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

Ailey dancer Fana Tesfagiorgis strikes a powerful pose in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town.

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

Ailey dancer Belen Pereyra poses in Cape Town.

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

Ailey dancer Sean Aaron Carmon in South Africa.

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

Ailey dancer Samantha Figgins at Atlantis Beach in South Africa.

Ailey dancer Colin Heyward in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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

Ailey dancer Yannick Lebrun in South Africa.

Ailey dancer Rachael McLaren in South Africa.

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

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