Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- What: World‑class modern dance company performing signature works and ensemble repertoire. - When: Performances scheduled April 24–26, 2026 across multiple weekend shows. - Where: In Chicago — local performance listings and ticket info at thesavvyglobetrotter.com.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Chicago this weekend for four performances at the Auditorium Theatre, running April 24 through April 26. (ailey.org) The company is scheduled for shows at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 24; 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 25; and 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 26, at the Auditorium, 50 East Ida B. Wells Drive. (auditoriumtheatre.org) Chicago audiences will see two rotating programs. One includes *Blink of an Eye*, *A Case of You*, *Embrace* and *Revelations*; the other includes *Jazz Island*, *Difference Between*, *Song of the Anchorite* and *Revelations*. (ailey.org) This stop comes in Alicia Graf Mack’s first season as artistic director, a role she began on July 1, 2025. Ailey said Graf Mack is the fourth artistic director in the organization’s history, following Alvin Ailey, Judith Jamison and Robert Battle. (ailey.org) The Chicago engagement closes the Auditorium’s 2025-26 “Celebrating Women Leaders in Dance” season and marks the company’s 57th appearance there. The venue is billing the run as Ailey’s return to its longtime Chicago home. (auditoriumtheatre.org) Ailey’s repertory for this run leans heavily on recent work. The Chicago programs include 2025 pieces by Medhi Walerski, Fredrick Earl Mosley, Matthew Neenan, Maija García and Jamar Roberts, alongside Judith Jamison’s 2004 duet *A Case of You*. (ailey.org) Every performance ends with *Revelations*, Alvin Ailey’s 1960 signature work set to spirituals, gospel songs and blues. Ailey calls it a cultural treasure, and the company has kept it at the center of its touring repertory for decades. (ailey.org) The company traces its first performance to March 30, 1958, when Alvin Ailey and a group of young Black modern dancers performed in New York. The organization now says it has performed in more than 70 countries on six continents. (ailey.org) (pressroom.alvinailey.org) For Chicago, the immediate draw is a compact weekend run: four performances, two programs and one of modern dance’s most durable finales. Local event listings and ticket links are also posted in the city roundup for April 24-26. (thesavvyglobetrotter.com)
