Repertory

The Prodigal Prince

COMPANIES

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

CHOREOGRAPHER

Geoffrey Holder

COMPANY PREMIERE

1968

WORLD PREMIERE

92nd Street YM-YWHA, 1957

MUSIC

Geoffrey Holder

COSTUMES

Geoffrey Holder

LIGHTING

Clifton Taylor

RUN TIME

33 Minutes

This lavish ballet depicts real and imagined events in the life of the renowned Haitian painter, Hector Hyppolite. The goddess Erzulie and St. John the Baptist appear to the central character in a vision, inspiring his vivid, exotic illustrations of the African gods and goddesses that populate Geoffrey Holder's mystical theater and dance drama.

Photo of dancers gathered around a performer dressed as royalty

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Geoffrey Holder's The Prodigal Prince 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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