How do you fight HIV? David Fairman fights HIV "like a planted seed fighting through the earth waiting to release a beautiful fragrance..." John Perkins fights HIV "with friends, family, and God..." Chance C. fights HIV "by sharing his life through dance and dancing with the disabled..."
A marriage of words and images with dance is Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's gift to culture enthusiasts worldwide on the World AIDS Day, December 1, 2011. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will minister to our sould the stories of those who are living with HIV/AIDS.
One of the world's most celebrated modern dance troupes, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, opens a six-performance run Thursday at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical theater, bringing with it two programs centered around and dedicated to "Revelations," a work choreographed by company founder Alvin Ailey half a century ago that has gone on to become, according to Dance Magazine, "the most popular modern dance piece of all time."
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is on the brink of a major transition while at the top of its game, judging from its terrific opening this week at the Auditorium Theatre, where Wednesday marked the troupe's 140th performance at that venue.
Yes, absolutely, there was a great deal of pomp and circumstance (ball gowns, black ties, a red carpet and celebrities), because after all, it was time for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater annual spring gala at the world famous Apollo Theater to celebrate and support dance education under the Ailey umbrella.
Exceptionally high-profile dance activity is on tap in the coming days in Chicago. On May 18, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater opens its annual engagement at the Auditorium Theatre, with veteran artistic director Judith Jamison, who was Ailey's immediate heir, preparing to pass her weighty job on to choreographer Robert Battle as of July 1.
A program that opens with a work called "Anointed" and ends with one called "Revelations" probably has something serious on its mind. That was the case when the Alvin Ailey American Dacne Theater kicked off a 10-performance run Friday at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion as part of the "Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center" series.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, past and future, irradiated the stage of Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall on Tuesday evening when the company launched its annual Cal Performances residency, a relationship that stretches back over four decades and give no sign of ending, despite a change in artistic leadership next season.
On its final tour with artistic director Judith Jamison, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performed its signature piece, "Revelations," as well as strong new work at the 5th Avenue Theatre.
During a performance of the famed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, principal dancer Renee Robinson wants the audience to feel "this is the only place in the world I want to be."