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Get ready for a month of nonstop dance! "The Wiz" is back, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's "Chapel/ Chapter" is back, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is back, Camille A. Brown & Dancers are back, nicholas leichter dance debuts at the Joyce Theater with Larry Keigwin + Company, there is some tango in the mix, the dance community celebrates Ms. Katherine Dunham's 100th birthday, and a beloved young East Harlem company, GESTURES Dance Ensemble, celebrates their 20th anniversary.
June 9-14, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to BAM to officially close their 50th anniversary celebration with two programs: Program A: "Best Of," which includes Artistic Director Judith Jamison's "Hymn," [George Faison]'s "Suite Otis," and the Ailey quintessential "Revelations"; Program B: "Classic Ailey" features Alley's Blues Suite, works by Ailey compiled in "Anniversary Highlights" and "Revelations." For more information, go to www.bam.org or call (718) 636-4100.June 23-24, nicholas leichter dance makes its Joyce Theater debut with world-premiere performances of "Killa," an homage to dance music as a cultural movement, and "Free the Angels," danced to tracks from Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of life." Leichter shares the week with Larry Keigwin + Company. For more information, visit www.joyce.org or call (212) 242-0800.Get ready for a month of nonstop dance! "The Wiz" is back, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's "Chapel/ Chapter" is back, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is back, Camille A. Brown & Dancers are back, nicholas leichter dance debuts at the Joyce Theater with Larry Keigwin + Company, there is some tango in the mix, the dance community celebrates Ms. Katherine Dunham's 100th birthday, and a beloved young East Harlem company, GESTURES Dance Ensemble, celebrates their 20th anniversary.See the full content of this document
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June 2009 Dance Calendar
Get ready for a month of nonstop dance! "The Wiz" is back, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's "Chapel/ Chapter" is back, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is back, Camille A. Brown & Dancers are back, nicholas leichter dance debuts at the Joyce T...
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