Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Edges of Ailey is on view now! The exhibition opens at the Whitney Museum of American Art on September 25, 2024 and will stay on view until February 9, 2025. Edges of Ailey is the first large-scale museum exhibition to celebrate the life, dances, influences, and enduring legacy of visionary artist and choreographer Alvin Ailey (b. 1931, Rogers, Texas; d. 1989, New York, New York). This dynamic showcase—described as an “extravaganza” by curator Adrienne Edwards—brings together visual art, live performance, music, a range of archival materials, and a multi-screen video installation drawn from recordings of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) repertory to explore the full range of Ailey’s personal and creative life.
Presented at the Museum in two parts, Edges of Ailey consists of an immersive exhibition in the Museum’s 18,000 square-foot fifth-floor galleries—featuring works by more than eighty artists and revelatory archival material—and an ambitious suite of performances in the Museum’s third-floor theater, including AILEY in residence for one week each month during the exhibition.
Exhibition information can be found here: whitney.org/exhibitions/edges-of-ailey
Tickets can be purchased here: whitney.org/admission
This video teaser is directed by Ezra Hurwitz.
Edges of Ailey is organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art in collaboration with the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation. The exhibition is curated by Adrienne Edwards, Engell Speyer Family Senior Curator and Associate Director of Curatorial Programs, with Joshua Lubin-Levy, Curatorial Research Associate, and CJ Salapare, Curatorial Assistant. The lead sponsor for Edges of Ailey is the Jerome L. Greene Foundation.
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Edges of Ailey is on view now! The exhibition opens at the Whitney Museum of American Art on September 25, 2024 and will stay on view until February 9, 2025. Edges of Ailey is the first large-scale museum exhibition to celebrate the life, dances, influences, and enduring legacy of visionary artist and choreographer Alvin Ailey (b. 1931, Rogers, Texas; d. 1989, New York, New York). This dynamic showcase—described as an “extravaganza” by curator Adrienne Edwards—brings together visual art, live performance, music, a range of archival materials, and a multi-screen video installation drawn from recordings of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) repertory to explore the full range of Ailey’s personal and creative life.
Presented at the Museum in two parts, Edges of Ailey consists of an immersive exhibition in the Museum’s 18,000 square-foot fifth-floor galleries—featuring works by more than eighty artists and revelatory archival material—and an ambitious suite of performances in the Museum’s third-floor theater, including AILEY in residence for one week each month during the exhibition.
Exhibition information can be found here: whitney.org/exhibitions/edges-of-ailey
Tickets can be purchased here: whitney.org/admission
This video teaser is directed by Ezra Hurwitz.
Edges of Ailey is organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art in collaboration with the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation. The exhibition is curated by Adrienne Edwards, Engell Speyer Family Senior Curator and Associate Director of Curatorial Programs, with Joshua Lubin-Levy, Curatorial Research Associate, and CJ Salapare, Curatorial Assistant. The lead sponsor for Edges of Ailey is the Jerome L. Greene Foundation.
#alvinailey #whitneymuseum #adrienneedwards #edgesofailey #dance #dancevideo #contemporaryart #art #alvinaileyamericandancetheater
