Artistic Director, Alicia Graf Mack, and Ailey dancer, Jessica Amber Pinkett speak with NBC 4 Washington D.C. about the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s current engagement at the Warner Theatre until Sunday, February 8.
NOLA Now host, Shelby Latino interviews Jessica Amber Pinkett, dancer for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. They discuss this weekend’s New Orleans engagement at Mahalia Jackson Theater from March 21-22.
She was the most beautiful dancer the kindergartner from Randallstown had ever seen: a petite African American woman, hair slicked back into a voluptuous bun, dancing a solo to a gospel number by Yolanda Adams. Jessica Amber Pinkett, wearing a sparkly tutu and standing in the wings, was watching her teacher’s former student Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, a Baltimore-born star at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, who had returned to share the stage with Pinkett and other young dancers.
Baltimore-native Jessica Amber Pinkett returned to the Kennedy Center this week for the annual performances of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. It’s her fourth season with the company but her first after taking a few years away to study film and rekindle her love for dance.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has officially kicked off its holiday season at New York City Center. Choreographer Hope Boykin, who was a principal dancer for the company, is premiering her new work.