Overview

• The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrated its 65th anniversary with a gala event in New York.
• Cynthia Erivo performed a special dance tribute to Judith Jamison, the company's most visible face and former artistic director.
• Artistic director Robert Battle was notably absent, having resigned two weeks prior to the season's start due to health reasons.
• Associate artistic director Matthew Rushing, also a former star dancer, will run the current season as a search for a new artistic director is launched.
• The evening concluded with the company's signature piece, 'Revelations', a masterpiece set to spirituals and gospel and blues music.