Trajal Harrell, A Way of Moving
In a career spanning almost 30 years, American dancer-choreographer Trajal Harrell has created a body of work borne of a rich imagination and an enquiring mind.
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The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s annual December residency at City Center featured four world premieres. I caught two: Hope Boykin’s “Finding Free” and Lar Lubovitch’s “Many Angels.” Both were in conversation with the troupe’s repertorial lodestar, Ailey’s spiritual “Revelations,” which closed the show. (As it does most nights, 27 times this season. Ronald K. Brown’s similarly uplifting “Grace” holds the finale honor 9 times, while Kyle Abraham’s “Are You in Your Feelings?”, Matthew Rushing’s “Sacred Songs,” and Alonzo King’s “Following the Subtle Current Upstream” close once apiece.) Like “Revelations,” “Finding Free” contemplated the path to heaven—with detours through the hell of oppression—while “Many Angels” started in a higher plane and stayed there. Both new dances were beautiful variations on the deliverance theme, making for an exalted Sunday night triptych.
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In a career spanning almost 30 years, American dancer-choreographer Trajal Harrell has created a body of work borne of a rich imagination and an enquiring mind.
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