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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York City Center’s Principal Dance Company and a beloved cultural ambassador, returns for a five-week engagement, continuing a joyous holiday tradition.

This milestone season raises the curtain on Ailey’s next era under the leadership of new Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack, guided, as ever, by Alvin Ailey’s pioneering legacy.

Be the first to see this season’s five world premieres! Fredrick Earl Mosley’s Embrace explores the connection and fragility of human relationships to music by Adele, Stevie Wonder, Ed Sheeran, and many others. Maija García’s Jazz Island brings an Afro-Caribbean folktale to life, inspired by a story by Geoffrey Holder. Matthew Neenan’s Difference Between showcases his signature abandon and playfulness. Jamar Roberts’ Song of the Anchorite reimagines Alvin Ailey’s 1961 ballet Hermit Songs for contemporary times. The Holy Blues taps into the blues and gospel to connect the sacred and secular, choreographed by Urban Bush Women’s Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, in collaboration with Samantha Figgins and Chalvar Monteiro.

This season also features the company premiere of Medhi Walerski’s Blink of an Eye, an explosive display of precision originally choreographed for Nederlands Dans Theater; and a new production of Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison’s moving duet, A Case of You, performed to Diana Krall’s sultry rendition of Joni Mitchell’s classic song.

Don’t miss these debut works along with returning favorites: Ronald K. Brown’s pulse-pounding Grace, Alonzo King’s thrilling Following the Subtle Current Upstream, and Alvin Ailey’s masterpieces Cry and Revelations, plus much more. Select performances will be accompanied by live music.