Repertory
Song of the Anchorite
COMPANIES
CHOREOGRAPHER
WORLD PREMIERE
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: New York City Center, 2025
MUSIC
Maurice Ravel
Performed by Avishai Cohen, Yonathan Avishai, Barak Mori, & Ziv Ravitz
Performed by Avishai Cohen, Yonathan Avishai, Barak Mori, & Ziv Ravitz
COSTUMES
Jon Taylor & Jamar Roberts
LIGHTING DESIGN
Yi-Chung Chen
SCENIC DESIGN
Joseph Anthony Gaito
RUN TIME
- 8 minutes
Renowned Ailey choreographer Jamar Roberts gives a fresh take on the 1961 solo Hermit Songs, Alvin Ailey’s reaction to a set of medieval religious texts and the haunting song cycle by Samuel Barber that they inspired. The result is a powerful meditation on passion and devotion—both earthly and spiritual—danced to jazz trumpeter Avishai Cohen’s interpretation of a Ravel adagio.
Alvin - To you, I offer my eternal debt of gratitude for leaving behind a legacy of truth, power, beauty, and spirit. Because of you, we are seen. - Jamar Roberts |
Inside Look: Song of the Anchorite by Jamar Roberts
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Yannick Lebrun in Song of the Anchorite Photo by Paul Kolnik
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Yannick Lebrun in Song of the Anchorite Photo by Paul Kolnik
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Isaiah Day in Song of the Anchorite Photo by Paul Kolnik
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MUSIC CREDITS
“Adagio assai (from Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major)”
FUNDERS
Song of the Anchorite was made possible with support from Celestine & Howard Campbell.
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Hero Credit: Photo by Paul Kolnik