Bender’s new documentary that she’s been working on for the past year or so is showing tonight on PBS’s “Great Performances.”

I first heard about it when she called me on her way to St. Petersburg and left the message, “Hey, I’m off to Russia for this Ailey doc that I’m producing.”

Alvin Ailey…Russia?

Here’s the lowdown from the website where you can also order the DVD and see the trailer:

When the company moves into a state-of-the-art facility called “the largest in the country devoted exclusively to dance,” longtime company Artistic Director Judith Jamison creates a new ballet entitled “Love Stories.” Choreographed in collaboration with hip-hop pioneer Rennie Harris and modern dance maverick Robert Battle, Jamison explains that “Love Stories” expresses “the past, present and future” of the company. Ailey dancers take center stage in this documentary as the troupe brings this new work to the White Nights Dance Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia.

I gotta ask Bender if the “White Nights” Dance Festival is named after the film with Baryshnikov and Hines of the same name.

Anyway, “Great Performances” on PBS should be airing at 8:00 pm on Wednesday in whatever time zone you’re in. Our DVR is set. Is yours?

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