BAM 2023

June 6-11, 2023

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, “America’s most popular dance company” (The New Yorker), brings its passionate energy and dazzling technique back to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) for the first time since 2010 with two must-see programs that include signature works by Alvin Ailey—including his masterpiece Revelations—as well as recent and rarely performed pieces by renowned choreographers Kyle Abraham, Ronald K. Brown, and Twyla Tharp.

Alvin Ailey made his debut on the BAM stage as a dancer in 1956 and established close ties to the community when the company began a residency at BAM in 1969. Today, under the leadership of artistic director Robert Battle, the company that forever changed American dance remains a vital force in the city where Ailey put down enduring roots—and around the globe.

Program A: Brooklyn Bonds

Modern masters with Brooklyn connections
June 6, 8, & 10 at 7:30pm

Dancing Spirit by Ronald K. Brown
Roy’s Joys by Twyla Tharp
Are You In Your Feelings? by Kyle Abraham

Program B: All Ailey

Revered classics by Alvin Ailey
June 7 & 9 at 7:30pm, June 10 at 2pm, and June 11 at 3pm

Night Creature by Alvin Ailey
Cry by Alvin Ailey
Survivors by Alvin Ailey with Mary Barnett
Revelations by Alvin Ailey

View the cast for each performance

Programs, casting, and prices are subject to change without notice.

Our Sponsors

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

This engagement has also been made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.