Tri-State Defender - Dance Icon Ready To Pass On Life Lessons
International star and celebrated dance icon Renee Robinson credits her nearly three decades of experience with the Alvin Ailey Theater Company for helping stretch her in myriad ways.
The Wall Street Journal - The Nose
The unforgettably tall and expressive dancer, who joined Alvin Ailey in 1965, is retiring as its artistic director next year. As she leads a nationwide tour this spring, she remembers the smells that kept her on her toes.
San Francisco Chronicle - History Guides Matthew Rushing To Plot Future
In the professional dancer's life, which is always circumscribed by the realities of aging, a sustained injury strikes some performers as a death sentence.
WWD Wednesday - Dancing Queen
Over the last 45 years, Judith Jamison has been instrumental in the success of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater--first as a dancer with Ailey from 1965 to 1980, and, for the last 20 years, as the company's artistic director.
Orange County Register - Harlem Renaissance Inspires Ailey Choreographer
Dancer Matthew Rushing has been with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater since 1992, but he has only recently started spreading his wings as a choreographer.
Los Angeles Times - Ailey's Legacy Nurtured, Expanded
For 20 years, Judith Jamison has not just tended the flame, but fueled the company so that it burns more brightly.
Dance Magazine - Second to None
It's the last month to catch Ailey's terrific junior company (where most of the main company began their careers) on their 28-city tour.
Vegetarian Times - Leaps & Bounds
Her propulsive leaps across the stage could symbolize Constance Stamatiou's fast-rising career.
Atlanta Journal Constitution - Alvin Ailey Book Teaches Dancer Workouts
The physical demands of performing emotional and theatrical ballet, jazz, modern and other dance genres provides Renee Robinson with quite a good workout.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Jamison Set To Jete into New Ailey Role
Judith Jamison has accomplished so much in two decades as artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater that she had to ask her office to fax a fact sheet to her hotel, during a Washington tour stop, so she could be reminded of it all before an interview.