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The in­ter­na­tion­al­ly ac­claimed Alvin Ai­ley II dance com­pa­ny will per­form at Queen’s Hall on Tues­day, Au­gust 26, with two shows pre­sent­ed by Plié for the Arts in part­ner­ship with the Na­tion­al Dance As­so­ci­a­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go and Sun­beam Com­mu­ni­ca­tions.

The com­pa­ny, found­ed in 1974 by chore­o­g­ra­ph­er Alvin Ai­ley, is known world­wide for its cel­e­brat­ed mod­ern dance work Rev­e­la­tions, which will be per­formed at both the 4 p.m. mati­nee and 8 p.m. gala. Un­der artis­tic di­rec­tor Francesca Harp­er, Ai­ley II com­bines ear­ly-ca­reer dancers with emerg­ing chore­o­g­ra­phers and con­tin­ues Ai­ley’s mis­sion of mak­ing dance ac­ces­si­ble to all.

Plié founder Marisa Be­nain said, “This is more than a per­for­mance, it’s a mo­ment in Caribbean cul­tur­al his­to­ry. We are ho­n­oured to part­ner with the Na­tion­al Dance As­so­ci­a­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go un­der the pa­tron­age of Wendy Fitzwilliam, Miss Uni­verse 1998, to make this dream a re­al­i­ty.”