Denise Jefferson, who led The Ailey School to international renown during her 26-year tenure as director, died July 17 after a battle with ovarian cancer. She was 65.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has announced the appointment of two new co-directors for the Ailey School, its training academy.
Denise Jefferson, beloved past president of NASD and director of the Ailey School, passed away on Saturday, July 17, 2010.
The dance world lost a giant on July 17 when Denise Jefferson passed away.
Fordham University mourns the death of Denise Jefferson, director of the Ailey School and co-founder of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in Dance. Jefferson died of ovarian cancer on July 18.
The art of dance lost a great teacher over the weekend with the death of Denise Jefferson, the Chicago-born director of the Ailey School in New York City.
The art of dance lost a great teacher over the weekend with the death of Denise Jefferson, the Chicago-born director of the Ailey School in New York City.
Denise Jefferson, an internationally known dance educator who as the longtime director of the Ailey School oversaw the training of generations of world-class performers, died on Saturday in Manhattan.
When you're a young dancer, talent is no guarantee for success: You need to mix it with passion and a lot of hard work.
A group of Ailey students clad in the black-on-black modern dress code moves like a well-oiled machine through Lester Horton's Fortification #1.