On June 9-14, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's (AAADT) rousing 50th anniversary season rolls into the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) with special performances at the Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Avenue).
The Alvin Ailey dancers are blowing out the candles on the troupe's 50th birthday cake at BAM this week - the finale to a 50-city tour - and if Tuesday night was any indication, they're not at all fatigued.
Glorya Kaufman tangos in Buenos Aires and Paris and has a ballroom in her Los Angeles home, where she practices her moves with friends. She has pledged $6 million to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's educational programs and is set to be honored today at the troupe's Manhattan headquarters, where the fifth-floor lobby is being named after her.
When the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs at the Kentucky Center on Tuesday, May 19, and Wednesday, May 20, keep an eye on Matthew Rushing. He's the old man of the company — at the advanced age of 35.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater moves passionately and with a mission.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is famous for blending the African-American cultural experience with modern dance and bringing those traditions to the world stage.
I have two brothers and a sister, and I'm the youngest. My sister, Dorcas, who's 14 years older than me, she played the piano well.
Between (dare we mention it?) your summer reading assignments, take a break with this visual dance-read.
For my 16th birthday I was given a present that remains one of my most vivid, dearest memories.
This young second company of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater offers a season of new works and repertory favorites through Aprily 26 at Ailey Citigroup Theater.