The Washington Post - Ailey Scoots To Match Ella's Scat
Pity Ella Fitzgerald's sidemen, keeping up with a voice that could soar, skim and leap like some kind of winged creature. Only the most predatory reflexes could content with her improvisations.
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Pix 11 - Dance Your Way To Weight Loss
If you've hit a rut in your New Year's resolution to lose weight, we've got an inspiring story to help you get moving! The name Alvin Ailey is usually associated with dance performances, not fitness routines, until now!
Atlanta Journal Constitution - Alvin Ailey Choreographer Finds Inspiration In King's Speech
Hope Boykin, long-time member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, returned to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in January, wondering if she’d have the same rendezvous with inspiration she’d had two years earlier. She’d just taught a master class at the museum, part of the Ailey company’s new Destination Dance initiative to offer year-round local programming in partnership with several Atlanta cultural organizations.
NBC News - Young, Gifted & Black: Dancer Solomon Dumas Finds His Rhythm
Solomon Dumas talks being bitten by the dance bug and his journey in joining the "graceful athletes" of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
The Wendy Williams Show - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater On The Wendy Williams Show
Rachael McLaren, Yannick Lebrun and Jacqueline Green performed the “Wade in the Water” section of Revelations to promote the national tour.
Essence - Alvin Ailey's Hope Boykin On The Journey To Becoming Comfortable In Her Own Skin
For 17 years, the North Carolina native has been giving us the ‘theatrical experience’ that has made the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater one of the most celebrated dance companies in the world. If you’ve ever seen Hope Boykin dance onstage, you’ve witnessed modern dance at its finest.
NY1 - Get Energized With Alvin Ailey Extension Dance Classes For Beginners
In this Parenting report, NY1 Parenting Consultant Shelley Goldberg takes you to the Alvin Ailey Dance Studio to learn all about their dance classes for novices.
WABE 90.1 - MLK Sermon Inspires New Piece For Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
When Hope Boykin last visited WABE, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater veteran was starring as Odetta, the woman often referred to as "the voice of the Civil Rights movement," in a world premiere piece by Matthew Rushing. Now, as Boykin prepares to return to Atlanta, she’s bringing a work of her own to the Fox Theatre’s stage.
Hello Beautiful - Judith Jamison Performing A Portion Of ‘Revelations’ To Anderson .Paak’s Music Is The Best Thing Ever
Judith Jamison is the Former Artistic Director Emerita of Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. Yesterday would have been Alvin Ailey, the founder of Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, 86th birthday. To celebrate his legacy, Ms. Jamison taught a Ailey Classics Workshop at the Ailey Extension.
NBC News - Hope Boykin’s 'r-Evolution, Dream' an Ode to Martin Luther King Jr.
The start of "r-Evolution, Dream," a new ensemble work by veteran Alvin Ailey dancer Hope Boykin, is scored by a sole jazz drummer's symbol beat, tapped out in a vacuum of hushed, anticipatory silence. Ailey dancer and director Matthew Rushing stands alone on stage in a white shirt and black tie, a single spotlight hitting him from the side.