We're dancing into the weekend ahead of National Dance Day! You can take free hip hop and New York-style mambo classes in honor of the holiday courtesy of Ailey Extension. We're getting a lesson in mambo from dancer, choreographer, artistic director of Baila Society and Ailey Extension instructor, Ahtoy Juliana.
Calling all Broadway musical lovers! Writer, director and choreographer Matthew Johnson Harris takes Marysol and Karine Jean-Pierre through a dance number straight out of his Broadway dance class at the Ailey Extension. If he can make these two look like pros, he can get you dancing too!
CHICAGO – Considered one of the most acclaimed dance companies in the world, many Chicagoans are already looking forward to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s performances in March. Before the dancers take the stage, some of the pros are in the city teaching their moves to those hoping to follow in their footsteps. Whether teaching or performing, dance comes naturally for instructor Glenn Allen Sims, who danced with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for 23 years.
It was a summer to talk about for Nylah Taylor, a 15-year-old dance prodigy from Southfield, who secured a coveted scholarship to attend the Ailey Experience NYC workshop. This prestigious program, hosted in early August by the Ailey Extension in New York City, is a dream come true for the talented teen who has been dancing since she was 3.
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Ailey Extension’s TweetBoogie is teaching young dancers from around the world how to train like professionals. She talks about it on New York Living.
Dancer and model Jose Lapaz-Rodriguez joins New York Living to talk about the art of voguing and demonstrates these moves in the studio.
Ailey Extension instructor Quenia Ribeiro joins New York Living to talk about what samba is, the last performance for the “Dance in Times Square” series and gives an in-studio samba workout lesson.
NEW YORK (PIX11) -Maguette Camara, a choreographer and teacher from the Ailey Extension, joins New York Living to discuss the legacy of West African dance and to give a demonstration live in the studio.
Ahtoy Juliana is an instructor with Ailey Extension and the Artistic Director of BAILA Society, a multi-faceted Latin dance and theater company that celebrates Latin dance and music heritage through its international repertory company, online dance academy, live classes, and community events. For more details on how people of all ages can get moving with Ailey to salsa and other techniques, check out alvinailey.org/extension.
Ahtoy Juliana is the Artistic Director of BAILA Society, a multi-faceted Latin dance and theater company that celebrates Latin dance and music heritage through its international repertory company, online dance academy, live classes, and community events. Ahtoy’s work as a dancer and choreographer has been featured in international dance festivals, musical revues, TV, and film, including the recent screen adaptation of In the Heights. Ahtoy began her professional training in classical ballet with the Houston and San Francisco Ballet Companies. She began her salsa career with Santo Rico Dance Company before creating BAILA Society in 2006.