Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Bring the 60th anniversary of ‘Revelations’ into your classroom! Ailey Arts In Education’s ‘Revelations’ Virtual Dance Workshop Series for middle schoolers gives students a chance to explore their creativity: bit.ly/2Yuzaoi Through video lessons, master teachers and former Ailey company members Nasha Thomas and Michael Thomas lead ‘Revelations’ inspired activities and exercises blending dance with poetry, history, and more. Teachers or school administrators interested in ...the ‘Revelations’-inspired Virtual Dance Workshop Series can learn more by clicking the above link or emailing [email protected]. (Videos are not available for individual purchase.)

Don't miss the behind-the-scenes look the Guggenheim Works and Process bubble residency featuring Ailey Resident Choreographer Jamar Roberts along with Ailey dancers Patrick Coker, Jacquelin Harris, Ghrai DeVore-Stokes, and Brandon Woolridge: https://allarts.org/programs/isolation-to-creation/

Ailey's Jacqueline Green and Yannick Lebrun performing Alvin Ailey's 'Pas De Duke' at the Woolworth Building. Photo Courtesy of Ailey

In the original program notes for 'Hermit Songs' Alvin Ailey wrote: "...small poems of anonymous monks and scholars of the 8th to 13th centuries speaking of the simple life these men led--close to nature, to animals, to God." Alvin Ailey in 'Hermit Songs.' Photo by Jack Mitchell

With 'Ode,' Resident Choreographer Jamar Roberts offers a meditation on the beauty and fragility of life in a time of growing gun violence. Roberts says, "This work stems from a very personal place; it was something that I wanted to express long before now. I’m an artist, I’m a choreographer I’m not a politician, I’m not an activist. I just have lots of feelings and lots of empathy that I just put into the work, and that’s how I speak."

Members of the Company in 'Testament' by Matthew Rushing, Clifton Brown, and Yusha-Marie Sorzano filmed at Wave Hill Public Gardens and Cultural Center. Photo by Travis Magee

Even though we have have been stuck at home, there is always enough room to stretch and move - We encourage you to take a break and dance today!

Alvin Ailey wanted to show that despite the hardships, Black people have joy and persevered. As a choreographer, he celebrated and uplifted the beauty of Black people in the works he created. He believed that one should ever be considered less than human and he always asked his dancers to express their humanity on the stage.

Judith Jamison performing the "Wade in the Water" section of Alvin Ailey's 'Revelations' while in Paris. Photo by Aigles

Thrilled to announce that "Ailey," directed by Jamila Wingot, will premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, and #Sundance is doing things differently this year with online screenings and Satellite Screens across the country, so you can access it on your own screens or in your community! Hope you’ll join us January 28 - February 3. Tickets are now on sale: bit.ly/sff21-artist Photos of Alvin Ailey by Jack Mitchell.

Happy Birthday Mr. Ailey! We hope we continue to live out your legacy and to make you proud. Join us in celebrating what would have been Mr. Ailey's 90th birthday! Photo of Alvin Ailey by Jack Mitchell.

#NYCDANCEUNITES for the power of art to make a difference. Early voting in New York State is open now through November 1! Do you have a voting plan? Whichever method is best for you whether that's mailing in or dropping off your absentee ballot or hitting the polls in person during early voting or on Election Day, November 3 get your plan together and VOTE. ... Go to Dance/USA’s #DANCE2VOTE Toolkit for the latest information on the 2020 election. www.danceusa.org/election-2020-toolkit-dance2vote

The Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in Dance applications for the 2021-22 school year has been extended to Nov 16! alvinailey.org/BFA Photo by Nir Arieli

#AileyInspirations Sponsored by Wells Fargo Dancing can be man raised to his highest. -Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey in his ballet ‘Hermit Songs.’ Photo by Jack Mitchell

Election day is a little over one week away! Calling all of our NYC family: early voting is happening now. To find your polling location visit findmypollsite.vote.nyc Special Thank You to In2Green for the VOTE masks! Featuring Ailey's Yazzmeen Laidler, Corrin Rachelle Mitchell, Courtney Celeste Spears, Chalvar Monteiro, Constance Stamatiou, Christopher Wilson, Miranda Quinn, and Jacqueline Green. #nycdanceunites

We're thrilled to annouce that the Ailey company is participating in #WorldBalletDay 2020. Tune in on Thurs, Oct 29! Ailey will be live at 3:30pm. You'll also be able to catch companies like the Royal Opera House Ballet and many more from all over the world.

There's still time to catch the premiere of Ailey Resident Choreographer Jamar Roberts' latest work, 'Morani/Mungu' (Black Warrior/Black God), at the first ever Virtual 2020 Fall for Dance Festival now through Nov 1: nycitycenter.org/fallfordance Jamar Roberts in 'Morani/Mungu.' Photo by Christopher Duggan

Join Ailey Artistic Director Robert Battle and hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris for an exclusive post performance Q&A following the American Dance Festival's presentation of Harris' 'FUNKEDIFIED," Oct 23 at 8pm ET through Oct 25 at 10pm ET. Get your tickets: https://bit.ly/35pZOlk

It's your last chance to share what inspires you for the opportunity to be featured on Ailey’s social media channels! Send us a DM or use #AileyInspirations in your post by Thurs, Oct 22 at midnight EDT! L: Ailey’s Solomon Dumas. Photo by Danica Paulos R: Alvin Ailey. Photo courtesy of the Ailey Archives... #AileyInspirations Sponsored by Wells Fargo

Do you want to study dance in the cultural heart of NYC? The Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in Dance is the place for you! Apply by Nov 1 for the 2021-22 school year: alvinailey.org/BFA Photo by Nir Arieli

Brandon Stirling Baker's lighting design for Jamar Roberts' 'Ode' is nominated for the Dance Award in the Theatre category in Live Design's 2020 Design Achievement Awards! You can vote for the most outstanding projects now: https://bit.ly/3750rTY Members of the Company in 'Ode.' Photo by Paul Kolnik

Have you shared what inspires you with Ailey yet? Despite how tough 2020 has been, we know you’re finding ways to stay inspired and we hope you’ll share it with us by sending us a DM or using #AileyInspirations in your post by Thurs, Oct 22! It’s your chance to be featured on Ailey’s social pages! #AileyInspirations Sponsored by Wells Fargo Artwork by Shannon Little

Members of the Company in Jamar Roberts' 'Ode.' Photo by Paul Kolnik

As part of this year’s Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center Ailey’s first Resident Choreographer Jamar Roberts performs a self-choreographed world premiere commission titled ‘Morani/Mungu’ (Black Warrior/Black God) that explores his identity as a Black man. Catch the premiere of his latest work starting Oct 21 at 7:30pm ET: nycitycenter.org/fallfordance Filmed live on stage, New York City Center's beloved Fall for Dance festival returns with 4 world premiere commissions and over 20 New York City artists.

The 35-block Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, dubbed America's "Black Wall Street" by Booker T. Washington, became a prosperous center for black commerce in the early 1900s. On May 30, 1921 a 19-year-old black man named Dick Rowland was accused and arrested for an alleged incident in an elevator involving a 17-year-old white woman. An inflammatory report in the May 31 edition of The Tulsa Tribune spurred a confrontation between black and white armed mobs around the cou...rthouse where the sheriff and his men had barricaded the top floor to protect Rowland. The Tulsa Race Massacre resulted in the single deadliest and most destructive act of racial violence and domestic terrorism in the United States. In less than 48 hours, The Greenwood District was burned to the ground, with more than 300 African Americans murdered, more than 10,000 African Americans left homeless, and more than 2,000 business destroyed. Donald Byrd’s ‘Greenwood’ explores the possible incidents that might have taken place in the elevator to spark the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Video by Logical Chaos