The Ailey Trio’ is part lecture, part performance, part participation! It’s Thursday, January 15th at the Gem Theater and the ...
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s holiday season is underway at New York City Center through Jan. 4. This season marks more than just another year of the artistic phenomenon that uses dance as ...
When Alvin Ailey launched Ailey II in 1974, he did it with a pioneering eye to showcase diversity. It’s now one of the most ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook The first week of the company’s annual season at City Center featured “Jazz Island,” an earnest premiere by Maija García, and a ...
Alicia Graf Mack's office is filled with ghosts, the benevolent kind. She sits at an industrial metal desk once occupied by Alvin Ailey, the late dancer and choreographer who founded the dance company ...
Two dynamic programs will feature world premieres by emerging and established choreographers including former Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ailey II member Chalvar Monteiro, Rena Butler, ...
Say the name Alvin Ailey and images of lithe ebony bodies come to mind. His choreography inspired via simple gestures — a male lead stretching his arms to the sky, a voluminous skirt fluttering ...