Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Vernard Gilmore in Alvin Ailey's Reflections in D Photo by Paul Kolnik
Repertory
Reflections In D
COMPANIES
CHOREOGRAPHER
RUN TIME
4 Minutes
WORLD PREMIERE
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1963
AILEY II PREMIERE
1978
RESTAGING
Judith Jamison
MUSIC
Duke Ellington ("Reflections in D")
COSTUMES
Jon Taylor
LIGHTING
Nicola Cernovitch
MUSICAL STYLE
Jazz
Alvin Ailey originally created this powerfully expressive dance, performed to Duke Ellington’s score of the same name, as a solo for himself in 1963. Just four minutes long, it was devised as an interlude to give the other dancers time to change costumes between ballets. It has become an enduring work in the Company’s repertory—Judith Jamison called it “a tone poem, a quiet, sparkling jewel.” Reflections In D is an example of Mr. Ailey’s masterful expression of Ellington’s music and has been performed by many of the Company’s formidable dancers, including Clifton Brown, Dudley Williams, and Matthew Rushing.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Michael Jackson, Jr. in Alvin Ailey's Reflections in D Photo by Paul Kolnik
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Vernard Gilmore in Alvin Ailey's Reflections in D Photo by Paul Kolnik
FUNDERS
Generous support for this production of Reflections in D was received from Laren and Jesse Brill.
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