Ailey All Access Presents GREENWOOD—Preview

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Ailey All Access GREENWOOD
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Donald Byrd's GREENWOOD ©Paul Kolnik studio@paulkolnik.com nyc 212-362-7778

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June 18-25, 2020

Donald Byrd’s Greenwood, an ensemble work that draws on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, is available to stream for free this week as part of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s observance of Juneteenth. There are also videos that invite viewers behind-the-scenes at the Ailey studios during the creative process, a short film that re-enacts the incident sparking the bloodshed, and a conversation with Artistic Director Robert Battle and Donald Byrd on Greenwood. Set to music by Israeli violist and composer Emmanuel Witzthum, Greenwood navigates through one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history and explores the story through different lenses of those who were affected.

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To learn more about Greenwood and the history of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, as well as to access questions to spark discussions, viewers can visit Ailey’s blog.

For more information and to view this performance, visit the Ailey All Access webpage for GREENWOOD.

Images courtesy of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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