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A group of dancers scattered arounf the stage in different poses

Repertory

The Pleasure of the Lesson

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

WORLD PREMIERE

Lincoln Center, 2014

MUSIC

Original music by Robert Moses and David Worm

COSTUMES

Jon Taylor

LIGHTING

Al Crawford

RUN TIME

22 minutes

Award-winning choreographer Robert Moses’ first work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brings arresting visuals, a seductive score, and sensual movement for 10 dancers. Moses' choreography has been described by The Huffington Post as “a visually delicious beast that never comes short of dazzling the senses.” 

a group of dancers on stage stand in a circle bending towards the center.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Robert Moses The Pleasure of the Lesson Photo by Paul Kolnik

A man in red pants holds a woman up as she arches backwards

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Sarah Daley and Samuel Lee Roberts in Robert Moses' The Pleasure of the Lesson Photo by Paul Kolnik

A man lays on his back holding a woman above him.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Sarah Daley and Samuel Lee Roberts in Robert Moses' The Pleasure of the Lesson Photo by Paul Kolnik

Robert Moses’ new Lesson is a pleasure…Tightly focused, The Pleasure of the Lesson finds its subject in the space between the sexes…a delicate dance in which the lightest touch produces arousal, and electricity travels through the body in waves… The Pleasure of the Lesson is well worth a visit this week.

The Newark Star-Ledger

The pleasures lay in…a beautiful underwater softness here, percussive punch and whiplash speed there.

The New York Times