The Frame - How Alvin Ailey's 'Superheroes Of Dance' Are Advancing Social Justice
If you head to the The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion from March 8-12, it's all about dance. And a lot of the dance is all about social justice.
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Los Angeles Times - Melange Of Moods From Ailey Troupe
Endurance, survival, getting through troubled times: the program that the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater presented at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Wednesday focused on crucial life lessons - some of them grim.
South Side Weekly - A Dancer's Homecoming
Solomon Dumas is nervous about dancing in Chicago. As a new member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, based in New York City, the twenty-eight-year-old Dumas did not get stage fright on a recent European tour, where he performed in Denmark and Switzerland, nor in the other cities where he performed on a nationwide domestic tour that has brought him, finally, back to his roots.
Los Angeles Times - Social Justice Is Put Into Motion
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater gives the first of six performances at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Wednesday, and woven through the run will be one prominent thread: social justice.
Fox 11 - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Performance Of ‘Untitled America’
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will give the first of six performances tonight at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. But first, they are here with us - with a sneak preview of ‘Untitled America.’
KTLA 5 - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Performs
Ailey dancer and choreographer Hope Boykin talks about Ailey’s upcoming performances at the Los Angeles Music Center, and shares a segment from her world premiere r-Evolution, Dream.
Miami Herald - Passion And Power Mark Ailey Troupe's Annual Miami Run
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is based in New York, but in Miami it's had a hometown aura since Liberty City-raised artistic director Robert Battle took the helm in 2011. The company just finished its annual visit to the Adrienne Arsht Center on Sunday, and - with a spotlight on "Moonlight" and its Liberty City creators - this seems like a good time to look at what the troupe's performances say about Battle's leadership.
Miami Herald - Dancer Jamar Roberts Reflects On Dancing
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Jamar Roberts reflects on dancing.
Miami Herald - An Iconic Black Troupe Keeps Wrestling With Race
Robert Battle, artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, was prepping for an interview a few years ago and figured that, as head of a storied African-American troupe, he'd be asked yet again about black dance. So he called longtime mentor Carolyn Adams, one of modern dance's few black performers during her time with the Paul Taylor Dance Company.
Sun Sentinel - Miami Native Returns To South Florida With Alvin Ailey Dance Company
In his head, Miami native and professional dancer Jamar Roberts is two different people. One is the private person who lives in New York City.