Frieze Magazine - Carry Forward
As a retrospective opens at the Whitney Museum, New York, writers, curators and those close to the choreographer explore his vision to transform American dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
W Magazine - Alvin Ailey’s Incredible Life of Dance (Finally) Gets the Museum Treatment
Alvin Ailey is one of the most accomplished and revered dancers in history. And yet, there has never been a wide-ranging exhibition chronicling his singular life, style of dance, company, and the impact he left on American culture. “Around 2018, there was a range of shows at museums about dance: the Lincoln Kirstein ballet, the Judson Dance Theater, Merce Cunningham,” Adrienne Edwards, senior curator at The Whitney Museum in New York City, told me recently. “I remember thinking to myself, ‘Why not Ailey? Why hasn’t a museum done a show about him?’”
CBS News - Whitney Museum Exhibition Celebrates Life Of Choreographer Alvin Ailey
The Whitney Museum of American Art just previewed the first large-scale museum exhibition to celebrate the life, dances, influences and enduring legacy of artist and choreographer Alvin Ailey. CBS News New York's Dave Carlin shows us some of the highlights.
ABC 7 - Behind-The-Scenes Look At Alvin Ailey Rehearsals For Upcoming Holiday Season
HELL'S KITCHEN, Manhattan (WABC) -- Eyewitness News got a behind-the-scenes look at rehearsals for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's upcoming holiday season. The company is preparing for several productions including the world premiere of, Sacred Songs. It will feature spirituals from the original 19-60 premiere of Alvin Ailey's influential work, Revelations.
Vanity Fair - The Ailey Legacy Takes Center Stage At The Whitney Museum With Edges of Ailey
Alvin Ailey has never left the hearts of dancers, and it is that legacy which guides Edges of Ailey, the large-scale, multidisciplinary exhibition opening September 25 at the Whitney Museum. Under the direction of Senior Curator and Associate Director Adrienne Edwards, the life and works of the choreographer, dancer and artist are displayed alongside an archive of personal ephemera, music, and performance.
The New York Times - Alvin Ailey, The Man And The Mind Behind The Unapologetic Sparkle
The name Ailey is synonymous with dance. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is more than a company: It’s a brand, an integral piece of the cultural fabric of this country. It’s huge. But somehow the man who created the Ailey empire has become lost inside it, obscured as if by an eclipse. Alvin Ailey was a choreographer who seamlessly melded dance forms, a dancer of extraordinary strength and beauty, and a man — a queer man — with an expansive, restless mind.
Chicago Tribune - Mixtape Of Artistry And Legacy Gets Us 'In Our Feelings'
If a hot girl summer was a dance, it might look something like choreographer Kyle Abraham’s Are You in Your Feelings? It’s vibrant and beautiful, fleeting and flirtatious, curious, casual and messy — in a good way.
See Chicago Dance - Hometown Heroes Return: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Spring Concert Series
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been entertaining Chicagoans for generations, and their impact has inspired countless of our dancers; in fact, some even go on to join the ensemble.
WBGO - Amy Hall Garner's CENTURY Brings Nostalgic Music To The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Upcoming NJPAC Performance
On this episode of AOS, choreographer Amy Hall Garner and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Matthew Rushing talk about CENTURY, one of the ballets that will be performed Saturday, May 11 at NJPAC. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will have three shows on Mother's Day weekend at NJPAC (May 10-12).
The Daily Californian - Solomon Dumas Talks Alvin Ailey, Reaching Youth Through Dance
Back in 2001, Solomon Dumas’ mother was listening to the car radio when she heard an interview with some of the dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Her son had planned to enroll in theater camp, but after hearing about AileyCamp — a summer dance program for youth — she decided to enroll him there instead.