Rael Lamb

Rael Lamb was a highly regarded dancer, originally from Detroit, who came to New York City in the early 1970s when he joined the Rod Rodgers Dance Company (and later, Alvin Ailey). From a review dated September 3, 1973 by Anna Kisselgoff, in the NY Times, September 3, 1973:

The Rod Rodgers Dance Company, a group at home in both proscenium theaters and outdoor community programs, brought dance into Lincoln Center’s Street. Theater Festival Saturday afternoon.

Heat and sun may have disturbed some spectators on the plaza, but Mr. Rodgers’s company gave its all in seven dance pieces that surely required physical exertion beyond the call of duty at such high temperatures.

{A} new member of the company, Rael Lamb, began “Mudbird,” his solo tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, with a track sprint ending in a dive onto the raised platform. This image of a bird attempting to soar but eventually being shot down was sustained throughout the dance. As a choreographer, Mr. Lamb, tall, lean and an interesting dancer, has a firm command of the modern dance vocabulary.