New York's largest performing arts institutions have come through the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression relatively unscathed. In fact, they are thriving, they said on Wednesday at a Crain’s New York Business conference on the performing arts.
A performance by the world-renowned hoofers of Alvin Ailey dance troupe is must-see theater for a city kid. And thanks to the culture-savvy folks at Target, your family can cross the experience off your to-do list for less money than you’d expect.
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.
Apparently Judith Jamison can draw as well as she can dance. Encouraged by actor, artist and close friend Geoffrey Holder, Jamison, artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, drew the storyboard for her latest dance creation, "Among Us."
To refer to Judith Jamison as merely a dancer is an insult. Of course she's a terrific one but the 64-year-old who joined the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater in 1965 is also the leader of an important part of American culture.
As the principal dancer of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Renee Robinson has led a charmed career.
Iman Bright is a 13-year-old dance student at The Ailey School. Bright may love to dance, but she also loves being a teen and hanging out with her friends.
AileyCamp, named for the country's most famous African-American dancer, offers inner-city children instruction on creative movement and a great deal more.
In light of the recent downpour of Tulsa Ballet reviews, many of which critized the selection of dances artistic director Marcello Angelini chose to bring to NY, my friend Christopher Atamian writes a note on progamming selection.
How do you pay tribute to Judith Jamison? With a lot of dancing, of course.