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CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON MAY 2014 EVENTS
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
May 1-4
Thursday | 7:30pm Friday | 8pm Saturday | 2pm & 8pm Sunday | 3pm
Citi Wang Theatre: 270 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Tickets: $35 and up Phone: 866-348-9738
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been thrilling Boston audiences since the Celebrity Series presented their
Boston debut in 1968. The Company will present two different programs throughout the five performances May 1-4. The
first program will feature LIFT by in-demand choreographer Aszure Barton in its Boston premiere, Wayne McGregor’s
Chroma, and D-Man in the Waters (Part I) by modern dance innovator Bill T. Jones. The second program aptly titled
Ailey/Ellington, showcases two of the 14 ballets founder Alvin Ailey created during his career celebrating the musical
genius of the eminent American composer Duke Ellington, including Night Creature and new productions of Pas de
Duke, and The River restaged by Associate Artistic Director Masazumi Chaya.
MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN, PIANO
ANTHONY MARWOOD, VIOLIN
MARTIN FRÖST, CLARINET
Friday, May 2, 8pm
NEC’s Jordan Hall: 30 Gainsborough St., Boston, MA
Tickets: $35 and up
Phone: 617-482-6661
Pianist Marc-André Hamelin completes his 3-concert cycle with a chamber music concert that includes violinist Anthony
Marwood and clarinetist Martin Fröst. Program includes works by Schubert, Debussy, Stravinsky, Poulenc, and Bartόk.
ART SPIEGELMAN: WHAT THE HECK! HAPPENED TO COMICS?
Friday, May 9, 8pm
Sanders Theatre: 45 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Tickets: $30 and up
Phone: 617-482-6661
Art Spiegelman’s comics are best known for their scratch-board, illustrative style and controversial content. In his
talk “What the Heck! Happened to Comics?” he takes his audience on a chronological tour of the evolution of
comics, all the while explaining the value of this medium and why it should not b R