LINK: Alonzo King Lines Ballet elegantly fuses spirituals, dance to mark 40th anniversary with ‘Deep River’Īlonzo King, Founder and Artistic Director of Alonzo King LINES Ballet, has been called a visionary choreographer, who is altering the way we look and think about movement. The intention behind the work is to remind me, the artists, and the viewers that love is the ocean that we rose from, swim in, and will one day return to, and that love, if listened to and deeply cultured, can bring us to liberation.” We have strived to make obvious that art is the inheritance of every individual, that art activates evolutionary growth, is an intellectual virtue, and the fostering principle for all that is made, done, or known. “As we look back on 40 years of work in the community, in ourselves, the programs, classes, and performances, both live and on film, we recognize that it is the same vision and belief that have carried us to this moment and will continue to carry this organization into the future.

The company will present DEEP RIVER, a deeply soulful, powerful new work that fuses Black spirituals with stunning dance, set to a score by jazz pianist, composer, and MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran and sung by Grammy Award-winning vocalist Lisa Fischer – developed in celebration of its 40th anniversary.

The San Francisco Chronicle proclaims that “Alonzo King is one of the few bona fide visionaries in the ballet world today” and his company is renowned for imbuing classical ballet with new expressive potential. Overview Change the way you look at ballet

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