Night Creature
Night Creature was created for the CBS television series “Festival of Lively Arts for Young People,” in a program that featured six Ailey dances choreographed especially for the dancers of the Alvin Ailey Repertory Workshop to the music of Duke Ellington. The program was first telecast on November 28, 1974. In commenting on the title of his composition, Duke Ellington said, “Night creatures, unlike stars, do not come OUT at night—they come ON, each thinking that before the night is out, he or she will be the star.”
<em>Night Creature</em> was created for the CBS television series “Festival of Lively Arts for Young People,” in a program that featured six Ailey dances choreographed especially for the dancers of the Alvin Ailey Repertory Workshop to the music of Duke Ellington. The program was first telecast on November 28, 1974. In commenting on the title of his composition, Duke Ellington said, “Night creatures, unlike stars, do not come OUT at night—they come ON, each thinking that before the night is out, he or she will be the star.”