Ailey Revelations Dance Celebration with the Whitney Sun, Sept 8, 2024, 12–2 pm

Ailey Revelations Dance Celebration with the Whitney

Sun, Sept 8, 2024
12–2 pm

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A group of people in a public space participate in a dance class, led by an instructor in a blue shirt. They raise their arms in unison.
A group of people in a public space participate in a dance class, led by an instructor in a blue shirt. They raise their arms in unison.

AILEY Revelations Dance Celebration with the Whitney Museum in Gansevoort Plaza on July 23, 2024. Photograph by Filip Wolak

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Whitney Entrance

Open to all ages

September 8, 12 pm, 2 pm

Join the Whitney Museum and AILEY for a free outdoor dance class to celebrate Edges of Ailey, an exhibition opening at the Whitney Museum this fall. Led by Ailey Extension instructor and former Company member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Amos Machanic, participants will learn excerpts from Alvin Ailey’s timeless signature masterpiece Revelations.

This program is organized in celebration of performance tickets for Edges of Ailey going on sale on Tuesday, September 10.

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

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Learn more at whitney.org/artport

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