Seeming effortless, the stand-out newcomer of New York's Alvin Ailey Dance troupe transitions from one flow of motion to the next, as if transforming suddenly into an insect, a machine, a bird taking lfight, a shaman leading an ancient tribal mating dance, or a spaceman attempting communication in some ritualistic nonverbal language of the future.
Yannick Lebrun chosen by AAADT dancer Jamar Roberts, a 2007 "25 to Watch." I remeber him being this little, scrawny kid in The Ailey School - I mean, just like a pencil. He also did Ailey II, and I saw him perform 'Takademe' by Robert Battle. It was so astonishing because he has this really big facility and really wide range of movement in his limbs and extensions.
Life is a dance with all of us dancers. We find ourselves leaping with joy and swaying with sorrow.