"I can't believe I'm up here"
For as long as she could remember, Constance Stamatiou had danced. She loved the excitement of being before an audience. But this was different.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
New York Times - Dancer of the Moment: A Man For The Ailey Season
Clifton Brown was 4 when his grandmother decided that formal physical exercise would cheer him up after his playmates, all older cousins, deserted him for school.
New York Times - In Two Nights of Mixed Choreography, a Dancer's Star Remains a Constant
In 1962, Alvin Ailey choreographed "Reflections in D" to Duke Ellington's music as a vehicle for himself.
Metro - He'll take the lead
Is Clifton Brown the dance world's next box office star?
Dance Magazine - They Define Excellence in Male Dancing
At two recent galas, Daniel Ulbricht at NYCB and Matthew Rushing at Ailey took my breath away.
Dance Magazine - Spotlight on Stage Presence: Advice from eight dancers who've mastered it
I think stage presence goes hand in hand with maturity.
Smithsonian - 37 Under 36: America's Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences
Alicia J. Graf was waiting at the Alvin Ailey dance studio in Manhattan for the us to the airport. She was dressed in jeans and a soft gray sweater, her voluminous curls, usually worn loose, pulled back in a knot. She was clutching dozens of pages of a grueling tour schedule that would dictate the next 16 weeks of her life. First stop: Jackson, Mississippi, then several other cities in the South, a hop up to Chicago, finally winding down with shows in Boston and elsewhere in the Northeast.
The Washington Post - Alicia Graf, Rising to a Greater Height
Some of the best advice dancer Alicia Graf ever got came from her mother: Since you're tall, you'll always stand out, so you might as well be glorious. Maybe that's why at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performances at the Kennedy Center this week, Graf leaps and turns and extends her legs so high it's as if she's trying to play footsy with God.
New York Times - Ailey's Creative New Digs With Room for Comfort
In a well-known segment of Alvin Ailey's signature dance, ''Revelations,'' performed to the spiritual ''Wade in the Water,'' dancers wave swaths of billowy blue fabric to simulate a river.
Time Magazine - Back To Their Roots
The Ailey company's tour leaves South Africa dancing in the aisles.