Alvin Ailey Revelations Analysis

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Alvin Ailey’s Revelations was a modern american dance. The 9 dancers formed a long diagonal line that whipped across the stage, spinning off and changing directions. Like the movement and the flow of the dance they were moving to the moody saxophone, the jazzy horns, and the fast driving percusssions.
The movement pulsates, catching the tides of the rhythms from slow to fast spins that seem so deeply occupied by the dancers. Movement of the rippling torso, legs and neck in fast motion and a frenzy of kicks. One dancer just thru her entire body into the solo with a circle of dancers surrounding her.
There were a lot of stretched out lifts and floor spins with a vast of color and movement. Revelations draws spirtual and gospel blue’s music.

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