Leadership
WABE 90.1 FM - Robert Battle, Alvin Ailey Dance For Silenced Voices
"Art is universal; art connects people." Those sentiments may seem trite -- maybe even cliche to the point of losing meaning. But sometimes a notion or phrase becomes trite because it is true.
NBC 6 South Florida - Performance Preview: Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
Roxanne Vargas and Robert Battle, Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, discuss the new season and Battle's new book.
Dance Magazine - 25 To Watch
A marvel of power and poise, Jacquelin Harris is one of the brightest lights at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Repertory doesn't lie, and Harris is a natural, having graced the stage in Christopher Wheeldon's After the Rain Pas de Deux, Ailey's Pas de Duke and Matthew Rushing's ODETTA.
Amsterdam News - Judith Jamison Talks Life, Dance And AAADT
On New Year's Eve, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will celebrate with a 50th anniversary tribute to Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison, the program featuring a work she choreographed ("A Case of You"), an Ailey classic created on and identified with her ("Cry") and an Ailey masterpiece she has left an indelible stamp on ("Revelations").
NY1 - The New York Times Close Up
The Alvin Ailey Dance Company premiered its artistic director Robert Battle's new work "Awakening" this winter. Battle stops by the studio to discuss juggling both roles as well as the children's book, "My Story, My Dance," which chronicles his journey to Alvin Ailey.
Fordham News - On Tour with Ailey II
Courtney Celeste Spears stepped out of the Fordham classroom this fall and onto a world stage as a member of Ailey II, the highly selective junior company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Spears, a senior in the Ailey/Fordham BFA program in dance at Lincoln Center, recently completed her final Fordham class toward a minor in communications and media studies.
NBC 4 - Judith Jamison's 50th Anniversary With Alvin Ailey
Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey's artistic director emerita, sits down with Janice Huff to discuss her 50th anniversary with the New York dance company.