The Alvin Ailey Company’s Odd Paradox

Alastair Macaulay: “Strangely, the difference between good and bad choreography counts for less at Ailey than at anywhere else. The lure is neither the individuals nor the material they perform so much as a more generalized feeling of large-spiritedness that the Ailey company always delivers. … Good or bad, taxing or simple, every work is accessible and appealing.”