NPR - Alvin Ailey Dance Troupe Brings Dance Education To Paris' Underserved Communities
When the famed Alvin Ailey dance troupe tours, they do community outreach. This summer they're in Paris, holding classes for disadvantaged, young dancers.
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TF1 - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
There is still time to vibrate with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater troupe on our big scene in the cadre of dance! The first one packed up yesterday with a standing ovation of more than 10 minutes.
France 24 - Yannick Lebrun : Une Étoile Guyanaise Chez Alvin Ailey
Aujourd’hui, Axelle Simon reçoit le danseur français Yannick Lebrun, actuellement à l'affiche des Étés de la danse de la Seine musicale, à Paris. De formation classique, ce Guyanais est repéré à l’âge de 14 ans dans un concours de danse.
Paris Match - Yannick Lebrun Emballe Le Ballet
Le jeune Guyanais est la vedette de la compagnie américaine Alvin Ailey, tête d'affiche de Estés de la danse, à Paris. Recontre.
Le Figaro - Yannick Lebrun, Le Franҫias De La Compagnie
Il a 30 ans, il fait l'affiche d'Alvin Ailey pour la saison 2016-17, il est franҫias. Sur l'affiche, il danse couvert de peinture verte et jaune. L'image est si forte qu'une partie du courrier reҫu par la compagnie émane de spectateurs surpris de ne pas avoir vu, lorsqu'ils étaient dans la salle...
The New York Times - An Ailey Favorite Returns To The Fold
Onstage, Clifton Brown is a force: a dancer with enormous presence, a strong theatricality and a large-scale, lush physicality. His long, graceful arms seem to embrace the world, and he has a way of tilting his face upward so it catches the light, giving him the air of someone illuminated by thought.
Shape - Meet The Alvin Ailey Dancer Who Conquered CrossFit To Return To The Stage
We rarely associate the effortless grace and majestic beauty of ballerinas with the ass-kicking power of squat presses, burpees, and pull-ups. But Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater company member Constance Stamatiou (you may recognize her as a featured Ailey performer on an episode of So You Think You Can Dance back in 2009) is shattering all preconceived notions.
Playbill - Step From The Stage To The Studio
A professional dancer's body is a finely tuned instrument of movement and expression. And there are no more impeccably calibrated, eloquent "instruments" than those who make up the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Dance Spirit Magazine - Meet the Dancer Who Auditioned 7 Times Before Making It into Ailey
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Chalvar Monteiro has known he wanted to be an Ailey dancer since he was a young student. And the New Jersey native fought hard for that childhood dream: He auditioned for the company seven times before being offered a contract, making him living proof that persistence pays off.
Chicago Sun Times - Burning Desire
Talk about electrifying. The arrival of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for its annual spring season at the Auditorium Theatre is invariably a reason to celebrate.