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...Praise of Music, the Community Service Dept. of New England Conservatory will explore Black music and dance from its African origins to its present American flowering. Consuelo, formerly a dancer with Alvin Ailey, will make a special guest appearance along with percussionist Freddie Hubbard, and Lee Genesis. Genesis plays with Boston's own "Heat". Tickets are $3 and are available at the Jordan Hall Box Office. Funds raised will be used for the Community Service College's Scholarship Fund...
Other high spots: the dancing of the Alvin Ailey group, the trilling of Beverly Sills and Clamma Dale, the whole audience standing and clapping along with Aretha Franklin...
Walter Pierce, who has run the Celebrity Series for the past twenty years, comments on the booking situation, "I try not to duplicate too much from year to year, except for people like Serkin and the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater; I usually have four or five orchestras, five or six pianists, and several vocalists. Of course, this is based on the performers' schedules, the availability of concert halls, and a number of other factors...
...close to New York, or its theater space is too limited, to be included on the circuits of companies like the New York City Ballet or American Ballet Theater. The only big names visiting this year are the Jose Limon Company at Brandeis (November 5-7) and Alvin Ailey (February 18-20) and Pilobolus (November 12-14) at the B.U. Celebrity Series. The Celebrity Series often sells out early for names like these, but its concerts of lesser-known, folk-oriented troupes (Ballet Folklorico of Mexioc October 5-6, Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company March 13) are rarely full...
...plus some hot packs and massage for her ailing back, was enough to put First Lady Betty Ford back on her feet and on her way to New York last week. The occasion: the start of a two-week tribute to Composer Duke Ellington by the Alvin Ailey modern dance company. Ford, who once studied with Martha Graham, may have lost a few moves over the years, but obviously none of her enthusiasm. Backstage the First Lady partnered with Dancer Judith Jamison for a few smooth steps, then confided: "I still practice my ballet exercises in a large bathroom with...