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BP MARKOWITZ WELCOMES ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER BACK TO BAM FOR FIRST TIME IN THREE DECADES |
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In photo :
(left to right) BP Markowitz; Linda Shelton, Executive Director, The Joyce Theater; Judith Jamison, Artistic Director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater |
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| Photographs by Kathryn Kirk |
In photo: (left to right) Linda Shelton, Executive Director, The Joyce Theater; City Council Member Letitia James; Alvin Ailey performers Willy Laury and Courtney Brene Corbin; BP Markowitz; Judith Jamison, Artistic Director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Bill Lynch, Director of Development, BAM |
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On Tuesday, June 3, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz presented citations and proclamations to Judith Jamison, Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Linda Shelton, Executive Director of The Joyce Theater, to celebrate the return of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) for the first time in three decades. Performers from Alvin Ailey were also on hand for the press kickoff in Borough Hall Plaza.
The Joyce Theater will present the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Howard Gilman Opera House from June 3rd through the 8th—performing “Classic Ailey” and “Best Of” programs in this special 50th anniversary spring season. See attached press release for more details.
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