Portrait of Billie

John Butler brings iconic singer Billie Holiday to vivid life in this poignant portrayal of the artist’s public glory and private demons. Butler’s theatrical movement vocabulary is paired with such familiar songs as “Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You,” “What a Little Moonlight Can Do,” and others in this sensuous, expressive ballet hailed by The New York Times as “Butler’s finest dance work” that has been “kept alive by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.”