Toronto 
Events Description
Using African-American spirituals, song-sermons, gospel songs, and holy blues, Alvin Ailey’s Revelations fervently explores the places of deepest grief and holiest joy in the soul.
More than just a popular dance work, it has become a cultural treasure, beloved by generations of fans. Seeing Revelations for the first time or the hundredth can be a transcendent experience, with audiences cheering, singing along, and dancing in their seats from the opening notes of the plaintive “I Been ’Buked” to the rousing “Wade in the Water,” and the triumphant finale, “Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham.”
Ailey said that one of America’s richest treasures was the African-American cultural heritage—“sometimes sorrowful, sometimes jubilant, but always hopeful.” This enduring classic is a tribute to that tradition, born out of the choreographer’s “blood memories” of his childhood in rural Texas and the Baptist Church. But since its premiere in 1960, the ballet has been performed continuously around the globe, transcending barriers of faith and nationality, and appealing to universal emotions, making it the most widely seen modern dance work in the world.
HOW MUCH
Tickets : $45 – $125
plus applicable fees
How to get tickets?
Phone: 1-855-985-5500
In person at venue boxoffice
WHEN & WHERE
Date & Time:
Friday, February 3 – 8:00 pm
Saturday, February 4 – 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm
Venue & Address :
Meridian Hall, 1 Front Street East, Toronto, ON M5E 1B2 CA
Public Transit Accessible
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