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| Music Matters | ...Ivan Hewett talks to pianist Murray Perahia. Plus a feature on the ALVIN AILEY Dance Company, and writer Janice Galloway on her new novel based on the life of Clara Schumann.... |
| Revelations | ...Ever since it was created by ALVIN AILEY in 1960, the ballet Revelations has brought the audience to its feet, shouting for more. The lecturer and writer on dance Thomas DeFrantz traces the story and background to the signature work of the ALVIN AILEY American Dance Theater, inspired by the powerful spirituals to which it is danced and by the black Baptist church congregations of Ailey's Texas childhood.... |