Dance Spirit - Hip Hop Spotlight: Jonathan Lee
Hip-Hop dancer and teacher Jonathan Lee shows you how to master floats, clides and slides.
Ailey Extension
Dance Magazine - Jet-Setting with Ailey's Glenn Allen Sims: Welcome
Fifteen years. Wow. I'm entering my 15th year as a dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater! I remember my very first tour with the Company. We embarked on a 10-week international tour, and here I am 15 years later on an international tour with the exact same length of time.
The Star-Ledger - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's AileyCamp Debuts in Newark with 100 Eager Students
Dance teacher Wayne Williams stood at the lip of the Newark Arts High stage, his back to the two dozen black-clad students lined up behind him. "Where are your hands?" he asked over his shoulder. "Out" they shouted. "Chin?" he called. "Up," they said. "Stomach?" "In," they replied a few giggles distupting their perfect unison.
Gapers Block - A Revelatory Evening
The charisma, technicality, and athleticism of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater sets the group apart from other contemporaries. Works such as the masterpiece "Revelations" invoke a fiery, cisceral reaction in the audience.
CBS Atlanta 'Better Mornings' - Alvin Ailey Dance Company
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Atlanta tonight. The Company is celebrating "Revelations at 50"...Which some consider one of the most popular ballet of all time.
Time Out New York - A Duke, Three Kings and a Lost Ailey Find Their Throne
In 1976, Alvin Ailey paid homage to Duke Ellington in a season that produced a particularly majestic dance: 'Three Black Kings'. The work - depicting King Balthazar, King Solomon and Martin Luther King Jr. - hasn't veen seen in its entirety in more than 30 years.
The New York Times - Swing Dancing in Queens, Free Dancing at Ailey
If you prefer to cut a more modern rug, you can try a free class at the Ailey Extension. It's Ticket-to-Dance program allows anyone with an Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater or Ailey II ticket stub purchased this season to participate in one of 80 classes offered at the Midtown Manhattan studio.
New York Family - So You Think You'll Take Dance?
Little ones often showcase their first dance moves - swaying, bouncing and clapping their hands - before they take their first steps. As they grow, many kids show an interest in further exploring dance, whether classical ballet, modern dance, tap, jazz, hip hop or ballroom.
The New York Times - Flight Training: Building an Army of Billy Elliots
A boy in a tutu. That was the image Lee Hall saw in his mind's eye when he began the original screenplay for "Billy Elliot," the tale of a striking coal miner's son who crashes the gates of the Royal Ballet School in London.
Memphis Flyer - Dance, Dance
As a young boy, Glenn Allen Sims was more interested in singing than dancing. Then his school hired a new dance teacher.