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Click here to check out this year's programming, and here for tickets!

TakeChicagoDance launched yesterday

If you 've watched great dance performances at the Auditorium and thought it would be fun to take a dance class, you'll love the new site TakeChicagoDance.com. Launched yesterday, Take Chicago Dance is a sister site to SeeChicagoDance.com, the website offering comprehensive news about Chicago's dance scene and deals for dance performances. Both sites are a great resource for the dance lover, so check it out!

Swan Lake opens tonight

The Tchaikovsky Ballet and Orchestra is performing Swan Lake tonight and twice tomorrow. The Sun-Times preview and brief interview with Natalia Makarova, the Kirov Ballet alum who staged the ballet, is here.

Ailey FAMTIX promotion sold out

As of this morning, we have sold out of Ailey FAMTIX!

This is always one of our most popular promotions. Thanks to the generosity of LaSalle Bank, we've been able to offer a free child ticket with the purchase of a full-price adult ticket for the Saturday matinee of Alivn Ailey American Dance Theater for the past few years. This year, we were able to give tickets to almost 300 children.

The Saturday matinee performance is the most popular so far, but great tickets are still available for all six shows. Check out our website for program information.

Photo: AAADT's Renee Robinson in Revelations. Photo by Paul Kolnik.

Interview with Ailey Artistic Director Judith Jamison - San Fran Chronicle

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Artistic Director Judith Jamison recently announced that she will retire in 2011. Saturday's San Francisco Chronicle had an interview where she discusses her decision and the company's future.

Click here for information on AAADT's upcoming Auditorium engagement, April 16-20. You won't want to miss this year's spectacular programming!

American Ballet Theatre's Xiomara Reyes Steps in for Saturday's Don Quixote Performance

Two Top Ballerinas Showcased at the Auditorium This Weekend!

Ballerina Xiomara Reyes, well know to Chicago ballet fans from her apperarances with American Ballet Theatre, is stepping in for the injured Anna Muradeli for Saturday's performance by the State Ballet of Georgia. Reyes will be dancing the lead role of Kitri, which will be danced by fellow ABT principal and State Ballet of Georgia Artistic Director Nina Ananiashvili during the rest of the run.

Read more about Reyes here.