When the company moves into a state-of-the-art facility called “the largest in the country devoted exclusively to dance,” longtime company Artistic Director Judith Jamison creates a new ballet entitled Love Stories. Choreographed in collaboration with hip-hop pioneer Rennie Harris and modern dance maverick Robert Battle, Jamison explains that Love Stories expresses “the past, present and future” of the company. Ailey dancers take center stage in this documentary as the troupe brings this new work to the White Nights Dance Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia.
BEYOND THE STEPS tells the story of what it takes to keep dance modern, art relevant, and a legacy alive.
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DANCE PHILM presents
a BERTELSEN PHILM "BEYOND THE STEPS Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater"
featuring JUDITH JAMISON and ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
with ROBERT BATTLE and RENNIE HARRIS Directors of Photography MARYSE ALBERTI and JOHN FOSTER
Original Music by DARRIN ROSS Music Supervisor BILL COLEMAN Live Performance Editor GIRISH BHARGAVA
Editor LILLIAN E. BENSON, A.C.E. Co-Producer BECCA BENDER
Produced and Directed by PHIL BERTELSEN
