Group Ticket Sales
Please note, our offices will be closed from 1pm on December 30th until 10am on Tuesday, January 3rd. During this time, tickets for Ailey’s final weekend of performances at New York City Center can be purchased through City Tix by calling 212-581-1212 or buying online. Please note group discounts will no longer apply this season. If you have already purchased group tickets for December 30th at 8pm, December 31st at 2pm or January 1st at 7:30pm, and have misplaced them, please visit the group sales representative in City Center’s lobby. If you have already purchased group tickets for December 31st at 7pm and have misplaced them, please arrive at the theater at least 40 minutes before the performance time and ask for the house manager.
Thank you and Happy New Year!
Enjoy special savings for groups of 10 or more
Don't miss Robert Battle's first season as Artistic Director. The New York Times’ chief dance critic Alastair Macaulay wrote: “I can’t see a better choice than Mr. Battle.” And The Los Angeles Times recently declared, “The next Ailey era is at hand and it looks bright.”
To Order Group Tickets
Enjoy group savings of up to 20% off regular prices for the best available seats.
For more information or to make a group reservation, call 212-405-9082,
email groupsales@alvinailey.org or submit an online request today.
You can also enhance your group’s Ailey experience with custom packages including dance classes, receptions, and building tours before the performance at Ailey’s beautiful home, The Joan Weill Center for Dance, at 405 West 55th Street (at 9th Avenue) — located just a few blocks away from New York City Center.
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Season Details
Ailey's 2011 New York City Center season runs 5 weeks only -- from November 30 through January 1. Mr. Battle has assembled an extraordinary, diverse program that celebrates Alvin Ailey’s legacy while reaching into new directions, featuring six premieres and new productions:
- WORLD PREMIERE: Home, a new piece by the bold hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris, is set to a soul-lifting score of gospel house music and inspired by stories of people living with or affected by HIV
- COMPANY PREMIERE: Paul Taylor’s modern classic Arden Court, the first work by this American master to be performed by Ailey dancers
- COMPANY PREMIERE: Minus 16, a phenomenally inventive work by Ohad Naharin, which incorporates the dancers' improvisations and audience participation on stage
- COMPANY PREMIERE: Robert Battle’s bravura solo Takademe, which mixes humor and high-flying movement in a savvy deconstruction of Indian Kathak dance rhythms
- TWO NEW PRODUCTIONS of ballets not performed in years: Joyce Trisler’s haunting solo Journey (performed with live music), and Mr. Ailey’s standout work Streams, a gorgeous exploration of the architecture of bodies in space
Most performances end with Mr. Ailey’s timeless masterpiece, Revelations.
Download the NY Season Performance Calendar
We are also thrilled to report that New York City Center has undergone a major renovation. Your group is sure to love the spacious new lobby, the convenience of a second elevator, more restrooms, wider theater seats, more legroom, and improved sightlines on all theater levels.
Watch the renovation of New York City Center in 60 seconds.