Artistic Direction Photos

AAADT's Constance Stamatiou, Anna Deavere Smith and Ailey II Artistic Director Francesca Harper at the 2024 Opening Night Gala

Ailey II Artistic Director Francesca Harper. Photo by Nir Arieli

Ailey II Artistic Director Francesca Harper. Photo by Nir Arieli

Ailey II Artistic Director Francesca Harper. Photo by Nir Arieli

Ailey II Rehearsal Director Shay Bland. Photo by Nir Arieli

Artistic Director Emerita Ailey II Sylvia Waters, Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack, Former Associate Artistic Director Masazumi Chaya at Ailey's 2025 Opening Night Gala

Paul Sarnasado's Metallics

Ailey II Artistic Director Emerita Sylvia Waters and AILEYs Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack

Carmen de Lavallade, George Faison, Sidra Smith and Ailey II Artistic Director Emerita Sylvia Waters

Sylvia Waters, Ailey II Artistic Director Emerita

Ailey II Artistic Director Francesca Harper

Linda Kent, Judith Jamison and Sylvia Waters in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution