Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Visits Denmark

Alvin Ailey Executive Director, Sharon Gersten Luckman delivering a speech at the reception

Between September 15 and September 20, the world famous Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is visiting Denmark and dancing in Tivoli in Copenhagen.

On September 14, Ambassador Fulton hosted a reception for the dancers at her residence, Rydhave, north of Copenhagen. Among the many guests who came by to meet the dancers were many ambassadors and cultural dignitaries from around Denmark.

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater grew from the now fabled performance in March 1958, at the 92nd Street Young Men's Hebrew Association in New York. Led by Alvin Ailey and a group of young African-American modern dancers, that performance changed forever the perception of American dance.

Dancers and guests at the reception

Today, led by Artistic Director, Judith Jamison, AAADT has gone on to perform for an estimated 23 million people in 48 states and in 71 countries on six continents, including two historic residencies in South Africa. The company has earned a reputation as one of the most acclaimed international ambassadors of American culture, promoting the uniqueness of the African-American cultural experience and the preservation and enrichment of the American modern dance.