Ailey in Philadelphia, PA

Join Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at Academy of Music in Philadelphia, PA as the extraordinary dancers ignite the stage in four performances featuring electrifying new works and cherished audience favorites. The company’s first major performance season helmed by Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack is not to be missed!

Experience five premieres from the company: Matthew Neenan’s Difference Between, Medhi Walerski’s Blink of an Eye, Maija García’s Jazz Island, Fredrick Earl Mosley’s Embrace, and Jamar Roberts’ Song of the Anchorite (a reimagining of Alvin Ailey’s Hermit Songs). The season also features a new production of Judith Jamison’s moving duet A Case of You and Alvin Ailey’s masterpiece Revelations, the ultimate anthem to resilience and joy. 

The inaugural season helmed by AILEY's new Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack, in collaboration with Associate Artistic Director Matthew Rushing, takes audiences in exhilarating new directions, inspiring returning fans and first-timers alike.

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