YouTube - Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient - Robert Battle on Behalf of Alvin Ailey
Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient - Robert Battle on Behalf of Alvin Ailey
The Ailey Organization
AJC.com - Q&A With Alvin Ailey American Dance Leader Battle As It Readies For Fox Theatre Tour Stop
As only the third artistic director of the famed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater since its founding in 1958, Robert Battle carries the weight of history on his shoulders. But Battle, a choreographer and leader of his own rising dance company when he was handpicked to lead Ailey in 2011 by his predecessor Judith Jamison, hardly considers that history a burden.
Dance Magazine - Super Stamina
Everyone expects professional dancers to be in great shape. But a company like Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, with an annual five-week season in New York, 150 days a year on tour and over 200 performances annually, requires Herculean physical strength and extraordinary mental clarity. Each Ailey dancer develops a personalized regimen to sustain their energy and ward off injuries, all while maintaining some semblance of "normal" life.
W42ST - Ballet Instructor Peter Brandenhoof Offers His Insight Into The Area
Denmark-born Peter Brandenhoff's talents have taken him around the world, performing with the Boston Ballet, Hamburg Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. An in-demand ballet instructor, he is currently teaching at the Ailey Extension.
SELF Magazine - Head Strong
A bold signature hairstyle can do more than turn heads. As these four women reveal, choosing a unique cut, color or style can transform your life, too.
Sun Sentinel - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Continues To Inspire
When awarding a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom to choreographer Alvin Ailey, President Barack Obama said, "Through him, African American history was told in a way that it had never been before - with passionate, virtuoso dance performances that transfixed audiences worldwide."
New York Observer - Shindigger
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater honored Joan Weill at its opening gala.
Dance Magazine - 25 to Watch
Danica Paulos: Of the many terrific dancers in Ailey II, only a small fraction graduate to the senior ranks of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. It was no surprise when Danica Paulos was among the chosen few last spring.
WNYC The Leonard Lopate Show - Staging The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 25 Years After His Passing
Alvin Ailey's Artistic Director Robert Battle talks about staging the dance company’s new season, 25 years after its founder’s passing. He is only the third person to head the Company since it was founded in 1958.
Financial Times - Uprising
The male dancers at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater are hardly asthmatic or middle-aged, but this past week, in a New York crowded with street protests, they only had to be tall and black to make audiences think of Eric Garner.