Alvin Ailey 'Ticket-to-Dance' Offers FREE Classes to Performance Attendees

The Ailey Extension offers fans nationwide the chance to take the magic of dance from the stage to the studio with a FREE class at Ailey's home - The Joan Weill Center for Dance. This special "Ticket to Dance" promotion offers a complimentary Ailey Extension class with a ticket stub from any Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater or Ailey II performance around the nation, including the Company's New York City Center season running December 4th - January 5th.

Fans can get moving like Ailey dancers. Founded on the idea of "Real Classes for Real People;" the Ailey Extension has something to offer for everyone. With class offerings just as vast as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's repertory, Ailey Extension instructors present visitors the opportunity to experience over 25 dance and fitness techniques from around the world, including Masala Bhangra, Hip Hop, Salsa, Capoeira, Samba,Zumba, Yoga, Bellydance, Jazz, and more. Attendees can experience the same excitement the dancers feel when they perform techniques such as Horton,which can be seen in Alvin Ailey's American masterpiece, Revelations, and other diverse repertory, including Ballet classes which reflect choreography in multi award-winning British choreographer Wayne McGregor's company premiere, Chroma; and West African which mirrors movements found in celebrated choreographer Ronald K. Brown's Four Corners.

Click here for The Ailey Extension's full schedule.

Get your "Ticket-to-Dance" today with a ticket purchase to an inspiring Ailey performance at New York City Center from December 4 through January 5, 2014 - just in time for the holidays! This year's season highlights include an explosive world premiere of in demand choreographer Aszure Barton's, LIFT, new productions of Ailey/Ellington classics Pas de Duke and The River, Ji?í Kylián's sensual and visually surprising Petite Mort, Tony Award-winning The Lion King choreographer Garth Fagan's seminal From Before, Ohad Naharin's unique and innovative Minus 16, modern dance masterPaul Taylor's Arden Court, and hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris' soul-lifting Home. With a "Ticket-to-Dance," audiences who are inspired by Ailey's extraordinary artists can join in any of the 80 public classes offered at The Joan Weill Center for Dance, New York's largest building dedicated to dance. Tickets starting at $25 are available at the New York City Center Box Office, through CityTix at (212) 581-1212 or online at www.alvinailey.org orwww.nycitycenter.org. Each "Ticket to Dance" is good for one year from the performance date for first time students, and can be used when purchasing a "10-class card" for returning students of The Ailey Extension.

Since its inception in 2005, The Ailey Extension has fulfilled Mr. Ailey's life-long commitment of bringing dance to everyone by offering "real classes for real people." The Extension offers over 80 classes per week in over 25 different dance and fitness techniques for all levels. Over 73,000 people have taken classes at Ailey's home, New York's largest building dedicated to dance, where dancers of all levels and walks of life can learn and be inspired - body, mind, and spirit!

For complete class schedules and information on The Ailey Extension, please visit www.aileyextension.com

Photo Credit: Kyle Froman