Jessica Amber Pinkett

FOX 8 - Alvin Ailey Dance Performances

FOX 8 - Alvin Ailey Dance Performances

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.

The Baltimore Banner - America’s Most Prestigious Black Dance Company Fills Its Ranks With Maryland Dancers

The Baltimore Banner - America’s Most Prestigious Black Dance Company Fills Its Ranks With Maryland Dancers

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.