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Repertory

Sacred Songs

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

WORLD PREMIERE

New York City Center, 2024

ASSISTANT TO THE CHOREOGRAPHER

Alexandria Johnson

MUSIC

Du’Bois A’Keen

COSTUME DESIGN

Dante Baylor

LIGHTING DESIGN

Andre A.Vazquez

Featuring songs used in the original 1960 version of Alvin Ailey’s seminal Revelations but later omitted, this stirring work resurrects and reimagines those spirituals as an offering to our present need for lamentation, faith, and joy.

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Funders

The creation of Sacred Songs is supported by The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey - Sara & Bill Morgan New Works Endowment Fund, Tracy Elise Poole, Red Moose Charitable Trust, The Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn & Nicolas Rohatyn New Works Endowment Fund, and Daria L. & Eric J. Wallach.