Revelations - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is celebrating six decades of "Revelations," a choreographic masterpiece that has become a lasting cultural treasure beloved by generations. Watch the company's full performance from the 2015 Lincoln Center at the Movies production!
The piece, which premiered in 1960, pays homage to and reflects African-American cultural heritage, which Ailey considered one of America’s richest treasures - “sometimes sorrowful, sometimes jubilant, but always hopeful.”
To continue celebrating the anniversary of this iconic work, check out Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's digital season, which will elevate Ailey’s legacy of innovation and excellence with premieres, interactive workshops, artist conversations and more. Visit AlvinAiley.org for details!
For more #LincolnCenterAtHome videos, visit LincolnCenter.org.

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@Mitzi73 3 ай бұрын

I don’t care what anyone says. Revelations was choreographed by God through Alvin Ailey. It’s supernatural.

@thomaslawton6605 3 ай бұрын

I agree, there will never be another.

@lisasmith7003 21 күн бұрын

I couldn't agree.more... the way I feel when I watch it proves that.

@prosperandpeace 3 жыл бұрын

For 10 plus years, my aunt took me to see Alvin Ailey every Christmas holiday season in NY. After all these years, Revelations is still my favorite performance. You can take the girl out of church, but you can’t take the church out of the girl.

@annebarnes9381 3 жыл бұрын

cool

@gloirajburgess 2 жыл бұрын

Q666++00+5

@marymoxley8103 2 жыл бұрын

Get thee back to church !!

@janellerollins5893 2 жыл бұрын

Just keep JESUS inside. HE don't do religion.

@ls2575 4 ай бұрын

I cried the first time I saw this live. It NEVER gets old. Thank you for having it here for me to enjoy.

@mayochupenjoyer 5 ай бұрын

i’ve never been religious and never will be, but “I Wanna Be Ready” has got me feeling something

@Mitzi73 3 ай бұрын

He conveyed with his body how ashamed he was with his life but he had the will to do better.

@HealingIsOk 9 күн бұрын

As a dancer with the Ailey company, I can assure you that revelations are an all-time favorite.

@thedarksideoflightdsol5385 Жыл бұрын

The "Fix Me Jesus" performance 🥺😭😭😭oh my Lord

@danmajors6786 3 ай бұрын

That's my favorite too. I cry every time.

@judybrauner6838 3 жыл бұрын

The only ballet company that brings me to tears of joy at every performance. Art at it’s highest level.

@corirene 3 жыл бұрын

*Modern

@joanrose5126 2 жыл бұрын

Takes my breath away - every time . . .

@louisegoldbergfriend3255 Жыл бұрын

I so totally agree!!!!!!!!!!

@Ola80660 9 ай бұрын

Yes, same here. My friends and I cry each time we see them in London. It’s just beautiful

@adowanyame3664 9 ай бұрын

My first time yesterday watching them in the UK, tears, heart felt tears and emotions that can only be described by being present! Our children all over the world needs to be exposed to this. Absolutely magnificent! Wow wow!! 🎉 🙏🏿❤️💯

@erothawilliams266 9 ай бұрын

Just come out of Sadlers Wells theatre, London, England seeing Alvin Ailey. First saw them as a 20 yr old black girl 40+ years ago. So blown away, l took much of my pay packet and bought tickets for my parents. They were working class immigrants from the Caribbean. Never seen live theatre or ballet. They didn’t want to go, felt they’d be out of place. I forced them to go. They came back THRILLED! Grateful l’d made them go. I try to go when they come back to London. Revaluations is a masterpiece. Lifechanging.

@latoriaharper7049 Ай бұрын

I SAW THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 7TH GRADE AT THE FOX THEATER IN ATLANTA N I'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN IT..... I LOVE ALVIN AILEY DANCE

@knownunknown1959 2 жыл бұрын

lots of tears, all thanks to GOD

@VuliZuluLAKeswa 2 жыл бұрын

long live the spirit of Alvin Ailey.

@mikebaker7776 2 ай бұрын

Just saw this in Chicago tonight for the umpteenth time. It still delivers the energy, emotion, and joy as it always has.

@latresephillips4831 2 ай бұрын

I saw it last night for the hundredth time, but it still makes my soul cry.

@sky-cx7eh 4 ай бұрын

the alvin ailey dance company visited my town during my time in middle school and we were lucky enough to be offered a free showing of revelations at one of our local theaters. that was almost 6 years ago, but if i close my eyes and really try, i can still see them dancing to ‘fix me, jesus’. a performance i will never in my life forget.

@134lalaland 3 жыл бұрын

I am once again... watching the Fix Me Jesus duet.

@justanotherti4790 2 жыл бұрын

I could watch it a million times.

@MakedaPennycooke15 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen this live multiple times and it still takes my breath away every time. Such beautiful artistry

@jasminedillahunt2984 3 жыл бұрын

It’s been my favorite since my mom first took me when I was 8!

@FateisDoomed 3 жыл бұрын

shut up

@jasminedillahunt2984 3 жыл бұрын

@@FateisDoomed LOL 😂 so sad

@FateisDoomed 3 жыл бұрын

@@jasminedillahunt2984 ????????????????????????????????????

@gloirajburgess 3 жыл бұрын

Just as fresh, relevant, & stunning as when I saw Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre in high school--over 50 years ago. Absolutely magnificent!! So grateful that Revelations is endowed.

@bethbluett4211 2 жыл бұрын

I did company class with AA company when they were in Sydney in 1965. AA said if I was black he ask me to join the company. What an honour!!!

@cammeron16 3 жыл бұрын

Fix me Jesus interpreted so very beautifully. The artistry is so evident and reminiscent of an era gone by. 👌🏾

@justanotherti4790 2 жыл бұрын

It is beyond beautiful.

@jazzyzee5894 3 жыл бұрын

There is nothing better than Alvin Ailey’s Revelations! I can’t see enough of it!

@bongiwekunene6331 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure if I'll ever get tired of this. Blessed to have seen it live

@erikadavis4696 Жыл бұрын

I love my people! What better way to celebrate Juneteenth than watching "Revelation." 2023

@AprilMartinChartrandMS 24 күн бұрын

OMG.. This is legacy of so many historical and cultural elements of living on this globe. This level of spiritual-ness and transforming these historical spirituals that originated in the new world of AmeriKa during the Ma'a'fa times... are a direct connection to ones ability to spiritually keep centered during the enslavement of the 1st Peoples of the African Diaspora some 500K years ago... This is a Zeitgeist level legacy piece.

@skrlreels2060 3 жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter how many times I look at this in person or on video...I'm still captivated each and every time. My reason for dancing all this time...

@suzannekane3743 Жыл бұрын

I saw this as a child in the early 80s with my grandmother in NYC. Created lasting impressions of my African-American heritage. Many try to imitate but this is a Masterpiece.

@TheKissyfer 3 жыл бұрын

Was starting dance lessons late in life (age 20 at university) and this was the first modern dance performance I ever saw live. Our professor, and modern dance instructor, picked THE BEST ONE EVER! So inspirational and I haven't seen anything top it to date. "Fix Me Jesus" is still my favorite. The turn she does @6:23 is incredibly difficult to do. "I Wanna Be Ready" is also very difficult choreography. But so beautiful!

@kshelaanofelaas1967 Жыл бұрын

I too started my dance journey (20 years worth) taking classes 'late' less than 2 months shy of my 19th birthday! A year before I'd seen A Dance Sampler on PBS (1975) featuring Alvin Ailey along with Pilobolus Dance and The Paul Taylor companies! I eventually began studying at the Ailey school and got a scholarship the next year! An AWESOME EXPERIENCE!

@yvesalexandre8895 3 жыл бұрын

I watched this show so many times on stage with always the same pleasure, the same goosebumps, and the same tears. Perfection at the top.

@retta1960 2 жыл бұрын

Yes...yes... yes. :) so right!

@Marikarmen 2 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@staceydowns8682 Жыл бұрын

The opening music before curtain, have tissue in hand. Then when Fix Me Jesus, Oh dear Lord, I'm always praying for that Woman to hold all she can. Always a great Man on stage that can help her. But if you notice, she does most of it herself. Truly excellent.

@patriciajbaker6904 3 жыл бұрын

Remembering seeing this beautiful artistry MANY years ago! Never to be forgotten! With Judith Jamison!!!!

@jackienaiditch7965 3 жыл бұрын

Me too! I saw Revelations at UCLA with Judith Jamison many years ago. An amazing life experience I'll never forget.

@margemastro556 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, me, too.

@karlwolf8703 Жыл бұрын

I saw this performed with Judith Jamison in, of all places, Wichita, Kansas in 1974 when I was in undergrad school. It was life changing!

@patemmert2672 3 ай бұрын

It still moves me to recall watching Judith Jameson dance 2:30 decades ago.

@saradennis2280 3 жыл бұрын

I can never tire of seeing this outstanding work of art. Happy 60th Revelations.

@dancingnature Жыл бұрын

I saw it live during the 70s . I was mesmerized by Judith Jamison’s arabesques

@alberton.1601 3 жыл бұрын

Where are you, people of the world? You should be seeing this!

@normamimosa5991 3 жыл бұрын

It was just posted a couple of hours ago. Absolutely stunning.

@oneworldpi 3 жыл бұрын

Americans NEED this Alvin Haley Presentation during this truly difficult and painful time! I am sharing the link by email with many.

@estebanruiz1715 Жыл бұрын

I was nine years old when I first saw The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater at The Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1970. It was a something I never forgot and I returned for many years as a young man when they performed at City Center in Manhattan. To this day, Revelations moves me to my core just as it did when I was nine.

@berryermamiermi642 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the first time I saw them perform, I cried tears of joy. Awesome ballet, Awesome dancers.

@dottiedavis355 3 жыл бұрын

A national treasure.

@lisak.h.1671 3 жыл бұрын

This is for me a pinnacle of perfection. How in the world are there 54 dislikes? I had the privilege of seeing them at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in LA...leaving the house dancing

@margemastro556 2 жыл бұрын

I went to dancing school because of my idol, Ms. Judith Jamison. The 1st time I saw her perform was in the '80's.

@kristinasylvester487 3 жыл бұрын

I never get tired of watching this.

@justanotherti4790 2 жыл бұрын

Never ever!

@phoenixphoenix8868 3 жыл бұрын

How come i am just now seeing this! Lord Jesus this is talent on full display! Ive never seen anything like this!! I am truly blown away

@musicalmedicinearrayartist764 2 жыл бұрын

The beauty of some of the simplicity is overwhelming in the choreography. The beauty of the movement is chilling.

@debgibson1334 2 жыл бұрын

STILL ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC PERFORMANCES!!

@SweetBrownGirl 3 жыл бұрын

This is my dream...I want to dance at this company!

@TheSabosabo 3 жыл бұрын

Every skin color is beautiful and mysterious

@ellengreenlaw8839 3 жыл бұрын

Now that is some dancing. Life!

@mtmcas 3 жыл бұрын

That ENCORE !!! 😭

@laurapruitt2016 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know how to choreograph anything. This is so great and well put. "Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel" is a winner!

@mariposaorofusionfoodchann7573 3 жыл бұрын

The dancers are breathtakingly moving! And all dance is set to African American spirituals!

@randysteiner6382 3 жыл бұрын

It almost felt like I was in the Kennedy Center!!! I miss feeling the theater beat with Alvin AIlay dancers! I am writing the check to Ailey as I type!

@wildsarsaparilla 3 жыл бұрын

Years ago, I had a dance teacher who loved Alvin Ailey. Revelations is indeed gorgeous, but some of those dances are killers.

@edwardsnyder9582 3 жыл бұрын

Alvin Ailey is great for any mood.

@valerieminster1626 Жыл бұрын

Rocka ma soul will get you every time. So much historical feeling.

@Mitzi73 2 жыл бұрын

You have to be an Olympic athlete to perform “Sinner man”. I actually cried watching it because not only is it a beautiful piece but yeah, when that day comes where are you gonna hide? Don’t die in your sin. 😢

@Itsyougirl_emilyloomer 3 ай бұрын

I have been learning about Alvin ailey in school for a bit and it’s surprising that he was inspired by church music

@paulad574 8 ай бұрын

Wow wow, we are a beaituiful People!! Spiritual and good! Left a legacy of love and inspiration! I love Black African people of amurdika. Alvil Ailey, left a legacy of amazing genius talent!

@Honeylvr 2 жыл бұрын

Revelations truly lifts my spirit and soothes my soul every time I watch it and hear that incredible soundtrack. So blessed to have seen this live! Incredible dancers and incredible choreography all around!

@jeremiad1962 Жыл бұрын

I've seen this live and on video SO MANY TIMES, but only just now realized that "I've Been 'Buked" is a visual overture to the piece as a whole, with elements from each of the later dances incorporated into it. Brilliant.

@barrywilensky9110 3 жыл бұрын

I miss seeing Dudley in I Wanna Be Ready. He was the best!

@latoyamoore642 3 жыл бұрын

I agree wholeheartedly!!! Brought me to tears when I saw him perform it live.

@geraldinegurman4853 2 жыл бұрын

I will never forget Dudley Williams! So reverent and filled with beauty and awe. Revelations is the masterpiece of the 20th century! I have said that since seeing it for the first time in 1968.

@funnidarling 3 жыл бұрын

Supremely beautiful, loves rocka my soul. It melts me every time i watched it.

@debgibson1334 2 жыл бұрын

Praying my daughter and I get to continue our tradition of our Mommy/Daughter date….only this time we’ve added my granddaughter!!! She loves music and dancing! The pandemic brought so much pain, but I rejoice in the gift of life that it brought in the form of my granddaughter!!

@sr.fabiolaherzog6020 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, for your wonderful Dancing. Jesus loves you. You make very much people happy. Me also. The Lord gives you much health. Amen

@lynettepeterson956 4 ай бұрын

I went to see the Alvin Ailey Dancers years ago. Just mesmerizing! I also visited the dance school in NYC. The opening dance “Ive Been Buked” is one of the most beautiful dance performances I’ve ever seen in my life. The different shades of brown of my people did it for me. The choreography is just beautiful! “Revelations” is my favorite!! When I bought tickets I made sure this was part of the performance.

@debgibson1334 3 жыл бұрын

Lord I have missed them so much! My daughter and I started a Mommy/Daughter Day for when this dynamic ensemble comes to Atlanta, and we missed it this year! I’m just in here to get my Revelations fix!!! The MOST DYNAMIC performance EVER!!!

@zukozikalala3175 3 жыл бұрын

My first time seeing this, in full i think: am moved, deeply💜✨🙏🏿.

@marytalmi7562 2 жыл бұрын

A masterpiece Saw Ailey at City Center many years ago.. by the end of the concert people were in tears, standing and yelling - most incredible concert I’ve ever seen - will never forget that feeling

@angelacamack1699 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect. Such a wonderful expression of faith and hope,

@gammie1017 3 жыл бұрын

had such an intense day today and watching this performance is exactly what I needed. Thank you to the greatest dance ensemble ever!

@elliottdb 2 жыл бұрын

Have seen it dozens of times and it still takes my breath away.

@hilaryginsberg5814 3 жыл бұрын

Saw them in Cape Town about 5 years ago! Magical!

@madeleinereads 9 ай бұрын

Watched the video of this in my modern dance class in college. Incredible!

@melissakoch8728 3 жыл бұрын

Spectacular as always. Cannot help but dance along!

@lelaayers3795 2 жыл бұрын

Never gets old. Love it every time!😁😁

@reneebranch9935 8 ай бұрын

Excellent singing, presentation, and dancing.

@Xesxs 2 жыл бұрын

I was only 8 when I applied for this dance troupe. Glad to see they are still together.

@caroldavis1608 3 жыл бұрын

💖 Every time! So beautiful!!

@Amina-cn6qt 3 жыл бұрын

Oh how beautiful!! Spoke to my spirit...thank you.

@Jahlel835 2 жыл бұрын

I'm grateful that this performance was updated☺☺☺☺☺

@deenawashington369 8 ай бұрын

Have seen this live so many tines. They are amazing and this routine is timeless ❤

@davidcobb7446 3 жыл бұрын

Bravo. I heard of this Theatre on a recent broadcast on France 24 news and had to see more and I am certainly glad I did. Thanks for sharing with us all. A breath of fresh and inspiring air greatly needed in these trying times.

@haliepersaud7239 3 жыл бұрын

Alvin Ailey was a amazing dancer so was everybody else I love this dance

@jackienaiditch7965 3 жыл бұрын

What an amazing performance! Thanks to the NYT for suggesting this on KZfaq.

@sheilasasson7064 3 жыл бұрын

So beautiful So emotional So moving. My yearly present to me!,

@prempillay 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Poetry in motion!

@princess8082 3 жыл бұрын

I love this choreographic dance plays

@rinnevanderhoff2995 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing,beautiful,giving me the chills,divine,thank you.

@selinarobinson6767 3 жыл бұрын

Love love love love love love love love love love love love Ailey!

@valentinatoth7897 10 ай бұрын

Saw this live two weeks ago in Edinburgh. One of the most moving and amazing dance performances I have ever seen! I was in tears at the end!

@ernecosta1 2 жыл бұрын

Adorável! Marvelous ! Love this choreography , Alvin Ailey you were a master !

@michaelparness2896 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t get through this without just bawling. But then again, good. 😌

@JacquelineRouet 3 жыл бұрын

SUBLIME ! Magnifique compagnie ! un grand MERCI pour ce partage : BRAVO

@anniem7202 Жыл бұрын

I love this SO much❤❤❤

@MichelleMcClure-nb1zj 2 ай бұрын

I saw this last night and I try not to miss it every year!

@justanotherti4790 2 жыл бұрын

Love love love love love this! The dancer in I wanna be ready was elegant and emotive. Love love love

@kristinmoreno9203 2 жыл бұрын

BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE! the Music is also SPECTACULAR!! BRAVO!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

@LisaClaudiaBriggs 2 жыл бұрын

Saw Alvin Ailey every spring in Boston for my birthday... i never tire of this piece.. magnificent. thank you ...

@mariadefatimacorreacoelhof3244 3 жыл бұрын

Caramba, vocês me hipnotizaram... Fiquei tão vidrada no show de vocês que esqueci de fazer comentários. Um espetáculo, nem precisa dizer o quanto são magníficos. Obrigada. Que vídeo espetacular. Muito bom mesmo.