Our Destination Dance partners remain committed to providing outlets for creativity and a platform for using the arts to connect, inspire and heal. The following is an overview of current and ongoing partner activities until venues reopen and live performances resume.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: You can’t see the Ailey dancers perform in a theater right now, but you can still find comfort and joy in the beauty of dance by virtually connecting with streamed videos of their performances, behind-the-scenes features, interviews, and more on Ailey All Access.

And even though you’re unable to take a dance class in person right now, Ailey Extension wants you to keep dancing! Extension instructors are offering online classes to take while you're staying home. View the daily schedule of available classes.

AREA: Due to the current pandemic, all classes and workshops for both the Academy and Ignite programs have been suspended. AREA hopes to reopen and get back to creating with the community as soon as possible. Please check the MyAreaAtlanta Instagram page for re-opening details.

Atlanta Ballet announces The Nutcracker 2020 Experience, featuring alternative ways to experience the magic of The Nutcracker this holiday season. The Nutcracker Drive-In Movie at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, on-demand performance access, and a “30 Days of Nutcracker” series on social media will deliver audiences a daily dose of Nutcracker joy from Thanksgiving through Christmas. Learn more.

The City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs will virtually present their 2020 ELEVATE public art festival, Oct 4–10, 2020.

ELEVATE West End: Equity, Activism, Engagement invites the public to examine issues of inequity and injustice with the goal of inspiring community building, activism, and hope. This year, the festival will feature Destination Dance Ailey Atlanta partners The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, High Museum of Art, A.R.E.A., Reigning Victory Dance Academy, The Rialto Center for the Arts with Russell Gunn, and Atlanta Ballet on Tuesday, October 6. On Thursday, October 8, enjoy a full-length performance of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Rennie Harris' Lazarus. And on Saturday, October 10 gather your children for a reading of Artistic Director Robert Battle's book, My Story, My Dance. Join these and other visual art experiences, dance and music performances, poetry readings, films, and more. Learn more.

NBAF: is offering weekly programs hosted by talented artists in the community featuring virtual classes by art professionals, live entertainment jam sessions, and timely forums dedicated to helping artists save, rethink and innovate. These virtual programs are geared toward Black artists and all that they do behind the scenes to bring art to life. Learn more.

National Center for Civil and Human Rights: The Center is offering virtual/digital programming about promoting and protecting rights. Learn more.

Past Events

AUGUST 2020:

• August 1: Reigning Victory aired their annual production of Messengers live on Zoom
• August 19: Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University offered Feed Your Senses livestream performances from the Rialto Stage

JULY 2020:

• July 15: Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University offered Feed Your Senses livestream performances from the Rialto Stage

JUNE 2020:

• June 8–August 7: High Museum of Art held a summer camp for youth in grades 1–8.
• June 18–July 25: Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education offered streaming classes via Zoom

FEBRUARY 2020:

• Feb 7–15: Atlanta Ballet presents "HEART/BEAT: Gospel, Brubeck & Rhythms of the City" at the Cobb Energy Center
• Feb 15–16: Ailey Experience workshop at Charles R. Drew Charter School
• Feb 20–23: The Ailey company returns to The Fox Theater for their “Ailey Revealed” season featuring the Atlanta premiere of Donald Byrd’s powerful Greenwood, which examines the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
• Feb 22: Students can audition for The Ailey School 2020 Summer Intensive (ages 11–25) and 2020–21 School Year (ages 17–25). Auditions will be held at Atlanta Ballet.
• Feb 22: Argentina’s Ché Malambo returns to the stage at Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University

January 2020:

• Jan 16: Ailey Artistic Director Robert Battle, celebrated choreographer Donald Byrd, and Fulton County Remembrance Coalition’s “Stories From the Soil” founder Allison Bantimba discussed the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which Byrd explores in his new piece Greenwood. Free and open to the public at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.
• Jan 19: Reigning Victory Dance Academy presented MMX-Clear Vision concert featuring students ages 2 to 17 performing various styles of dance from ballet to hip hop

December 2019:

• Dec 7: Reigning Victory Elite Dance Academy performed in The Brown Sugar Nutcracker, presented by Ursula Smith Dance in Birmingham, AL
• Dec 7–24: Final run of performances of Atlanta Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Fox Theatre
• Dec 14: AREA’s Holiday Showcase

October 2019:

• Oct 12 & 13: AREA partnered with Ailey Extension to offer a weekend of classes in Contemporary, Horton, and Heels taught by prominent instructors from New York City
• Oct 25: The High Museum of Art hosted two mini Ailey II performances, each followed by a Q&A
• Oct 26: Ailey II returned to the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University
• Oct 31: Deadline for students ages 2–19 to enroll for the 2019–2020 Reigning Victory Dance Academy school year