NEVADA BALLET THEATRE

American Dance Theater who will be performing two dance works on the program.



Matthew Rushing will perform A Song for You from Alvin Ailey's 1972 work, Love Songs with music by Leon Russell. Heralded by The New York Times as a "superb technician," Rushing has performed as a guest artist around the world and received the opportunity to dance for former Presidents George H. Bush and George W. Bush as well as current President Barack Obama.



Later on the program, Clifton Brown will take the stage and join Matthew Rushing in a duet from Concerto Six Twenty-Two by contemporary choreographer Lar Lubovitch. With music by W.A. Mozart's "Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra," Concerto Six Twenty-Two premiered in 1986 in Angers, France. Now, this eclectic work will enjoy its Las Vegas premiere as part of The Tried and True and the New and performed for the first time by Rushing and Brown.



Brown joined Alvin Ailey in 1999 and in 2007 he received the prestigious "Bessie Award" in recognition for his work with the Ailey Company. He has performed as a guest artist with Earl Mosley's Diversity of Dance as well as Miami City Ballet. In 2010, he performed at the White House in tribute to Judith Jamison.

Must-See Program



5 Works | Live Music* | Special Guest Artists from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater



Donizetti Variations | Music: Gaetano Donizetti | Choreography: George Balanchine

Song for You (excerpt from Love Songs) | Music: Leon Russell | Choreography: Alvin Ailey

*Still | Music: Adam Hurst | Choreography: James Canfield | WORLD PREMIERE | Live Music!

Cello: Adam Hurst | Piano: Vincent Frates

Duet from Concerto Six Twenty-Two| Music: W.A. Mozart | Choreography: Lar Lubovitch*

At the border | Music: John Adams | Choreography: Matthew Neenan



The Song for You solo and the duet from Concerto Six Twenty-Two features special guest artists -

Matthew Rushing and Clifton Brown from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. They bring break-through excerpts including the solo A Song for You is from Alvin Ailey's renowned work: Love Songs to music by Leon Russell; and the male duet from Concerto Six Twenty-Two from

a Lar Lubovitch work to the music of Mozart.





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