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Pas de "Duke"

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Pas de "Duke"

(pas de deux)

Choreography by Alvin Ailey
Music by Duke Ellington (Such Sweet Thunder*, Sonnet to Caesar*, Hank Cinq*, Clothed Woman and Old Man's Blues*) and Billy Strayhorn
Scenery and Costumes by Rouben Ter-Arutunian
Lighting by Chenault Spence

World Premiere

Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre Spring Gala
Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre
May 11, 1976
City Center
New York, New York

Cast:
Judith Jamison
Mikhail Baryshnikov

ABT Premiere

July 29, 1976
New York State Theater
New York, New York

Cast:
Judith Jamison
Mikhail Baryshnikov