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Sara Yarborough, Mel Tomlinson in Time Before, The Time After, After The Time Before

Repertory

The Time Before the Time After (After the Time Before)

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

COMPANY PREMIERE

New York City Center, 1977

WORLD PREMIERE

Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1972

MUSIC

Igor Stravinsky, (“Concertino for String Quartet”)

ORIGINAL COSTUMES

Priamo

COSTUMES

Jeremy Tjhung

LIGHTING

Chenault Spence / Clifton Taylor

RUN TIME

11 Minutes

The Time Before the Time After (After the Time Before) is an intricate and passionate pas de deux for a pair of angry but clinging lovers. In this psychologically riveting work, the dancers probe the sensual subtleties of a relationship and combine stunning athleticism with the purity of classical ballet. 

Donna Wood, Ulysses Dove in The Time Before the Time After (After the Time Before)

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Donna Wood and Ulysses Dove in Lar Lubovitch's The Time Before the Time After (After the Time Before) Courtesy of the Ailey Archives

Sara Yarborough, Mel Tomlinson in Time Before, The Time After, After The Time Before

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Sara Yarborough and Mel Tomlinson in Lar Lubovitch's The Time Before the Time After (After the Time Before) Photo courtesy of the Ailey Archives