Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Season Preview with Robert Battle and Jamar Roberts

Sunday, November 14, 7:30 pm

Ahead of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's return to their home stage at New York City Center, Artistic Director Robert Battle, celebrating his tenth anniversary with the company, will participate in a discussion with dancer and resident choreographer Jamar Roberts prior to Roberts's farewell performance. Moderated by filmmaker Jamila Wignot (director of the acclaimed documentary AILEY), the conversation will illuminate Battle's and Roberts's choreography and the process of adapting dance from film to the stage. The newly appointed artistic director of Ailey II, Francesca Harper, will also join the discussion to share her story and vision for Ailey II. The company's acclaimed dancers will perform highlights from Battle's For Four, ahead of its premiere, capturing the pent-up energy of a world cooped up during the pandemic. Also featured will be excerpts from Roberts's Holding Space, a work about healing and the quest for sustainable pathways towards wholeness. Highlights from digital works will be screened, including Roberts's A Chronicle of a Pivot at a Point in Time, commissioned by Works & Process for premiere in 2022 at the Guggenheim.