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Photos: See the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater's Historic Trip to South Africa

This month the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater made a historic trip to South Africa, visitng and performing in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Click through to see their historic, and stunning, trip in pictures.

By Yolanda Sangweni · October 1, 2015October 27, 2020
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Ailey dancer Fana Tesfagiorgis strikes a powerful pose in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town.

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Ailey dancers Glenn Allen Sims and Linda Celeste Sims pose in front of the Nelson Mandela statue at the Union Building in Pretoria.

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Ailey dancer Belen Pereyra poses in Cape Town.

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Ailey dancers Akua Noni Parker and Michael Jackson, Jr. gracefully pose in front of a giraffe in South Africa.

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Ailey dancer Sean Aaron Carmon in South Africa.

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Ailey dancers Samuel Lee Roberts and Sarah Daley in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Ailey dancer Samantha Figgins at Atlantis Beach in South Africa.

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Ailey dancer Colin Heyward in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Ailey dancer Jermaine Terry in front of the Orlando Towers in Soweto, Johannesburg.

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Ailey dancer Yannick Lebrun in South Africa.

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Ailey dancer Rachael McLaren in South Africa.

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Ailey dancer Hope Boykin leads a master class in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Ailey dancer Glenn Allen Smith teaches a master class in Soweto.

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