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Dance Magazine - Dancer, Educator, and Advocate Alicia Graf Mack Returns to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as Its Fourth Artistic Director

Dance Magazine - Dancer, Educator, and Advocate Alicia Graf Mack Returns to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as Its Fourth Artistic Director

Last November, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater announced that Alicia Graf Mack would become its next artistic director. Graf Mack’s trajectory seems to have prepared her for this role. During a brilliant career as a dancer with both Dance Theatre of Harlem and Ailey, she acquired two academic degrees on the side, in history and arts management. After retiring from the stage, she went on to become the director of The Juilliard School’s Dance Division, where she has spent the last seven years thoughtfully expanding the august academy’s approach to dance training. Now, she will be returning to Ailey, where her term as artistic director begins on July 1. She will be only the fourth person to hold the position, after Ailey himself, his chosen successor, Judith Jamison, and the choreographer Robert Battle.

Dance Teacher - How to Cast and Coach Dancers in Roles Outside of Their Comfort Zones

Dance Teacher - How to Cast and Coach Dancers in Roles Outside of Their Comfort Zones

Shortly after Adam McKinney took the helm at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre in 2023, he promoted Grace Rookstool from the corps de ballet to soloist. The following season, he cast her as both the Sugar Plum Fairy and a stepsister up to mischievous antics in Cinderella. During PBT’s most recent season, McKinney says, he was certain she’d “perform a sumptuous ‘Emeralds.’ ” Rookstool also embodied Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, ending the run with an onstage promotion to principal.

PIX 11 - Get in the groove with Ailey Extension's Matthew Johnson Harris

PIX 11 - Get in the groove with Ailey Extension's Matthew Johnson Harris

Calling all Broadway musical lovers! Writer, director and choreographer Matthew Johnson Harris takes Marysol and Karine Jean-Pierre through a dance number straight out of his Broadway dance class at the Ailey Extension. If he can make these two look like pros, he can get you dancing too!

BK Magazine - The Alvin Ailey Company Comes Home Again

BK Magazine - The Alvin Ailey Company Comes Home Again

The great dancer, choreographer, and founder of the Brooklyn-based Evidence dance company Ronald K. Brown has a familiar story that echoes generations of artists dating back to Alvin Ailey’s professional debut as a performer on the Brooklyn Academy of Music stage in 1957. His relationship to dance, his way into the artform that would define his life, begins with Ailey himself. “The story is that when I was in the second grade, I went on a school trip to see the American Dance Theater, and then I went home and I started making dances,” the Bed-Stuy product tells me on a Wednesday afternoon in late May. We are on the phone, but I am in a conference room in the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on the far west side of midtown Manhattan. Brown skips ahead to the next crucial juncture in his Ailey lore, driving home the seismic, incalculable impact Ailey has had on the American modern dance landscape. “I was 21 years old and I was rehearsing at the Ailey school, and Mr. Ailey came and sat next to me and he asked, ‘Are you one of mine?’” And I said, ‘Mr. Ailey, I did not go to this school, but yes, I’m one of yours.’”

The Spirit - NYC Honors Legendary Dancer, the Late Judith Jamison, with Proclamation and Day

The Spirit - NYC Honors Legendary Dancer, the Late Judith Jamison, with Proclamation and Day

The late Judith Jamison, a transformative figure in modern dance at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, was honored with a resolution designating May 10 as Judith Jamison Day, an annual recognition of her artistic brilliance, cultural impact, and leadership. The date now stands as an annual tribute to a woman who reshaped the possibilities of performance and empowered generations of dancers after it was passed by the City Council on May 1.

The Boston Globe - A Long Road To A Dream

The Boston Globe - A Long Road To A Dream

By now, Natalya Blaine and her daughter Nasya have their routine down pat. Four days a week, Natalya wakes up, cooks lunch and dinner, then stores the meals in to-go containers as 17-year old Nasya packs up and gets dressed. They load their belongings into their car - the food, Nasya's dance shoes and clothes, Natalya's homework for her master's program - make a quick stop at BJ's for gas, call Natalya's mother to say a prayer, and are on the road by late morning.

Medium - Jacquelin Harris Of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater On The Morning Routines and Habits Of Highly Successful People

Medium - Jacquelin Harris Of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater On The Morning Routines and Habits Of Highly Successful People

Morning routine creates discipline. How you begin the day sets up how focused and productive you can be later on. Creating a sense of purpose with your morning routine sets you up to meet your goals, ultimately boosting your self-esteem in the moment and for the future. Beginnings are a Genesis. That means that not only are they a start, but they are also the origin of all that follows. This means that the way we start something, the way we start our day, for example, creates a trajectory for all that follows. How do highly successful leaders start their day in a way that creates a positive trajectory for a successful, effective, productive, and efficient day? How do you create habits that make these routines permanent? How do you get inspired to develop the discipline necessary for such a lifestyle? In this new series, called Morning Routines and Habits Of Highly Successful People, we are talking to successful leaders who can share the morning routines and habits that have helped them to achieve success.

KCLU - Dance! Dance! Dance! World Famous Dance Company Shares Moves During Community Class In Santa Barbara

KCLU - Dance! Dance! Dance! World Famous Dance Company Shares Moves During Community Class In Santa Barbara

More than 100 people, ranging from four to more than 80 years old, get to learn and practice with members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. We’re in the middle of a dance class in downtown Santa Barbara. But it is much more than a class. It’s an experience. More than 100 people are learning some dance moves from members of one of the world’s most iconic modern dance companies. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is doing two performances in Santa Barbara this week, including one on Wednesday night. But, members of the company also held a community dance class for all comers at Santa Barbara’s historic Carrillo Ballroom.

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