Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Talley Beatty's Stack-Up Photo by Paul Kolnik
Repertory
Stack-Up
COMPANIES
CHOREOGRAPHER
WORLD PREMIERE
New York City Center, 1982
ASSISTANT TO CHOREOGRAPHER
Ralph Paul Haze
RESTAGING
Masazumi Chaya
MUSIC
Earth, Wind & Fire; Grover Washington, Jr.; Fearless Four; Alphonze Mouzon
ORIGINAL COSTUMES
Carol Vollet-Kingston
RECONSTRUCTED COSTUMES
Barbara Forbes
DÉCOR
Adapted from a painting by Romare Bearden
LIGHTING
Chenault Spence / Tom Skelton
A throbbing 1970s soundtrack that includes Grover Washington, Jr., and Earth, Wind & Fire drives the sizzling pyrotechnics of this work. Set against an urban backdrop on a hot summer night—when passions are strong, and tempers are fierce—patrons in a crowded disco dance with attitude, sass, and sometimes despair as an aloof drug pusher and two displaced lovers hurtle toward a collision. Inspired by the lives of Los Angeles’ disparate inhabitants, Stack-Up depicts the emotional “traffic” in a community that is stacked on top of each other.
Jamar Roberts in Talley Beatty's Stack-Up Photo by Paul Kolnik
S. Dumas, G. DeVore, C. Monteiro and D. Harder in Talley Beatty's Stack-Up Photo by Paul Kolnik
Yannick Lebrun and Constance Stamatiou in Talley Beatty's Stack-Up Photo by Paul Kolnik
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Talley Beatty's Stack-Up Photo by Paul Kolnik
Stack-Up functions as social commentary that beckons the audience to join in on the fun.
Stack-Up, a panoramic look at urban street life in late 20th-century Los Angeles—with a backdrop adapted from a painting by Romare Bearden—sizzles with disco energy, mixing critique and affection for its seventeen characters.
Funders
This production of Stack-Up was made possible with generous support from The Honorable Amalya L. Kearse.
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