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 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 ...

As we commemorate what would have been Alvin Ailey’s 93rd birthday, it’s a wonderful opportunity to reflect on his remarkable contributions to the performing arts. Ailey was not just a dancer but a ...

Alvin Ailey in 1986. Getty Images. Then Ailey pirouetted to New York in 1954 and began studying with the likes of Martha Graham. “But I was the usual rebel,” he says in the doc, “and I had ...

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater shifted to streaming presentations online during pandemic. Now, two dances conceived for the web are included in the company's return to in-person performance.

Ailey, who died at 58 in 1989 of an AIDS-related illness, kept his romantic affairs largely private for fear of rocking the boat too much as a choreographer who was both Black and gay, according ...

Read Next: How Alvin Ailey’s ‘Revelations’ Has Helped Me Find My Way Back to Texas. Screening in Texas starting this weekend, the film melds detailed voice-over interviews with Ailey; candid ...

Alvin Ailey is also the subject of Rennie Harris’ dynamic two-act ballet “Lazarus,” last seen here in 2019 and shown twice throughout the weekend.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Vernard Gilmore and Ghrai DeVore-Stokes perform as activist couple Nelson and Winnie Mandela in Alvin Ailey's "Survivors." ...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s annual Cal Performances residency has been a high point of the Bay Area spring arts season for so long that the grandchildren of the Cal students who saw ...

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s current run at City Center (through Sunday) has been billed as a homecoming by the troupe in light of the Covid-19-prompted cancellation of last year’s ...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater passed that mark last year, and this weekend a 65th anniversary tour brings it back to the Boch Center Wang Theatre, under the auspices of the Celebrity Series.