Visions and Voices: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Home

This Visions and Voices event is for current USC students only and you must use the transportation provided to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Sign up for the lottery on Thursday, March 6th, between 7:00am and 2:00pm. Check-in for the event will begin at 11:30am on the University Park campus. Buses will depart at 12:15pm and return to campus at 5:30pm. Lunch will be provided at check-in.

The V&V event web site describes this event as follows:

Beauty, spirit, hope and passion know no bounds! Join the celebration as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater,  America’s cultural ambassador to the world, brings African American cultural expression and the American moderndance  tradition to the stage. The Miami Herald wrote that the company’s new artistic director, Robert Battle, “represents a new generation, not just at Ailey, but in modern dance.” The dancers of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater are electrifying—“the most gorgeous dancing you ever did see” (New York magazine).

For further information on this event: visionsandvoices@usc.edu

Follow this link from DanceMedia to view the performance staged by Christopher Huggins, music by George Winston, and performed by members of Ailey II at the 2008 Dance Magazine Awards. December 8, 2008, Florence Gould Hall, New York City.

Isba (1983)