Jamison & Marsalis; Alvin Ailey company's six-day visit features collaborative 'Sweet Release'. From: The Boston Herald | Date: April 18, 1997| Author: Campbell, Karen | COPYRIGHT 1997 Boston Herald. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

For dance-lovers, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's annual Celebrity Series engagement is as close as any warm-weather blossoming to an annual harbinger of spring. The company returns to Boston next week for the 29th consecutive year.

Under the artistic leadership of Judith Jamison, the company is on the brink of its 40th anniversary and, despite the retirement of two of its most popular dancers, Sarita Allen and Marilyn Banks, appears to be in fine shape. "The da...

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