Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is performing its annual show at Manhattan’s City Center with exciting new pieces – including Alonzo King‘s 2001 Following the Subtle Current Upstream in the works.

I sat down with Jessica this week to talk about her return to the company, her starring role in Hope Boykin’s Finding Free, one of the new works of the 2024-2025 season, and get her advice on dancing ...

"One of the ways that The Ailey School empowers young Black dancers is giving them an awareness of self," says Matthew Rushing, associate artistic director for The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

DC native Samantha Figgins returns to the district for 11 performances with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Warner Theatre, the first stop on a 20 city US tour. While Figgins has performed ...

Back in 2001, Solomon Dumas’ mother was listening to the car radio when she heard an interview with some of the dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Her son had planned to enroll in ...

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater showcased performances of two new works, Hope Boykin’s “Finding Free” and Lar Lubovitch’s “Many Angels,” at their annual Lincoln Center performances. Ailey is ...

From a young age, Coral Dolphin dreamed of being part of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, spending four summers of her teenage years dancing with the company. Though her career took her ...

On December 3, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater opened its 2025–26 holiday season at New York City Center with a gala that marked a turning point for the company. The five-week engagement—running ...

NEW YORK (AP) — There are few images more indelible in the history of American dance: Judith Jamison, regal and passionate in white leotard and long ruffled skirt, punching the air in “Cry” — Alvin ...

Alicia Graf Mack's office is filled with ghosts, the benevolent kind. She sits at an industrial metal desk once occupied by Alvin Ailey, the late dancer and choreographer who founded the dance company ...

Last week, for only the fourth time in its nearly 70-year history, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater company began its new season under the leadership of a different Artistic Director: Alicia ...