Jennifer Dunning reviewed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's performance of John Butler's “Portrait of Billie” at New York's City Center for today's New York Times:
"After a decade or so of increasingly hectic, high-energy plotless choreography,
John Butler’s 'Portrait of Billie' looked mighty good. Created in 1959 as a
vehicle for Carmen de Lavallade, the great dance actress, the piece follows the
singer Billie Holiday from stardom to drug-addled solitude."
Read the complete review.
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