This year’s 23rd annual Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp that recently started and runs through July 25 is setting various spaces ...

Jacob’s Pillow debuts its reimagined Doris Duke Theatre, summer festival includes return of Alvin Ailey company, popular ...

Bradley Simmons, instructor of West African percussion at Duke University for nearly three decades, died at 72 on May 22.

Formerly known as Bahia in Motion, Brasil in Motion is dedicated to preserving and sharing Afro-Brazilian cultural heritage ...

Texas Performing Arts, part of the University of Texas at Austin but accessible to everyone, has announced its 2025-2026 season, featuring jazz greats, a banjo genius, playful avant-garde theater, and ...

Choreographed by Ailey himself, “Revelations” is a rich tapestry of African American spirituals, ballet, and modern and jazz dance inspired by Ailey’s upbringing in the Baptist church.

Alvin Ailey’s intergenerational West African dance workshop, which is also accompanied by live drumming, will introduce participants to the rhythms and movement of West Africa, learning the ...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has performed for an estimated 25 million people in 71 countries on six continents—as well as millions more through television broadcasts, film screenings and ...

Dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater rehearse the world premiere of choreographer Matthew Rushing’s “Sacred Songs” at New York City Center on December 20, 2024, in New York City.

The Whitney tells the American story through the genius of Alvin Ailey “Edges of Ailey” is a well-deserved canonization of one of the 20th century’s greatest dance artists.

Ailey founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1958, a company dedicated to preserving and enriching the African American cultural narrative through dance.