NBC 6 Miami - Breathtaking Dance: Ailey II at the Arsht Center
Ailey II’s Jordyn White and Xavier Logan discuss the second company’s upcoming engagement at The Arsht Center in Miami, Florida on Friday, January 9, 2026.
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The Miami Times - Ailey II Ascending
World class dance company brings elite young dancer and three premieres to the Arsht Center.
WDBJ - Ailey II sharing African American culture through modern dance
RADFORD, Va. (WDBJ) - The Ailey II Dance Company will perform at Radford University Friday, September 26, as part of the University’s Performance Series. Dance has a way of evoking emotion and telling stories through movement. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and the Ailey II Dance Company in New York continue this tradition by inviting generations of dancers to share the African American experience with audiences worldwide through modern dance.
Pix 11 - Celebrating 50 Years Of Ailey II
Francesca Harper, the artistic director of Ailey II, joins PIX11 to discuss the upcoming Golden Anniversary program at the Joyce Theater celebrating 50 years since the dance company was founded. Harper also brings along dancers from the program to give a preview of the upcoming performance.
deVolkskrant - Maggy van den Heuvel is the first Dutch dancer in the New York company Ailey II: 'You learn to build on yourself
This month Ailey II will perform in Rotterdam, at the Holland Dance Festival. Almost all members of the company (named after choreographer Alvin Ailey) are of color. From the moment Van den Heuvel saw these dancers on YouTube, she wanted to be part of them.
The Guardian - It is spirituality, made visible
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been performing its founder's signature work, Revelations, all over the world for 60 years. Lyndsey Winship talks to dancers past and present about the meaning and the humanity of this historic piece.
The Guardian - It Is Spirituality, Made Visible
For more than 60 years, the spiritual power of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s signature work has stunned audiences including Obama. Here, company members explain what it’s like to dance a masterpiece.
Artburst - Miami Dancer One Of Ailey II's 'Next Generation of Dance'
Miami ties run deep in the storied New York City-based Ailey II, the second company of the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Ailey luminaries like current artistic director and choreographer, Robert Battle, and 2016 Bessie Award winner, Ailey dancer and choreographer, Jamar Roberts, both hail from Miami. Now in his first year, Ailey II dancer, Andrew Bryant, joins Battle and Roberts in calling both Miami and Ailey’s Manhattan studios “home.”
Chicago Tribune - Chicago Native Travon M. Williams among Ailey II Dancers To Perform In University Park
While attending The Chicago High School for the Arts, Travon M. Williams hoped to eventually join Ailey II, which is billed as The Next Generation of Dance. “When I was in high school, we wrote letters and we couldn’t open them until graduation. In my freshman letter I wrote, ‘I hope you get in to Juilliard or Ailey II.’ Actually I got wait-listed for Juilliard and I’m in Ailey II,” said Williams, who is in his second season with Ailey II.
Tap Into The BReeze - Local Dancer Takes Her Talents To Alvin Ailey
She tried a number of different sports growing up in Bridgewater, but it was dance and ballet that truly made her feel alive. Now, Bridgewater resident Rachel Yoo has joined Ailey II as a first-year member of the second company to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.