The Meaning Of Life is not a simple concept. Finding and knowing the purpose of one’s life can be a task that seems never-ending, even burdensome. But what is it really? What is it that fuels us from day to day? What fuels me?
Along with summer comes the temptation to obsess over our suddenly exposed bodies. But we can think of no better model for our bikini confidence #goals than the strong, elegant dancers of Alvin Ailey.
With only two weeks left in The Ailey School's Summer Intensive Program, Gabriel Hyman collided with his partner during a rehearsal for the final performance and suffered a calf-muscle tear. "I was told that a recovery would take at least two weeks," said Hyman, who's currently an Ailey II apprentice and a junior in the Ailey/Fordham University BFA program.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater showed that a popular song, no matter how beloved, can kill a dance, and that a forgotten score can inspire a choreographer to explore an unfamiliar world. Continuing its season at the David H. Koch Theater on Wednesday, the company bookended two works by its founder -- "Night Creature," led by a beaming Hope Boykin, and "Revelations" -- with a restaging of a duet and a new production of a powerful group work.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater opened its short spring season with a gala at Lincoln Center.
Not many dancers spend their days dashing between rehearsal and multivariable calculus class. But that was college for Jacquelin Harris, one of the newest members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
It should be no surprise to fans of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater that in a year marked by riots and protests, the company's latest program is rooted in themes of oppression and change.
Dancer Jacqueline Green sit down with Sheldon Dutes to discuss the Alvin Ailey summer season
It all started when she was just 3 years old. Courtney Spears’ mother, D’Andrea Sweeting Spears, purchased her first leotard, tights and ballet slippers, and from then on Courtney never turned back.
This time on State of the Arts, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's deep connection to Newark. We talk with Artistic Director Robert Battle, and see their special Mother's Day performance at NJPAC.