Robert Battle programmed Paul Taylor's 1981 masterpiece Arden Court as the opening note on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's three-night run at the Merriam Theater, which began Wednesday. Even with the antique beauty of William Boyce's baroque music, the company breathed new life into Taylor's work, and into the closer, Ailey's 1960 classic Revelations.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:54PM on February 1, 2013