Friday Open Thread | Alvin Ailey Dance Series

Posted on March 21, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Alvin Ailey GraceOne of the most popular works in the Ailey repertory, Ronald K. Brown’s spellbinding Grace is a fervent tour-de-force depicting individuals on a journey to the promised land.  Described by The New York Times as “astounding, something to be sensed as well as seen,” this spiritually-charged work is a rapturous blend of modern dance and West African idioms.  As in many of Brown’s works, the movement alternates fluidly between extremes, with eruptions of power coupled with lightness.  A serene solo for an angel-like figure in white gives way to fireball intensity as 12 dancers resembling urban warriors execute Brown’s whirling, pounding choreography, arms and legs slicing the air and fingers pointing to the sky.

Brown’s varied music choices closely reflect the heart of the work, with the spiritual grounding of Duke Ellington’s Come Sunday, the contemporary yet timeless house music vibe of Roy Davis’ “Gabriel,” and the West African and African-American traditions of Fela Kuti’s Afro-Pop beats.

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24 Responses to Friday Open Thread | Alvin Ailey Dance Series

  1. rikyrah says:
    March 21, 2014 at 5:34 pm

    Ametia,

    Did you see that Luvvie also planned James’ Homegoing?

    LOL

    http://www.awesomelyluvvie.com/2014/03/scandal-character-dead-funeral.html

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  3. Liza says:
    March 21, 2014 at 5:06 pm

    This article by TNC is excellent.
    Black Pathology And The Closing Of The Progressive Mind
    Ta-Nehisi Coates
    Mar 21 2014, 4:52 PM ET
    http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/black-pathology-and-the-closing-of-the-progressive-mind/284523/

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  4. Ametia says:
    March 21, 2014 at 4:37 pm

    Luvvie’s Scandal Recap:

    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: Scandal Episode 314 Recap

    We’ve all been playing the guessing game since last week to figure out who got shot on last week’s episode of Scandal. Some theories: * Quinn or Charlie shot the two people who were with David and James and then Jake shot the assassin to save them * Jake shot David * Jake shot James

    http://www.awesomelyluvvie.com/2014/03/kiss-kiss-bang-bang-scandal-episode-314-recap.html

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  6. Ametia says:
    March 21, 2014 at 3:52 pm

    The House has voted 54 times in four years on Obamacare. Here’s the full list.

    Sunday marks the fourth anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, however you prefer to describe it. (But Nancy Pelosi clearly prefers the former.)

    While Democrats are struggling with whether to embrace the law or push for changes, Republicans are reminding voters that since they took control of the House in 2011, they’ve voted 54 times to undo, revamp or tweak the law. Here’s a full list of those votes, as provided by GOP aides. Dates with an asterisk denote a bill that also passed the Senate and was signed by President Obama:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/03/21/the-house-has-voted-54-times-in-four-years-on-obamacare-heres-the-full-list/?wpisrc=nl_pmpol

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    • Ametia says:
      March 21, 2014 at 3:53 pm

      THIS COMMENT RIGHT HERE:

      John Boehner and the flood of new Tea Party winners in the 2010 election promised that House Republicans would be the ‘jobs creators’, since President Obama and the Democrats were doing such a slow job at it.

      What did America get from the Republicans?

      • Republican-controlled House of Representative bills passed by the Republicans:

      46 Bills on Abortion.
      113 Bills on Religion.
      73 Bills on Family Relationships.
      36 Bills on Marriage.
      72 Bills on Firearms.
      604 Bills on Taxation.
      437 Bills on Govt Investigations.

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      • Ametia says:
        March 21, 2014 at 4:34 pm

        GOP:

        ALL UP IN OUR HEALTHCARE
        ALL UP IN OUR VAGINAS
        ALL UP IN OUR FAITH & RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
        ALL UP IN OUR FAMILIES
        ALL UP IN OUR MARRIAGES
        ALL UP IN THEIR 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS, NOT OURS
        ALL UP IN TAX CUTS FOR ME & NONE FOR THEE
        ALL UP IN WITCH HUNTS ON POTUS & DEMS

        SO MUCH FOR SMALLER GOVERNMENT

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  9. SouthernGirl2 says:
    March 21, 2014 at 1:57 pm
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  10. Ametia says:
    March 21, 2014 at 9:19 am

    THIS ALL DAY LONG, UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME!

    Without facts on the missing airliner, the media make stuff up
    By Eugene Robinson, Published: March 20

    Let me go out on a limb: The Malaysian airliner did not get sucked into a black hole, vanish over the Indian Ocean equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle or crash-land on the spooky island from “Lost.”

    Those “theories” were actually discussed on CNN this week. Host Don Lemon dismissed them as “preposterous” before asking one of his assembled “expert” guests — there were six of them waiting expectantly in their boxes on the screen — whether, you know, such ideas really were so preposterous.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-without-facts-on-the-missing-airliner-the-media-make-stuff-up/2014/03/20/50c821f4-b06d-11e3-a49e-76adc9210f19_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions

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  11. Yahtc says:
    March 21, 2014 at 7:51 am

    Good Morning, Everyone :)

    SG2, thank you for this wonderful week of dancing by the group Alvin Ailey.

    Their talent and choreography is amazing!!

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