The New York Times - Facebook Live with Katherine Jimenez
Join us as we learn how to dance some New York style mambo. We're with Katherine Jimenez at Ailey Extension in New York City who will teach some beginner steps.
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Miami Herald - Dancer Jamar Roberts Reflects On Dancing
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Jamar Roberts reflects on dancing.
Miami Herald - Alvin Ailey Instructors Share Their Best Steps
While the upbeat jazz of Duke Ellington played in the background, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater instructors taught their choreography to a group of students Feb. 16 at Miami's Phillis Wheatley Elementary School.
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.
WLRN - Imagining, Creating And Dancing With Alvin Ailey Dance Instructors
Jacoria Adams reads her homework aloud: “Dream, dream and believe. Dream, believe and dance to the beat.” Her poem is inspired by Alvin Ailey’s dance, “Night Creature.”
Good Morning America - Ailey II Dancers Perform A Piece From Alvin Ailey's 'Revelations' On 'GMA'
The famed dancers perform "Rock My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham" live from Times Square.
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.
Local 10 Miami - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Comes To Adrienne Arsht Center
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater swoops back into the Adrienne Arsht Center this month for its annual engagement. The premiere dance company led by Miami's Robert Battle comes bearing gifts -- scholarships for local dancers to go to New York.
CBS Miami - Lesson In History and Dance Taught By Alvin Ailey Dancers
One of the most celebrated modern dance troupes, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, is back in South Florida at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami starting February 23rd. But Thursday, the premiere African American dance troupe went back to class to teach students at Charles R. Drew K-8 Magnet School of Visual and Performing Arts, a lesson in history and dance that got them out of their seats.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Inspired By One Man's Dream
Ailey choreographer bases contemporary dance on King's words. Hope Boykin, long time member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, returned to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in January, wondering if she'd have the same rendezvous with inspiration she'd had two years earlier.