York City Center, 2024
ASSISTANT TO THE CHOREOGRAPHER
Terri Ayanna Wright
MUSIC
Matthew Whitaker
COSTUME DESIGN
Hope Boykin and Jon Taylor
LIGHTING DESIGN
Al Crawford
RUN TIME
37 minutes
Finding Free is not the absence of trials but the ability to carry weight,
gaining the strength to endure.
Hope Boykin's collaboration with composer and pianist Matthew Whitaker examines the challenges and restrictions throughout life’s peaks and valleys that propel the journey forward. This insightful work uses Boykin’s movement-language and Whitaker’s jazz and gospel influenced score to explore notions of personal freedoms.
Constance Stamatiou and Samantha Figgins in Hope Boykin's Finding Free Photo by Paul Kolnik
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Hope Boykin's Finding Free Photo by Paul Kolnik
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Hope Boykin's Finding Free Photo by Paul Kolnik
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Hope Boykin's Finding Free Photo by Paul Kolnik
See It Live
Funders
The creation of Finding Free is supported by The Barbara & Gary Brandt Family Foundation.
The world premiere of Finding Free is made possible by Judith McDonough Kaminski & Joseph Kaminski.
The choreographer is grateful for support she received from American Dance Festival
and the BAM Resident Artist Program during the creation of this ballet.
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