EDGES OF AILEY
18-channel ART AND FILM installation made BY FILMMAKERS josh begley AND KYA LOU, WITH adrienne edwards. CURRENTLY ON VIEW AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART. THE FILM CUTS THROUGH OF PERFORMANCES, INTERVIEWS AND ADDITIONAL ARCHIVAL MATERIAL THAT WEAVES THROUGH SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS THAT SHAPED THE WORLD FAMOUS CHOREOGRAPHER, ALVIN AILEY.
SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024 - FEBRUARY 9TH, 2025.
TOTAL RUN TIME: 55:07
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THE NEW YORKER “The sheer amount of energy that Ailey expended in order to make a self—and, by extension, a company—that reflected his curious, closeted, fearful, sometimes thrillingly reckless nature, which is to say, all his “edges,” is most stunningly represented in “Edges of Ailey” by an art work that Edwards and the filmmakers Josh Begley and Kya Lou have created.” — HILTON ALS, THE HOUSE THAT ALVIN AILEY BUILT
THE NEW YORK TIMES “Music — from Ralph Vaughan Williams, to Mahalia Jackson, to Laura Nyro — was the engine that drove Ailey’s dance. It’s everywhere here. It’s in the air thanks to the eclectic score for the mural-like video piece by Kya Lou and Josh Begley, filmmakers who worked with Edwards, the curator.” — HOLLAND CARTER, at the whitney, a stirring ailey tribute moves dance to the edge
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