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BP MARKOWITZ TO WELCOME JUDITH JAMISON AND ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER BACK TO BAM FOR FIRST TIME IN 35 YEARS
1:00 PM
TUESDAY, JUNE 3
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL PLAZA STAGE
209 JORALEMON STREET
BETWEEN COURT & ADAMS STREETS
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
On Tuesday, June 3, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will present special citations to Judith Jamison, Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Linda Shelton, Executive Director of The Joyce Theater, to celebrate the return of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) for the first time in three decades. Performers from Alvin Ailey will also be on hand for the press kickoff in Borough Hall Plaza.
The Joyce Theater will present the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Howard Gilman Opera House from June 3rd through the 8th—performing “Classic Ailey” and “Best Of” programs in this special 50th anniversary spring season.
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