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alvin ailey's "cry" (a birthday present for his mother). happy mother's day to all
(I was looking for the judith jamison premiere, but could not find it)
In 1971, Alvin Ailey created one of his best-known ballets as a birthday present for his mother. Ailey dedicated it to "all black women everywhere -- especially our mothers." The three-part ballet, set to popular and gospel music by Alice Coltrane, Laura Nyro and Chuck Griffin, depicts a woman's journey through the agonies of slavery to an ecstatic state of grace: