A dancer in a bright red costume performs a mid-air split leap, framed by a large, glowing red circle in the background. Surrounding the leaping dancer, other dancers in grey costumes lie on the stage floor with their legs raised, creating a striking contrast and dynamic composition.

Repertory

Firebird

COMPANIES

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

CHOREOGRAPHER

Maurice Béjart

COMPANY PREMIERE

New York City Center, 2007

WORLD PREMIERE

Paris Opera Ballet, 1970

RESTAGING

Shonach Mirk Robles

MUSIC

The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky

COSTUMES

Joëlle Roustan & Roger Bernard

RUN TIME

22 Minutes

The Ailey dancers soar in the radiant grandeur of Maurice Béjart’s famous ballet Firebird. This dazzling work reinterprets the traditional fairytale as an allegory of revolution, idealism, and rebirth, played out against Igor Stravinsky’s glorious score.

Two dancers in red surrounded by dancers in white. One of the dancers in red is holding up the other

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Maurice Béjart's Firebird Photo by Paul Kolnik

A dancer in red leaping in the air like a bird

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Matthew Rushing in Maurice Béjart's Firebird Photo by Paul Kolnik

A dancer in red crouching down and holding their arms out like wings

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Matthew Rushing in Maurice Béjart's Firebird Photo by Paul Kolnik

A group of dancers in flesh tone dresses look up and reach their hands to the sky

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