Ailey Documentary Film Screening
Schedule
Thu Apr 21 2022 at 06:30 pm to 09:30 pm
Location
2136 Washington St, Roxbury, MA 02119-2022, United States | Boston, MA
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We are presenting a viewing of the PBS documentary - American Masters: Ailey at Black Market Nubian in Boston on Thursday, April 21, 2022, 7-9 pm (doors open at 6:30pm). The film screening will include a video introduction by Jamila Wignot. Joining the evening is Lisa Simmons, Roxbury Film Festival Executive Director, who will facilitate a post-screening discussion with Boston dance luminary Adrienne Hawkins. Adrienne, a towering presence in Boston dance for more than 40 years, will reflect on the film, time she spent with Mr. Ailey in Denmark, the legacy he left for Black dance and dancers, and other Ailey connections to the Boston area. Light refreshments available.
This is a pre-event gathering for the upcoming Celebrity Series production of Alvin Ailey, scheduled for April 28 - May 1, 2022 at the Boch Center Wang Theater in Boston.
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An eagerly-awaited sign of a return to traditions, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has for decades been one of the Celebrity Series’s most popular annual events, and a tradition dating back to 1968. The Ailey company brings back to Boston the power of dance to amaze and connect. New and classic works will appear alongside the company’s most enduring signature work, Revelations. More than a dozen dynamic works will be showcased during the company’s five-performance run, with Boston premieres, new productions and Ailey classics in each performance.
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This spring, social justice takes center stage in The Movement Series, which brings together three programs focused on the American and diasporic Black experiences into a unified whole. The Movement Series includes “Accommodating Lie” by Afro-Colombian dance group Sankofa Danzafro, Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s multimedia project “The Just and the Blind,” and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's return to Boston. Follow our journey at celebrityseries.org/movementseries
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2136 Washington St, Roxbury, MA 02119-2022, United States, Boston, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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