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Christopher Zunner
Phone: 212-405-9028
Email: czunner@alvinailey.org

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Emily Hawkins
Phone: 212-405-9083
E-mail: ehawkins@alvinailey.org

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Nyrie Mckenzie
Phone: 212-405-9079
E-mail: nmckenzie@alvinailey.org

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Amanda Householder
Phone: 212.-405-9032
Email: ahouseholder@alvinailey.org

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Renee Robinson in Alvin Ailey’s Revelations. Photo by Paul Kolnik.
Renee Robinson in Alvin Ailey’s Revelations. Photo by Paul Kolnik.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, recognized by U.S. Congressional resolution as a vital American “Cultural Ambassador to the World,” has performed for over 23 million people in 48 states and in 71 countries on 6 continents, celebrating the African-American cultural experience and the American modern dance tradition.

The Ailey Organization also includes:
  • Ailey II - a second performing company of young dancers and emerging choreographers
  • The Ailey School - one of the world's most extensive dance training programs
  • Ailey Arts in Education & Community Programs - which bring dance into classrooms and communities
  • The Ailey Extension - offering dance and fitness classes to the public

Ailey’s permanent home is The Joan Weill Center for Dance, the largest building dedicated to dance in New York City, the dance capital of the world.

 

Releases

April 18, 2013
The Ailey Organization is proud to extend its mission of using dance to inspire, enrich and unite people through a new partnership with the New Settlement Community Center located in the Mt. Eden section of the Bronx. More >
April 09, 2013
For the first time ever, the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will be joined by rising stars of Ailey II, gifted young dancers from The Ailey School, and talented students from AileyCamp in a spectacular Ailey At The Apollo performacne on Tuesday, May 7th at 7pm. More >
March 26, 2013
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world's most popular dance companies, returns to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for the first time in 13 years for a seven-performance engagement at the David H. Koch Theater June 12-16, 2013. More >

Press Coverage

May 17, 2013
As a dance studnet growing up in Orange, Virginia, Demetia Hopkins went every year to Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center to see Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. More >
May 17, 2013
In rehearsal for Ronald K. Brown's Grace, Alvin Ailey's Belen Pereyra cuts an unassuming figure in a black T-shirt and sweatpants. But the petite 25-year-old has an outsize presence, thanks to her crisp yet freewheeling style. More >