Posted by | Ray Cornelius 

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has released dates and cities for its upcoming North American Tour beginning February 2016. The 20-city tour opens on February 2 in our nation’s capitol, Washington D.C., with stops in Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Boston and Houston. It closes the weekend of May 6-8 in Newark, NJ.

In other related Ailey news, the renowned dance company will be “going to the movies” next Thursday, October 22 as part of the Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance.

As previously reported, the one-night-only screening features performances from Ailey’s recent Lincoln Center season including excerpts from Wayne McGregor’s “Chroma,” “Grace” by Ronald K. Brown “Takademe” by Ailey’s artist director, Robert Battle and Ailey’s signature classic, “Revelations.”

Click here to purchase your tickets and check out the 2016 N.A. Tour schedule below:

February 2-7
Washington, DC
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

February 10-14
Atlanta, GA
The Fox Theatre

February 16
Gainesville, FL
Phillips Center

February 18-21
Miami, FL
The Adrienne Arsht Center

February 23-24
Chapel Hill, NC
Memorial Hall / University of North Carolina

February 26-28
Norfolk, VA
Chrysler Hall

March 1
Minneapolis, MN
Northrup Auditorium

March 4-5
Toronto, ON 
Sony Centre

March 15
Louisville, KY
Whitney Hall
March 17-20
Boston, MA
Citi Wang Theatre
March 29 – April 3
Berkeley, CA
Zellerbach Hall
April 6–10
Costa Mesa, CA
Segerstrom Hall
April 12-13    
Santa Barbara, CA
Arlington Theatre
April 15-17    
Seattle, WA
Paramount Theatre
April 19-20    
Las Vegas, NV
Smith Center
April 23-24  
Houston, TX
April 26–27    
Baltimore, MD
April 29 – May 1 
Cleveland, OH
May 6 – 8    
Newark, NJ
NJPAC

Photo Credit: AlvinAiley.org

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