Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is the African American dance company that popularized modern dance around the world. Really.
The company has a strong spiritual dimension that derives from the experience of being African American.
Ailey Studios is one of NYC’s leading dance schools. You can study many forms of professional, amateur and social dance at all levels.
Ailey usually has great Latin dancers. Some become stars of their generation and mentors of the next. “Each one, teach one.”
The company was founded in 1958 by Alvin Ailey and first performed at the 92nd Street Y. The company is an American ambassador for the U.S. State Department.
Today it dances a Fall/Winter season in residence at New York City Center, and a Spring/Summer season at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center. Currently led by Robert Battle, Ailey is one of NYC’s “Big Three” dance companies. Jamar Roberts is resident choreographer.
Alvin Ailey Features
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 2022 Fall Season Looks Back and Looks Forward at New York City Center
November 30 – December 24, 2022
NEW YORK CITY CENTER
Midtown, Manhattan
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World Ballet Day 2022 Takes You Behind the Scenes at the World’s Leading Ballet Companies
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
STREAMING
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The BAAND Together Dance Festival 2022 Brings Ailey, ABT, Ballet Hispánico, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and City Ballet to Lincoln Center for Free!
Tuesday-Saturday, August 9-13, 2022
LINCOLN CENTER
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Alvin Ailey Tickets
Tickets are sold through the presenting theaters.
Ailey Studios
405 West 55th St
(at Ninth Ave)
Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
Subways
(1)(2) to 59th St – Columbus Circle
(A)(C)(B)(D) to 59th St – Columbus Circle
Alvin Ailey Social
Instagram @alvinailey
The Neighborhood
Hell’s Kitchen is an artistic neighborhood with lots of restaurants, bars, and fun things to do.
Alvin Ailey News
November 2022
World Ballet Day 2022 is a streaming behind-the scenes look at a day in the life of a ballet company including American Ballet Theater, Alvin Ailey American Dance Company, and many leading global ballet companies on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇨 🇵🇷 🇿🇦 🇪🇸
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dances its Fall/Winter Season in residence at New York City Center from November 30 – December 24, 2022. From $29. alvinailey.org
June 2022
The Ailey Spirit Gala is at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 7pm.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Summer Season is at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center Jun 15-19, 2022. From $29. alvinailey.org
May 2022
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey Fri-Sun, May 6-8, 2022. From $29.
March 2022
Ailey II performs African American Modern Dance in the Ailey Citigroup Theater at the Ailey Studios in Hell’s Kitchen, Mar 23 – Apr 3, 2022. From $59. alvinailey.org 🇺🇸
The Spring 2022 Company includes dancer Yannick Lebrun who is originally from French Guiana. 🇬🇫
December 2021
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater presents premieres, new productions and classics by choreographers Jamar Roberts and Alvin Ailey, including the 50th anniversary of “Cry” in residency at New York City Center in Midtown, Dec 1-19, 2021. From $29.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is a Revelation
Ballet is considered the pinnacle and science of dance. Ailey performs at that level in every dimension, just in Modern Dance. It is one of NYC’s big three dance companies with New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre.
There is something deeply spiritual about Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s work that we haven’t seen in any other dance company.
Alvin Ailey’s “Revelations” (1960) is the Company’s signature masterpiece. It’s a reflection of Ailey’s childhood memories of attending Mount Olive Baptist Church near Fort Worth, Texas. The piece eloquently expresses that life is a mix of joy and pain, but always tempered with HOPE.
