Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Dates

Dec 4, 2024 – Jan 5, 2025

Times

Tue – Fri 7:30pm
Sat 2 & 7:30pm
Sun 2 & 7pm

Exceptions:
Wed, Dec 4 7pm Gala Performance
Wed, Dec 18 2pm
Tue, Dec 31 2pm

Price

Tickets from $42 (fees included)

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About

If you haven’t seen Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, you haven’t seen dance.

City Center’s Principal Dance Company returns for a holiday season celebrating lineage and legacy. Interim Artistic Director Matthew Rushing presents Sacred Songs, which features music originally used in Alvin Ailey’s seminal Revelations that was later omitted. Rushing's work beautifully resurrects and reimages these spirituals as an offering to our present needs for lamentation, faith, and joy.  

Former Company member Jamar Roberts’s Al-Andalus Blues, commissioned by City Center, is set to music by Roberta Flack and Miles Davis. Finding Free, by former Company member Hope Boykin, is an exploration into the sources of people’s personal freedoms, with an original score by Matthew Whitaker (performed live onstage at select performances). Lar Lubovitch, known for his lush choreography and musicality, presents Many Angels, his first world premiere for Ailey. The season also includes the 25th anniversary return of Ronald K. Brown’s blockbuster Grace, and a new production of Elisa Monte’s mesmerizing Treading.

To view the season schedule, please visit the AILEY website: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center | Dec 4 – Jan 5

Programming subject to change
Photo by Dario Calmese

Dates

Dec 4, 2024 – Jan 5, 2025

Times

Tue – Fri 7:30pm
Sat 2 & 7:30pm
Sun 2 & 7pm

Exceptions:
Wed, Dec 4 7pm Gala Performance
Wed, Dec 18 2pm
Tue, Dec 31 2pm

Price

Tickets from $42 (fees included)

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 2024–25 season will celebrate the life and legacy of Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison.

The Opening Night performance on December 4 will include an excerpt of Cry—the enduring classic that catapulted Ms. Jamison to stardom—danced in her honor.

Cry will also be performed on the December 14 and 15 matinees, and the season will include many ballets by Alvin Ailey that Ms. Jamison helped to preserve and passed on to the current generation of dancers.

Join Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in remembrance of this extraordinary artist whose legacy lives on.

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Schedule

(W) World Premiere
(N) New Production

Wed, Dec 4 at 7pm

Opening Night Gala
PREMIERE NIGHT*
LIVE MUSIC^
Cry (excerpt)
Grace (N)*
Revelations^
Running time: approx. 1:55 incl. one intermission

Thu, Dec 5 at 7:30pm

CENTURY
Following the Subtle Current Upstream
Grace (N)

Running time: approx. 1:47 incl. two intermissions

Fri, Dec 6 at 7:30pm

PREMIERE NIGHT*
LIVE MUSIC^
Dancing Spirit
Al-Andalus Blues* (W)
Revelations^

Running time: approx. 2:00 incl. two intermissions

Sat, Dec 7 at 2pm

LIVE MUSIC^
CENTURY
Following the Subtle Current Upstream
Revelations^

Post-perf Q&A

Running time: approx. 1:53 incl. two intermissions

Sat, Dec 7 at 7:30pm

Al-Andalus Blues (W)
A Song for You
Solo
Grace (N)

Running time: approx. 1:26 incl. one intermission

Sun, Dec 8 at 2pm

LIVE MUSIC^
Dancing Spirit
Al-Andalus Blues (W)
Revelations^

Running time: approx. 2:00 incl. two intermissions

Sun, Dec 8 at 7pm

LIVE MUSIC^
CENTURY
A Song for You
Solo
Revelations^

Running time: approx. 1:33 incl. one intermission

Tue, Dec 10 at 7:30pm

Al-Andalus Blues (W)
A Song for You
Solo
Grace (N)

Running time: approx. 1:26 incl. one intermission

Wed, Dec 11 at 7:30pm

Dancing Spirit
Ode
Revelations

Running time: approx. 1:53 incl. two intermissions

Thu, Dec 12 at 7:30pm

PREMIERE NIGHT*
Memoria
Many Angels* (W)
Me, Myself and You
Revelations

Running time: approx. 1:38 incl. one intermission

Fri, Dec 13 at 7:30pm

PREMIERE NIGHT*
LIVE MUSIC^
Finding Free*^ (W)
Ode
Revelations

Running time: approx. 2:00 incl. two intermissions

Sat, Dec 14 at 2pm

ALL AILEY
Memoria
A Song for You
Cry
Revelations

Post-perf Q&A

Running time: approx. 1:57 incl. two intermissions

Sat, Dec 14 at 7:30pm

LIVE MUSIC^
Finding Free^ (W)
Many Angels (W)
Revelations

Running time: approx. 1:40 incl. one intermission

Sun, Dec 15 at 2pm

ALL AILEY
Memoria
A Song for You
Cry
Revelations

Running time: approx. 1:57 incl. two intermissions

Sun, Dec 15 at 7pm

Finding Free (W)
Many Angels (W)
Revelations

Running time: approx. 1:40 incl. one intermission

Tue, Dec 17 at 7:30pm

ALL NEW
Finding Free (W)
Many Angels (W)
Grace (N)

Running time: approx. 1:34 incl. one intermission

Wed, Dec 18 at 2pm

AILEY CLASSICS
incl. Revelations

Running time: approx. 2:07 incl. two intermissions

Wed, Dec 18 at 7:30pm

CENTURY
Ode
Revelations

Running time: approx. 1:48 incl. two intermissions

Thu, Dec 19 at 7:30pm

PREMIERE NIGHT*
Are You in Your Feelings?
Me, Myself and You
Treading* (N)
Revelations

Running time: approx. 1:59 incl. two intermissions

Fri, Dec 20 at 7:30pm

PREMIERE NIGHT*
LIVE MUSIC^
Sacred Songs*^ (W)
Ode
Following the Subtle Current Upstream

Running time: approx. 1:34 incl. two intermissions

Sat, Dec 21 at 2pm

Sacred Songs (W)
Are You in Your Feelings?
Revelations

Post-perf Q&A

Running time: approx. 2:03 incl. two intermissions

Sat, Dec 21 at 7:30pm

CENTURY
Many Angels (W)
Treading (N)
Are You in Your Feelings?

Running time: approx. 1:53 incl. two intermissions

Sun, Dec 22 at 2pm

ALL NEW
LIVE MUSIC^
Sacred Songs^ (W)
Many Angels (W)
Grace (N)

Running time: approx. 1:22 incl. one intermission

Tue, Dec 24 at 7:30pm

Sacred Songs (W)
Me, Myself and You
Solo
Revelations

Running time: approx. 2:02 incl. two intermissions

Wed, Dec 25 at 7:30pm

Night Creature
A Song for You
Following the Subtle Current Upstream
Revelations

Running time: approx. 1:53 incl. two intermissions

Thu, Dec 26 at 7:30pm

Finding Free (W)
Me, Myself and You
Treading (N)
Revelations

Running time: approx. 2:04 incl. two intermissions

Fri, Dec 27 at 7:30pm

ALL NEW
Sacred Songs (W)
Al-Andalus Blues (W)
Grace (N)

Running time: approx. 2:03 incl. two intermissions

Sat, Dec 28 at 2pm

Finding Free (W)
Me, Myself and You
Treading (N)
Revelations

Post-perf Q&A

Running time: approx. 2:04 incl. two intermissions

Sat, Dec 28 at 7:30pm

ALL NEW
Sacred Songs (W)
Al-Andalus Blues (W)
Grace (N)

Running time: approx. 2:03 incl. two intermissions

Sun, Dec 29 at 2pm

AILEY CLASSICS
incl. Revelations

Running time: approx. 1:53 incl. two intermissions

Sun, Dec 29 at 7pm

Night Creature
Treading (N)
Following the Subtle Current Upstream
Revelations

Running time: approx. 1:59 incl. two intermissions

Tue, Dec 31 at 2pm

Night Creature
Treading (N)
Following the Subtle Current Upstream
Revelations

Running time: approx. 1:59 incl. two intermissions

Wed, Jan 1 at 7:30pm

ALL NEW
Sacred Songs (W)
Many Angels (W)
Treading (N)
Grace (N)

Running time: approx. 2:03 incl. two intermissions

Thu, Jan 2 at 7:30pm

AILEY CLASSICS
incl. Revelations

Running time: approx. 1:53 incl. two intermissions

Fri, Jan 3 at 7:30pm

ALL NEW
Finding Free (W)
Al-Andalus Blues (W)
Sacred Songs (W)

Running time: approx. 2:11 incl. two intermissions

Sat, Jan 4 at 2pm

AILEY CLASSICS
incl. Revelations

Post-perf Q&A

Running time: approx. 1:53 incl. two intermissions

Sat, Jan 4 at 7:30pm

Night Creature
A Song for You
Treading (N)
Solo
Revelations

Running time: approx. 1:52 incl. two intermissions

Sun, Jan 5 at 2pm

ALL NEW
Finding Free (W)
Many Angels (W)
Treading (N)
Grace (N)

Running time: approx. 2:01 incl. two intermissions

Sun, Jan 5 at 7pm

Alvin Ailey Birthday Celebration
Remarks by Ailey II Artistic Director Emerita Sylvia Waters
Film excerpts: Portrait of Ailey
Night Creature (excerpts)
Reflections in D
Cry (excerpt)
For ‘Bird’—With Love (excerpt)
Revelations

Approx. running time: 1:38 including one intermission.

Photos

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Ronald K. Brown's Grace; Photo by Nir Arieli
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Alvin Ailey's Revelations; photo by Paul Kolnik
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Ronald K. Brown's Dancing Spirit; photo by Paul Kolnik
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Alvin Ailey's Revelations; photo by Tony Powell
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Chalvar Monteiro in Hans van Manen's Solo; photo by Daniel Azoulay
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Solomon Dumas, Constance Stamatiou and Yazzmeen Laidler in Alvin Ailey's Revelations; photo by Paul Kolnik
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Caroline T. Dartey in Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish's Me, Myself and You; photo by Paul Kolnik
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Caroline Dartey and James Gilmer in Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish's Me, Myself and You; photo by Daniel Azoulay
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Kyle Abraham's Are You in Your Feelings; photo by Paul Kolnik
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Amy Hall Garner's CENTURY; photo by Paul Kolnik

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$20 student tickets are available from 12pm until curtain time on the day of each performance.

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40% tickets $80 or higher; all performances excluding Dec 4, 2024.

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