New York Post - Great Leap Into the Unknown
Here's your chance to play talent scout.
Here's your chance to play talent scout.
After a grueling 30 city tour over a six month span of time, Ailey II eagerly returns home to take the stage at The Joyce Theater in New York.
The way Ailey II artistic director Sylvia Waters sees it, "dance is a profession that chooses you." Waters became one of the chosen as a junior high school student in Harlem learning time steps at the hands of a tough gym teacher.
It's the last month to catch Ailey's terrific junior company (where most of the main company began their careers) on their 28-city tour.
Ailey II dancers Ghrai DeVore and Renaldo Gardner, both 19, received scholarships from the Dizzy Feet Foundation. They will train at The Ailey School.
Often dubbed “the future of modern dance,” Ailey II comes to town this week with one goal in mind — exposure.
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.
For more than 40 years Dr. George W. Faison has reigned as one of the dance and theatre world's most respected director/choreographer/author/mentor/educator and designers.
As the Alvin Ailey dance company prepares to mark its 50th anniversary in L.A., a native Angeleno shares his joy in being part of an indelible artistic legacy.
Have as much watermelon, strawberry, kiwi, lemon, orange, and apricot as you want. We're not talking about a new diet plan. We mean color!