Thursday and Friday, March 1 & 2 8pm each night
Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver
Tickets: $46 plus service/facility charges available at Ticketmaster.ca / 604-280-3311 & the Centennial Theatre Box Office 604-984-4484

One of North America’s most popular and exceptional dance companies!
The Ailey spirit shines in the spirit and energy of America’s best young dance talent merged with the passion and creative vision of today’s most outstanding choreographers. Artistic Director Sylvia Waters presents company favourites, new works by emerging choreographers and classics by Alvin Ailey.

Ailey II began in 1974 as the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble, composed of the most promising scholarship students from The Ailey School. The Company, which emphasizes a balance of repertoire, technique and performance, embodies Mr. Ailey’s pioneering mission to establish an extended cultural community that presents dance performances using the beauty and humanity of the African-American heritage and other cultures for all people.

Ailey II young dancers are the most talented of their generation, translating their strength, agility and grace of body and soul into stirring, powerful performances of an exhilarating and diverse repertoire.

“Ailey II can be counted on to deliver high-energy dancing made even more electric by the push of youthful ambition.” (The New York Times).

Info: www.globalartsconcerts.com
Presented by Global Arts Concerts and the Centennial Theatre