Auditorium Theatre 2018-19 Issue 3 Alvin Ailey

March 6 - March 30, 2019 | AUDITORIUM THEATRE 2018-19 | 7 1965 – Judith Jamison performs with the company for the first time. 1966 – Ailey choreographs a production of Antony and Cleopatra for opera singer Leontyne Price at New York’s Lincoln Center. 1967 – Sponsored by the United States State Department, the Ailey company goes on a two- and-a-half month tour of Africa, visiting ten countries. 1968 – Ailey sets Revelations on Ballet Folklórico de México for the opening ceremonies of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, marking the only time that another company performs Revelations . Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs at the White House for President Lyndon B. Johnson. 1970 – The company goes on a six-week tour of the USSR. The Washington Post reports that the company is kept onstage for 20 minutes of curtain calls after a sold-out opening night performance at Moscow’s Variety Theater. Alvin Ailey and Carmen de Lavallade in Ailey’s Blues Suite . Alvin Ailey, Ella Thompson Moore, and Myrna White in Ailey’s Revelations . The Ailey company performs at the White House in 1968. Judith Jamison performing in Ailey’s Revelations . JACK MITCHELL JACK MITCHELL COURTESY OF AILEY ARCHIVES