Art-full Angelinos are invited to join us on Saturday April 9th for an evening of dance, dinner and new friends when we see Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at The Music Center: Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles.
Alvin Ailey embodies six decades of achievement, celebrating the human spirit with performances that unite and inspire audiences while also showcasing the African American experience. We will be seeing the ‘All Ailey’ program that includes Ailey’s seminal masterpiece Revelations, which remains as poignant, relevant and moving as when it debuted in 1960.
Before the evening show, we will meet and mingle over a drinks & food at Kendall’s Brasserie at 5:15pm before the 7:30pm performance.
All tickets include a seat in the front balcony with the group. Full experience tickets also include a spot at dinner. Fee goes toward tax & tip ONLY - no food is included in the price and all food/drink must be ordered and paid separately (by cash or venmo) at the restaurant.
Your guest host for the event is LA native, Christina Medrano (@christinabeeartistry)
Show-only tickets: $60 through 3/26 at midnight; $65 thereafter
Full experience tickets with a spot at dinner: $75 through 3/26 at midnight; $80 thereafter*
*Includes tax/tip ONLY - no food included. All food must be paid and ordered separately at the restaurant - please bring cash or have Venmo in order to make check splitting easier!
Full Schedule:
5:15pm | Meet for dinner at Kendall’s Brasserie
7:15pm | Meet outside the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion
at the LA Music Center
7:30pm | Alvin Ailey performance
at the LA Music Center, program includes:
Blues Suite
Reflections in D
Cry
Revelations
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More about Alvin Ailey:
Since its now-fabled performance in March 1958 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has grown from a small group of African American dancers to a revolutionary company that transcends barriers and celebrates the African American cultural experience. In 2008, a U.S. Congressional resolution designated the company as “a vital American cultural ambassador to the world.” Under the decade-long leadership of its visionary artistic director Robert Battle, the company continues to honor the monumental legacy of its founder, while expanding the Ailey repertory and developing the next generation of choreographers. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform different programs of mixed repertory, which all conclude with its enduring classic Revelations, beloved by generations of fans. Using African American spirituals, song-sermons, gospel songs and holy blues, Revelations fervently explores the places of deepest grief and holiest joy in the soul. Seeing Revelations for the first time or the hundredth is a transcendent experience.
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The Music Center’s COVID policy:
All attendees must show proof of full vaccination (including a booster shot) for COVID-19 OR a negative COVID-19 test.
Proof of Full Vaccination (including a booster if eligible*): You are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 two (2) weeks after you have received either a Johnson & Johnson (J&J)/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, or a second dose of a Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, or a COVID-19 vaccine that has been listed for emergency use by the World Health Organization.
*Booster Requirement: In accordance with CDC recommendations, individuals 12 years of age and older must show proof of a booster vaccine if they are five months past their initial Pfizer series or six months past their initial Moderna series or two months past their initial J&J vaccine.
Negative Test: If you plan to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test, an antigen test must be taken within 24 hours prior to the start of the event, and a PCR test must be taken within 48 hours prior to the start time; this includes children over 2 years of age. At-home COVID tests will not be accepted for entry.