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.
When a choreographer creates a work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, it can seem that only one option exists: try to make another "Revelations."
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been making annual visits to UC Berkeley since 1968, first under its founder and then after his death in 1989; under his successor, Judith Jamison; and since 2011 under former dancer Robert Battle.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been making annual visits to UC-Berkeley since 1968, first under its founder and then after his death in 1989, under his successor, Judith Jamison, and since 2011, under former dancer, Robert Battle.
Back in 2010, when Robert Battle was announced as the next artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (only the third director in the company's 57-year history) everyone seemed to have one pressing question: What new choreographers would he tap to work with Ailey's awe-inspiring dancers?
We can always count on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to be lively, colorful, and entertaining. But Thursday’s opening night Celebrity Series performance was that and much more, offering Ailey’s rousing “Revelations” on a slate with the Boston premiere of Matthew Rushing’s stirring new “Odetta” and Israeli-born Hofesh Shechter’s provocative “Uprising,” which is having its company premiere this season.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to South Africa to perform, astound and educate.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Chicago as part of an 18-city tour.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is back in town for its annual season at the Auditorium Theatre, and it has brought with it a new masterpiece: Matthew Rushing’s “Odetta.”
Venturing south from its home on West 55th Street, this hardworking ensemble, the second company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, presents its first independent season at the Joyce Theater.