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.
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.
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.
WHEN I graduated from Juilliard in 1994, I joined a dance touring company and started flying a lot. Since I never flew a lot before, it was really exciting to me. Now, as artistic director for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, I’m flying so much it’s tough to keep track of all the places we go.
A civil rights icon is now dancing onstage in New York City: Odetta. As part of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's New York City Center residency, the African-American musician and activist, who notably sang at the historic 1963 March on Washington, is portrayed onstage in a new work called Odetta, choreographed by Matthew Rushing.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's new season with Artistic Director Robert Battle and choreographer Matthew Rushing.
It would seem the timing could hardly be more apt for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's new civil rights-themed piece, "Odetta," a tribute to the late folk singer often referred to as the voice of the civil rights movement.
The dance company's annual soiree will get you in the holiday spirit.
Ailey's ODETTA celebrates the legacy of a noted humanitarian.
Last Dance: Celebrating artistry and honoring accomplishments.