A visit by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, arguably the world's most popular dance troupe, is always a cause for joy. But this year, as Ailey arrives for performances at the Detroit Opera House, the joy is even headier than usual.
There's a word used to describe the feeling you get when you love what you do. When your mind tells you to stop, but your heart says keep at it. Renee Robinson is the epitome of passion.
The second segment in of a series of weekly news segments about Ailey during Black History Month.
The Obamas drop by the Kennedy Center in DC last night for a performance of New York's renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
It was intermission at the 50th Anniversary Gala for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. As two friends in black tie passed each other on the Kennedy Center red carpet one said to the other, “Well, is change keeping you busy?” The other answered brightly, “Yes, exhaustingly and beautifully so.”
The first segment in of a series of weekly news segments about Ailey during Black History Month.
Check out these smoldering sweeties who are more than just pretty faces - they're awesome dancers.
Want to work muscles all over your body? Try an airplane with a single-leg squat. This exercise will help both guys and girls improve balance while toning outer thigh, hip, arm and chest muscles.
Meet Renaldo Gardener, the "baby" of the Ailey II bunch--the dozen strong dance troupe poised to transform the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts stage into a fantasia of bodily movement Friday night.
"I was youngish," says Sylvia Waters of the time, in 1968, when she joined Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. "You can see that I'm trying not to be too specific," she jokes, speaking on a cell from a coffee shop in New York City.