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By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Rennie Harris' Lazarus. Photo by Paul Kolnik

Alvin Ailey’s iconic “Revelations” is the big draw this week at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Wash, DC., but it was a new work “Lazarus” by Rennie Harris that wrecked Ernest. The Washington Post reviewer described the experience as being thrust into “painful territory.” There is slavery, lynching, and AIDS, but finally, there is a resurrection. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater grips audiences in the same way as the art we bring home. The lighting, sound, costumes, dance, and transmutation of faith make “Lazarus,” our art of the week.

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As part of its 60th Anniversary season, the Ailey organization welcomes choreographer Rennie Harris for an unprecedented year-long Artist-in-Residence program.