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HBO Partners With Ailey To Celebrate Its 60th Anniversary

HBO salutes Ailey at 60 with a social media video series to launch during Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 60th Anniversary New York City Center season ‪November 28 – December 30, 2018.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ Continue reading

Ailey Kicks Off 60th Anniversary “Ailey Ascending” Celebration And Judith Jamison Rocks!

There is much to celebrate as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater heads into its 60^th Anniversary season entitled Ailey Ascending.Continue reading

Harlem’s Thelma Golden And Others Honor Ailey Founder On 60th Anniversary

When Alvin Ailey and a small group of African-American modern dancers first took the stage in 1958, appearing at New York City’s 92nd Street Y, the engagement was for one night only—but it turned out to be the start of a new era in the performing arts.Continue reading

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Tours The World 2016

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, recognized by U.S. Congress as “a vital American cultural ambassador to the world,” returns to the United Kingdom, Lausanne, Switzerland, and Copenhagen, Denmark to perform a dozen ballets from September 6 – October 30, 2016. Continue reading

Ailey 2015: Activism Through Art

[caption id="attachment_56805" align="aligncenter" width="678"] Jeroboam Bozeman and Chalvar Monteiro in Rennie Harris' 'Exodus.' Photo by Paul Kolnik[/caption] By Dontré L. Conerly Like so many others responding to the current tensions in our country, the Alvin Ailey company added its voice to the swell of voices demanding #BlackLivesMatter.Continue reading

Breakin’ Convention Hip-Hop Dance Theater At The Apollo

The Apollo Theater will kick off its 2015-2016 season with the return of Breakin’ Convention, an International Festival of Hip-Hop Dance Theater and a Sadler’s Wells London project from October 13th – October 18th.Continue reading