abatt Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Dudley Williams has died. I remember him most vividly from his solo "I Wanna Be Ready" from Revelations. He performed it regularly when I was going to see the Ailey company at City Center in the 1990s. Nobody who I've observed at Ailey has managed to bring the same depth of emotion and poignancy to that solo as Dudley Williams. He was a gem that I feel lucky to have seen live. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/arts/dance/dudley-williams-eloquent-dancer-who-defied-age-dies-at-76.html?ref=arts Link to comment
kfw Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Thanks for letting us know, abatt. I remember Williams in that solo when I first saw the company in '76 or '77, and I suppose he'd probably been dancing it for a decade by then. Here is one clip of his performance, but the one I wish I could find is from the Ailey Memorial at St. John the Divine. I see there is also a conversation with him that took place at the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center just last year. Link to comment
abatt Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Thanks for posting those links. Link to comment
mimsyb Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Simply one of the best of the best. An unforgettable artist. How fortunate was have been to have had his genius all these years. Link to comment
sandik Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 A beautiful, beautiful dancer -- I am so sad. Link to comment
Amour Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 He was also a great teacher. I took a few Horton technique classes from him in the 1980's. He remained committed to teaching long after he stopped dancing. Link to comment
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