The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was founded in 1958. Choreographer, dancer, and director Alvin Ailey played an important role in cultivating opportunities for African-American modern dancers, presenting choreography that explored a wide range of the black experience.
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It was almost three decades ago that the late, great choreographer Alvin Ailey asked his good friend and former dancer Judith Jamison to take over his young and esteemed company.
For as long as she could remember, Constance Stamatiou had danced. She loved the excitement of being before an audience. But this was different.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is in town to perform at the Wang Theater tomorrow through Feb. 10, but before the dancers do what they do they'll talk about what they do at "The Legacy of Alvin Ailey."
Clifton Brown was 4 when his grandmother decided that formal physical exercise would cheer him up after his playmates, all older cousins, deserted him for school.
In 1962, Alvin Ailey choreographed "Reflections in D" to Duke Ellington's music as a vehicle for himself.
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At two recent galas, Daniel Ulbricht at NYCB and Matthew Rushing at Ailey took my breath away.
I think stage presence goes hand in hand with maturity.