With only two weeks left in The Ailey School's Summer Intensive Program, Gabriel Hyman collided with his partner during a rehearsal for the final performance and suffered a calf-muscle tear. "I was told that a recovery would take at least two weeks," said Hyman, who's currently an Ailey II apprentice and a junior in the Ailey/Fordham University BFA program.
It all started when she was just 3 years old. Courtney Spears’ mother, D’Andrea Sweeting Spears, purchased her first leotard, tights and ballet slippers, and from then on Courtney never turned back.
Venturing south from its home on West 55th Street, this hardworking ensemble, the second company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, presents its first independent season at the Joyce Theater.
Chalvar Monteiro took a drama elective at Renaissance Middle School which met outside the studios of Sharron Miller's Academy for the Performing Arts. Miller spotted his talent for moving, called his mother, and offered the boy a scholarship.
Learn the opening section of Alvin Ailey's iconic work.
Dancers perform a scene from 'Virtues' during a dress rehearsal for Ailey II's New York Season at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in New York.
Normally, 19-year-old Jenna Graves dances in national and international competitions, or for her full-time job at Ailey II dance company, which will start its New York 2013 season on March 13.
Blue can represent a multitude of emotions: calm, contemplativeness, confidence and more. It's the color of water and the sky. When you think about it you can't help but imagine giant, expansive spaces. We've gathered together pieces in every shade of blue.
MTV has launched a new interactive, anti-slavery campaign inspired by a winning entry in its "Against Our Will" project on the college network, mtvU.
The audience will see a diverse production when Ailey II, the renowned touring company of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater family, kicks off the Park City Performing Arts Foundation's 2012-13 season on Friday, Novemeber 2.