Attending Indian weddings and ending up the night sweaty and tired from hours of bhangra dancing have been regular parts of my weekend repertory since I was a child. The catchy music can entice even the most die-hard wallflower to move.
Whenever I read about people who are in thrall to a dance craze, my world suddenly seems too small. Oh, to dance the mazurka until my footmen are forced to carry me home on a makeshift gurney at dawn; oh, to spurn a dinner invitation to Scott and Zelda's because I literally cannot stop doing the Charleston.
Hip-Hop dancer and teacher Jonathan Lee shows you how to master floats, clides and slides.
Fifteen years. Wow. I'm entering my 15th year as a dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater! I remember my very first tour with the Company. We embarked on a 10-week international tour, and here I am 15 years later on an international tour with the exact same length of time.
The charisma, technicality, and athleticism of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater sets the group apart from other contemporaries. Works such as the masterpiece "Revelations" invoke a fiery, cisceral reaction in the audience.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Atlanta tonight. The Company is celebrating "Revelations at 50"...Which some consider one of the most popular ballet of all time.
In 1976, Alvin Ailey paid homage to Duke Ellington in a season that produced a particularly majestic dance: 'Three Black Kings'. The work - depicting King Balthazar, King Solomon and Martin Luther King Jr. - hasn't veen seen in its entirety in more than 30 years.
As a young boy, Glenn Allen Sims was more interested in singing than dancing. Then his school hired a new dance teacher.
When dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater kick off a week-long guest performance at Tivoli's Concert Hall in the Danish capital on Tuesday, they will help carry on a tradition.
In 1962, Alvin Ailey choreographed "Reflections in D" to Duke Ellington's music as a vehicle for himself.