Alvin Ailey was a choreographer who seamlessly melded dance forms, a dancer of extraordinary strength and beauty, and a man — a queer man — with an expansive, restless mind.

Alvin Ailey was an African American choreographer and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City. Ailey revolutionized modern dance by celebrating the African ...

When Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater opens its annual season at New York City Center on Wednesday, it will be missing an important person: Robert Battle, the company’s jovial artistic director.

CBS News New York's Chris Wragge speaks with Samantha Figgins, AILEY dancer and co-choreographer of "The Holy Blues" ...

H ow much is Alvin Ailey owed? This pressing question lies at the heart of the Whitney Museum of Art's latest exhibition, Edges of Ailey. Curated by the museum's senior curator Adrienne Edwards ...

Three and a half decades after Alvin Ailey’s death, his American Dance Theater is still championing African American artistry and forging a bold path for his legacy. IE 11 is not supported.

Alvin Ailey's seminal Revelations is considered the most widely viewed modern dance work in the world. Lost songs from the 1960 premiere are featured in a new work and an album this season.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs March 7-9 at the Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive; tickets are $39-$129 at 312-341-2300 and auditoriumtheatre.org.

Ailey’s parents, Alvin, Sr., and the beautiful and theatrical Lula, met in church and married when Lula was fourteen. Four years later, their only child was born, but the marriage wasn’t working.

Explore Alvin Ailey company moves forward with resilience, joy. When we talked by phone, A’Keen described a journey that eventually led him, in no particular order, ...

Judith Jamison has devoted most of her adult life to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: She performed with the company for 15 years, led it as artistic director for more than two decades, and ...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Christopher Taylor in Alvin Ailey's "Revelations." The company performs in Boston April 24-27 at the Boch Center Wang Theater. Paul Kolnik/Photo by ©Paul Kolnik ...