Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

A cornerstone of the Cal Performances season, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Berkeley residency always looks forward and backward at once: re-igniting powerful and stirring Ailey works of the past and inspiring a new generation with contemporary repertoire by exciting living choreographers. For more than 50 years, the company has ranked among America's most beloved cultural treasures, and Ailey's artistic legacy, carried on by artistic director Robert Battle, endures in the formidable ensemble of dancers, who perform iconic works like Revelations with the unmistakable strength, grace, and optimism of spirit that is Ailey through and through.

The 2014 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater program will be announced in January 2014