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It’s another revelation. By Gia Kourlas The name Ailey is synonymous with dance. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is more than a company: It’s a brand, an integral piece of the cultural ...
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will not appear in the Kennedy Center’s upcoming season, citing a new global ...
When Alvin Ailey's seminal dance work Revelations was first performed in 1960, it was about twice as long as the version that's now been seen by millions of people around the world. The company ...
In 1960, the twenty-nine-year-old Alvin Ailey premièred his landmark work, “Revelations,” with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, the company he’d founded to showcase Black culture ...
They’re in church, but they’re home, too … We’re in Alvin Ailey territory, and the work, of course, is ‘Revelations,’ dance images as distinct and memorable as any in our fading ...
Dancers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater stretch their arms out wide like wings. At once, their elbows rise from the strength of their shoulders with fingertips pointed out. They're ...
June 5, June 6, and June 7 at 7:30pm, and June 8 at 3pm The Holy Blues, (World Premiere) by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Samantha Figgins, and Chalvar Monteiro Treading (1979, new production 2024) by Elisa ...
The nation’s premier modern dance company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, has embarked on a coast-to-coast United States tour, bringing its celebration of Black artistry and heritage to ...
Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Pride in the Company's visionary founder ...
Dorchester teen Nasya Baine dreams of dancing for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater one day; her mom goes to great lengths to help her get there By now, Natalya Baine and her daughter Nasya have ...
Judith Jamison, a renowned performer and choreographer who devoted most of her dance career to the trailblazing Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, has died. Jamison died Saturday after a brief ...
What’s making our luxury list this week? Boucheron makes its Manhattan debut, goop drops a collection of furniture and an Alvin Ailey exhibition opens at the Whitney. Boucheron’s new jewel box ...