Dance Magazine - Why I Dance
If I could take a guess, I would simply say that God designed my body to move. I can't sit still for more than 10 minutes. I can't read and listen to music at the same time because my mind starts choreographing.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Oprah Magazine - Luminous Motion
At a time when racism kept African American talent out of major dance troupes, the trailblazing Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, founded in 1958, not only broke the color barrier but brought modern dance to a mass audience.
Dance Spirit Magazine - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Turns 50
It ain't easy keeping a dance company alive and kicking for 50 years - and doing it with flying colors is cause for celebration!
New York Times - A Pageant of Early Aileys on a Journey to Posterity
New York audiences are so used to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's annual winter appearances at City Center that the idea of finding the company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in June is positively disconcerting.
Town & Country - 50 and Fabulous
Inspiring donors and audiences alike, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater sails into its next half-century with equal parts exuberance and grace.
Dance Teacher Magazine - Honors List
Sylvia Waters and Judith Jamison
The Bulletin - Hip-Hop Dance, Casually Airborne With a Hint Of Ballet
There's something alluring and a little bit mysterious about hip-hop dance, even performed informally on the street by a group of teenagers killing time.
Backstage - Staying On Your Toes
Tips to extend your dancing career
New York Post - All the right moves
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.
"I can't believe I'm up here"
For as long as she could remember, Constance Stamatiou had danced. She loved the excitement of being before an audience. But this was different.