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Black and white photo of dancer in a white dress.

Repertory

The Wait

COMPANIES

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

CHOREOGRAPHER

Milton Myers

WORLD PREMIERE

New York City Center, 1977

MUSIC

Antonio Vivaldi

COSTUMES

Duane Talley

LIGHTING

Chenault Spence

Milton Myers choreographed The Wait especially for Judith Jamison. In the solo, she moves “in a pleasantly Baroque way,” writes The New York Times, “showing the lovely harmony of her asymmetric arm movements.”

Black and White photo of a dancer in a white dress.

Judith Jamison in Milton Myers' The Wait Photo by Mario J. Ruiz

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 Mario J. Ruiz