“I thought that the dancers were the most beautiful people that I had ever seen,” Dumas said. “I’ve never seen Black people move in that way and look that way.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will returns to its Chicago home – the landmark Auditorium Theatre at 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive – for its 55th engagement, with six dynamic performances, April 17-21, 2024. Tickets, starting at $40, are now on sale at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | Auditorium Theatre.
Organizations like Brown Girls Do Ballet and Alvin Ailey are leveling the dance floor for Black performers who have historically been excluded from the art form.