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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.86,0:00:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music: "Wade in the Water"\Nby Ella Jenkins)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.10,0:00:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wade in the water
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.60,0:00:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wade in the water, children
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.18,0:00:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wade in the water
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.66,0:00:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's a-gonna trouble the water
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.29,0:00:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, why don't you wade in the water
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.71,0:00:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wade in the water, children
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.21,0:00:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wade in the water
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.73,0:00:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's a-gonna trouble the water
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.39,0:00:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See that man all dressed in white
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.72,0:00:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's a-gonna trouble the water
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.82,0:00:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He looks like a man of the Israelite
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.81,0:00:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's a-gonna trouble the water
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.12,0:00:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wade in the water
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.82,0:00:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wade in the water, children
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.34,0:00:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wade in the water
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.87,0:01:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's a-gonna trouble the water
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.62,0:01:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See that man all dressed in red
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.01,0:01:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's a-gonna trouble the water
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.01,0:01:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It looks like the man that Moses led
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.97,0:01:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's a-gonna trouble the water
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.43,0:01:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wade in the water
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.93,0:01:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wade in the water, children
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.21,0:01:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wade in the water
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.95,0:01:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's a-gonna trouble the water
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.01,0:01:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.98,0:01:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daniel, Daniel
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.90,0:01:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.94,0:01:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then why not every man?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.20,0:01:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.15,0:01:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daniel, Daniel
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.20,0:01:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.16,0:01:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not every man?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.66,0:02:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man went down to the river
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.15,0:02:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man went down to the river
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.70,0:02:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man went down to the river
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.16,0:02:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Went down there for to pray
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.70,0:02:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man went down to the river
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.24,0:02:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man went down to the river
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.78,0:02:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man went down to the river
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.15,0:02:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To wash his sins away
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.72,0:02:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He washed all day, he washed all night
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.26,0:02:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He washed till his hands were sore
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.51,0:02:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He washed all day, he washed all night
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.23,0:02:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Till he couldn't wash a-no more
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.19,0:02:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man went down to the river
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.75,0:02:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man went down to the river
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.26,0:02:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man went down to the river
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.93,0:02:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music fades)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.55,0:02:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.19,0:03:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Juliet Blake) And now,\Nlet's give a warm welcome
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.69,0:03:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the artistic director emerita\Nof the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.59,0:03:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Judith Jamison.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.36,0:03:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.11,0:03:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Judith Jamison: Thanks.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.22,0:03:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are y'all?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.76,0:03:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.99,0:03:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JJ: Yeah, you know\Nyou've just been to church?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.17,0:03:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.20,0:03:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just saw a baptism, yes?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.86,0:03:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is from this wonderful piece\NMr. Ailey created in 1960,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.28,0:03:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called "Revelations."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.29,0:03:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Ailey was 29 years old\Nwhen he choreographed this masterpiece.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.09,0:03:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been danced all over the world\Nand understood universally,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.02,0:03:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he understood\Nthe humanity in us all.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.08,0:03:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Revelations" is a reflection\Nof a journey we all take in life,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.20,0:04:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, hopefully, triumphantly.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.29,0:04:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the magic of Alvin Ailey.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.82,0:04:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was able to see you, in the audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.69,0:04:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see me, as the dancer,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.45,0:04:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see the connection between us,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.46,0:04:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and choreographed works\Nthat connected us all.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.47,0:04:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you felt he was telling your story,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.64,0:04:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I felt I was dancing mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.16,0:04:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started dancing when I was six years old
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.38,0:04:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Philadelphia.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.58,0:04:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was skinny ...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.20,0:04:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.17,0:04:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dark chocolate,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.46,0:04:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a kid with legs up to my armpits.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.55,0:04:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the very first performance I had,\Nat the Judimar School of Dance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.68,0:04:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was in a red checkered shirt,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.13,0:04:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dungarees, pink ballet shoes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.49,0:04:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were dancing to "I'm an Old Cowhand\Nfrom the Rio Grande."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.18,0:04:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved every minute of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.01,0:04:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I literally did love\Nevery minute of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.85,0:05:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially when I heard the applause,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.03,0:05:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I knew right there,\Nwhen I was six, I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.98,0:05:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's for me."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.17,0:05:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.70,0:05:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At six, you're not thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.03,0:05:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's going to be\Na career of your lifetime,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.17,0:05:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that was perfect for that moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.48,0:05:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I danced my way through school,\Nand through college,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.61,0:05:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it still didn't dawn on me\Nthat that's what I actually wanted to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.03,0:05:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to an audition,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.66,0:05:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I was dreadful in --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.40,0:05:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the only audition\NI've had in my life --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.44,0:05:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I was let go\Nfrom that audition --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.52,0:05:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I thought when they were saying,\N"Thank you very much,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.54,0:05:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that meant for me to stay.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.82,0:05:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.73,0:05:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ran up the steps,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.34,0:05:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was a man sitting on the steps.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.69,0:05:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I barely noticed him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.77,0:05:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was an observer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.06,0:05:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three days later, that man called me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.05,0:05:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asked me, would I like to join\Nthe Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.71,0:05:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how it happened, folks, that's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.47,0:05:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no drama or trauma.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.45,0:05:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.74,0:05:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I spent 15 years dancing\Nwith the company,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.48,0:06:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I directed it\Nfor something like 21 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.34,0:06:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were black\Nand African American and a dancer,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.05,0:06:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any time between the '40s and the '70s,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.40,0:06:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you had much to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.80,0:06:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because your complete voice\Nwas not being heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.33,0:06:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you were not being represented\Nas you truly were.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.23,0:06:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alvin Ailey had the courage,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.62,0:06:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right in the middle\Nof the Civil Rights Movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.03,0:06:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to present the truth about who we were --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.84,0:06:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our creativity, our beauty,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.17,0:06:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our intelligence, our talents
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.35,0:06:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were an intrinsic part of the panoply\Nof American culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.13,0:06:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our mantra has always been\Nto educate, to entertain,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.01,0:06:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to lift our audiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.72,0:06:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Ailey believed that dance\Ncame from the people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.97,0:06:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and needed to be delivered\Nback to the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.70,0:06:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't dance in a vacuum.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.76,0:06:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was our mission to serve people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.53,0:06:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call it outreach now,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.56,0:07:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's always been a part\Nof who we were and still are,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.07,0:07:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,60 years later, to this day.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.14,0:07:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being inclusive of our audiences --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.84,0:07:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's always been an important\Npart of the company.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.43,0:07:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ask ourselves, who are we dancing for?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.13,0:07:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are we dancing, if not to show people\Nwhat it is to be human
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.31,0:07:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to connect with the audiences\Nthat we dance for.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.31,0:07:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've always felt responsible\Nto make sure the community understood
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.67,0:07:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that what we do\Nis a part of their heritage.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.91,0:07:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just don't do this, also, in America,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.86,0:07:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we do it all over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.23,0:07:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tour more than any other\Ndance company in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.86,0:07:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After Nelson Mandela\Nwas released from prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.36,0:07:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, well, this is the time\Nto go to South Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.30,0:07:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was some outreach.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.59,0:07:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went to Johannesburg, Soweto,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.91,0:07:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some other townships\Nthat were really in dire straits.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.78,0:07:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it dawned on me,\Nas we were there, I'm going like,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.36,0:08:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Here we are in the seat of Mother Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.20,0:08:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're trying to teach\Nthese people how to dance?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.72,0:08:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.74,0:08:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was our African Americanness\Nthat they were interested in,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.57,0:08:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the culture that we had developed\Nover the last 400 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.64,0:08:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We toured all over the world many times,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.30,0:08:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whether we're in Europe\Nor South America or Asia
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.98,0:08:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or somewhere else,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.19,0:08:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,audiences are thrilled and excited.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.82,0:08:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You sounded thrilled and excited.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.99,0:08:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes with tears in their eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.08,0:08:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this nonverbal\Ncommunication really works.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.25,0:08:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's about embracing everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.55,0:08:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alvin didn't need to explain to us
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.67,0:08:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was going on at the time\Nin the '60s and the '70s;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.81,0:08:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was obvious why were doing his work.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.86,0:08:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knew what the truth\Nof the time was about,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.75,0:08:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was unafraid\Nto reveal it through dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.08,0:09:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He tapped into every emotion\Nhe had and we had,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.12,0:09:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from angerness to happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.21,0:09:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to grief and everything in between,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.81,0:09:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he knew us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.72,0:09:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He took our history\Nand turned it into powerful dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.72,0:09:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He and I overlapped generationally.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.51,0:09:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't have to talk\Nabout things so much,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.98,0:09:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we understood implicitly\Nour shared responsibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.48,0:09:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when he asked me\Nto take over the company
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.58,0:09:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before he passed in 1989,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.08,0:09:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt prepared to carry it forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.30,0:09:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alvin and I were like parts\Nof the same tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.44,0:09:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He, the roots and the trunk,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.71,0:09:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were the branches.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.47,0:09:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was his muse.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.61,0:09:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were all his muses.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.08,0:09:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ballet "Cry,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.62,0:09:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which some of you might have seen --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.91,0:09:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to see an excerpt of it --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.91,0:09:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was made on me,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.22,0:09:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Alvin dedicated it to all black women,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.66,0:09:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially our mothers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.28,0:10:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Alvin and I went in the studio,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.28,0:10:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course he wasn't thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.70,0:10:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Here I am, creating an iconic work."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.60,0:10:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know any artist that does that?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.97,0:10:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't go into the studio
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.95,0:10:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create anything
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.46,0:10:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what's coming truthfully\Nfrom your heart and your spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.33,0:10:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you trust that you have a dancer\Nyou can share that with.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.09,0:10:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rehearsal space is a sacred space,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.14,0:10:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to be intruded upon,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.68,0:10:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's about talking\Nto each other through spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.60,0:10:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You better have some\Ntechnique on top of that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.74,0:10:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can do the dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.04,0:10:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.10,0:10:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He brought his Alvin to "Cry"\Nand I brought my Judy to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.32,0:10:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just did the steps.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.18,0:10:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this was a birthday\Npresent for his mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.90,0:10:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he couldn't afford\Nto get her a tactile gift.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.08,0:10:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I performed it the first time,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.79,0:10:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was physically\Nand emotionally draining.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.85,0:10:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hadn't yet run through the whole piece\Nfrom beginning to end.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.08,0:10:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ballet is 16 minutes long.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.52,0:11:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about a proud woman\Nwho has been to hell and back,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.84,0:11:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from her journey across the Atlantic.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.51,0:11:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's exhausted,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.54,0:11:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's a queen,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.84,0:11:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in this section,\Nyou're going to see she is triumphant.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.94,0:11:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She made it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.46,0:11:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she is, in that last\Nstep that she does,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.77,0:11:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beating away anything negative
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.25,0:11:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with her tremendous strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.69,0:11:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the last step,\Nshe digs into the earth
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.48,0:11:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she reaches into the sky ...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.76,0:11:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she's clearing space\Nfor the next journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.42,0:11:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I performed it in 1971,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.61,0:11:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are still clearing space.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.81,0:11:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now let me leave you\Nwith one last thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.87,0:11:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we are, in the 21st century,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.86,0:11:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still fighting for civil rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.28,0:12:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a day goes by
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.08,0:12:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are not made aware\Nof the struggle that continues.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.95,0:12:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that dance\Ncan elevate our human experience
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.52,0:12:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond words.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.44,0:12:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you're sitting in the dark,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.69,0:12:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the theater,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.73,0:12:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having a personal experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.62,0:12:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't feel blocked or misunderstood.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.16,0:12:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel open,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.12,0:12:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alive,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.03,0:12:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, we hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.42,0:12:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspired.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.32,0:12:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.03,0:12:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.74,0:12:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music: "Right on. Be free."\Nby East Harlem)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.99,0:13:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanna go where the north wind blows
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.31,0:13:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanna know what the falcon knows
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.62,0:13:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanna go where the wild goose goes
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.97,0:13:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,High flyin' bird, high flyin' bird, fly on
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.87,0:13:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want the clouds over my head
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.68,0:13:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want no store bought bed
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.91,0:13:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna live until I'm dead
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.71,0:14:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mother, mother, mother\NSave your child
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.37,0:14:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right on, be free
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.57,0:14:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right on, be free
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.90,0:14:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right on, be free
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.76,0:14:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want no store bought bed
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.21,0:14:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right on
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.64,0:14:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want the clouds over my head
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.48,0:14:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be free
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.66,0:14:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ain't no time to be afraid
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.79,0:14:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mother, mother, mother\NSave your child
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.24,0:14:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.49,0:15:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want no store bought bed
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.93,0:15:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right on
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.40,0:15:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want the clouds over my head
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.10,0:15:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be free
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.31,0:15:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ain't no time to be afraid
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.47,0:15:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mother save your child
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.72,0:15:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanna see a rainbow in the sky
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.49,0:15:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanna watch the clouds go by
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.82,0:15:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might make my load a little light
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.46,0:15:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, Lord, Lord\NWhere will I be tomorrow night?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.74,0:15:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right on
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.29,0:15:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be free
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.76,0:16:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right on, be free
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.64,0:16:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right on, be free
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.15,0:16:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right on, be free
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.88,0:16:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right on, be free
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.89,0:16:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right on, be free
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.11,0:16:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right on, be free
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.92,0:16:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music fades)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.83,0:16:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.58,0:16:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.06,0:16:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.46,0:16:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.39,0:16:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)