Black and white photo of a dancer. She has one leg in the air and her arms extended to the side.

Repertory

Variegations

COMPANIES

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

CHOREOGRAPHER

James Truitte

COMPANY PREMIERE

1964

WORLD PREMIERE

Henry Street Settlement Playhouse, NYC, 1958

MUSIC

John Wilson

LIGHTING

Nicola Cernovitch

Variegations is a work by James Truitte, choreographed in 1958, and danced by Joyce Trisler. It is a movement study based on the Horton technique, a plotless abstract dance of beautiful, sustained motion.

Black and White photo of a dancer with her arms extended forward and her leg kicked back behind her.

Joyce Trisler in James Truitte's Variegations Photo by Jack Mitchell

Black and white photo of a woman dancing in a white dress. Her hands are raised in the air.

Joyce Trisler in James Truitte's Variegations Photo by Jack Mitchell

A group of dancers in flesh tone dresses look up and reach their hands to the sky

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Hero Credit: Photo by Jack Mitchell