Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

and CITY LIGHTS ENTERTAINMENT. ALVIN AILEY American Dance Theater - PROGRAMME A After the triumph of 2024, the legendary New York modern dance company returns to enchant Paris with two brand-new programmes: betw

and CITY LIGHTS ENTERTAINMENT.

ALVIN AILEY American Dance Theater - PROGRAMME A After the triumph of 2024, the legendary New York modern dance company returns to enchant Paris with two brand-new programmes: between heritage and new creation, the unmissable dance event of the autumn season.

The return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to Paris stands out as one of the major choreographic events of 2026.

Having won over more than 32,000 spectators across eleven sold-out performances in 2024, the prestigious New York company takes over the stage of the Palais des Congrès once again with a renewed, bold and deeply moving artistic offering.

For this new Paris season, the company unveils a two-part programme. PROGRAMME A, "AILEY LEGACY", celebrates the heritage of the repertoire through iconic works that have shaped the company's identity.

Night Creature, choreographed by Alvin Ailey in 1975 to Duke Ellington's sophisticated jazz score, plunges the audience into a vibrant nocturnal world blending bounding allegros with Graham-esque contractions. Grace, a major 1999 creation by Ronald K.

Brown, unfolds a luminous spirituality by fusing modern vocabulary with movements from the African diaspora. This piece, now a staple of the Ailey repertoire, traces the journey of a goddess who comes down to spread grace on earth, set to the music of Duke Ellington.

Running through both programmes, Revelations remains the absolute masterpiece of modern dance. Created in 1960, this iconic ballet draws on African-American spirituals, gospel and blues to offer a fervent exploration of the torments and joys of the human soul.

The "blood memories" of Alvin Ailey's native Texas run through every movement of this work, which transcends cultural boundaries and, more than six decades after its creation, continues to move audiences the world over. Under the artistic direction of Alicia Graf Mack, the Al