Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to the Detroit Opera House this weekend to perform new, cutting-edge pieces such as hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris' "Home" and the perennial favorite "Revelations."
Iconic dancer/choreographer Judith Jamison, a Philadelphia native and the former artistic director of the internationally acclaimed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is one of four renowned leaders and achievers being honored for their lifetime accomplishments with the 33rd annual Common Wealth Awards of Distinguished Service.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, touring for the first time under new artistic director Robert Battle, delivered a heady, reverberating concoction of pieces - including the company premiere of Paul Taylor's Baroque pure-dance classic "Arden Court" (1981) and the California premiere of hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris' "Home" (2011).
Even standing, Sean Carmon looks graceful - feet perfectly turned out and hands planted in front of his body. His obvious talent has taken him from the studios of the Bonnie Cokinos School of Dance and the stage at the Julie Rogers Theatre all the way to New York City and Broadway.
Once the Smith Center opens on March 10, Las Vegas will be exposed to a new world of touring companies of Broadway shows, as well as dance, comedy, and music that culture lovers used to have to venture out of town to see. Among the first marquee acts to perform here: the renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, on March 20 and 21, as part of the troupe's four month, cross-country tour.
A cultural treasure returns to Orange County next week, marking a new period in its renowned history. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was founded in 1958; it was a company for all types of dancers – black, white, Hispanic, Asian.
Childhood memories can whirls just as dancers do, undulating or striking like ocean waves we miss but long to be part of again. Dancers make indelible impressions on children, even if the child never wants to be a dancer.
In this month of February during his traditional stopover in Atlanta, the company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will present two new choreographies: "Arden Court" by Paul Taylor and "Home" by Rennie Harris.
One of Gary's native sons made a return to his Steel City roots during a modern dance performance at the West Side High School recently. Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson presented Renaldo Gardner, a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Company in NEw York, with the key to the city before an auditorium filled with students from several Gary elementary and high schools.
New beginnings often contain built-in excitement, but there was an extra note of promise in the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's program Tuesday night at the Kennedy Center Opera House.