Five women wrapped in dark pink fabric stand in a row holding their arms out.

Repertory

Sarong Paramaribo

COMPANIES

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

CHOREOGRAPHER

Lester Horton

COMPANY PREMIERE

New York City Center, 1989

WORLD PREMIERE

Lester Horton Dance Theater, 1950

RESTAGING

Masazumi Chaya

MUSIC

“Jungle River Boat” by Les Baxte

ORIGINAL COSTUMES

Geoffrey Holder

COSTUMES

Jose Coronado

ORIGINAL LIGHTING

Cynthia Caulfield

LIGHTING

Chenault Spence

RUN TIME

8 Minutes

Originally choreographed by Lester Horton for Carmen de Lavallade, Sarong Paramaribo demonstrates a meeting of two cultures in its use of elements from Asian and African dance. It is the only remaining dance of the suite entitled Estil de Ti.

Five women in pink dresses pose on stage

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Lester Horton's Sarong Paramaribo 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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