The New York Times - Ailey II
This young second company of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater offers a season of new works and repertory favorites through Aprily 26 at Ailey Citigroup Theater.
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New York Beacon - Dr. George W. Faison is 'Movin' On' in new work for Alvin Ailey II
For more than 40 years Dr. George W. Faison has reigned as one of the dance and theatre world's most respected director/choreographer/author/mentor/educator and designers.
Los Angeles Wave - Gold standard of dance
As the Alvin Ailey dance company prepares to mark its 50th anniversary in L.A., a native Angeleno shares his joy in being part of an indelible artistic legacy.
Dance Magazine - Fruity Fun
Have as much watermelon, strawberry, kiwi, lemon, orange, and apricot as you want. We're not talking about a new diet plan. We mean color!
Dance Spirit - His & Hers Exercises
Want to work muscles all over your body? Try an airplane with a single-leg squat. This exercise will help both guys and girls improve balance while toning outer thigh, hip, arm and chest muscles.
The Pantograph - Ailey dancers bring energy, youth to stage
Meet Renaldo Gardener, the "baby" of the Ailey II bunch--the dozen strong dance troupe poised to transform the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts stage into a fantasia of bodily movement Friday night.
The Star - Top-notch dance: coming to a smaller city near you
"I was youngish," says Sylvia Waters of the time, in 1968, when she joined Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. "You can see that I'm trying not to be too specific," she jokes, speaking on a cell from a coffee shop in New York City.
Interview Magazine - Dance Off
Ailey II dancer Josh Johnson spends most of the year touring the United States, performing in Ailey's modern repertory virtually every night, rehearsing during the days, and subsisting on an unholy mix of backstage catering, Applebee's, and Outback Steakhouse.
Dance Magazine - Dance Magazine Awards: Sylvia Waters
Once, while on tour, Alvin Ailey noticed a young company member gazing wistfully out of the bus window. "She must be thinking about her son," he said to himself. And Sylvia Waters was.
New York Times - A Dancer Goes Back To Her Past In Berlin
When Dominique O. Rosales takes the state in front of the Brandenburg Gate here on Saturday with the other members of the Ailey II dance company, it will mark the end of an unlikely round-trip journey.