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Balthazar, the black king of the Nativity; Solomon, King of Israel; and Martin Luther King, Jr. come to life in Alvin Ailey's three-part ballet set to Duke Ellington's last major score. Each tableau conjures the humanity and compassion of these great men, from the rhythmic African motifs of the first movement to the jazz-infused triumph of the rousing climax.
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