CELEBRATING A SHARED HERITAGE
Iconic Dance Company Returns To Its Second Home
KC Studio
Patrick Neas
January/February 2023
In describing his own work, the great American dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey once wrote, “Its roots are in American Negro culture, which is part of the whole country’s heritage, but the dance speaks to everyone.”
Alvin Ailey died in 1989, but his dance continues to speak to everyone. Kansas City audiences have had a special affinity for Ailey’s unique art ever since the Harriman-Jewell Series presented the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Gano Hall on the campus of William Jewell College when the company embarked on its first American tour in 1968.
Now, in collaboration with the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, the Harriman-Jewell Series will present the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on March 24 at the Muriel Kauffman Theatre. The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey will present the company on March 25.