When Chanell Lewis, a 14-year-old from Jeremiah Academy in Miami Gardens, heard about AileyCamp Miami, she signed up to take the dance-intensive course expecting nothing more than just dance. After her fourth week in the program, though, Chanell has not only learned various dances, but she has also taken youth empowerment courses.
You probably danced on your way into work this morning. Every move you made, down to the rhythm of your steps, had a potential story to tell.
Dancers showed off their skills during their end-of-camp performance in the Bronx. After six weeks of practicing, more than 100 campers from the Alvin Ailey Dance Camp performed at the Hostos Community Theater.
Dozens of local middle-schoolers took center stage at the Adrienne Arsht Center Saturday as the seventh AileyCamp Miami drew to a rousing close. After six weeks of hard work trying to nail every little step, these young dancers had to battle those butterflies in the stomach, but they conceded the show must go on.
One of the nation's most celebrated dance companies, Alvin Ailey, is running a summer camp in Manhattan. As NY1's Lindsey Christ found out, AileyCamp, as it's called, is about more than dance.
Peterson Exais and Isabella Giret entered AileyCamp Miami from different worlds. Peterson, 14, a survivor of the Haiti earthquake in 2010, and Isabella, 11, who moved to Miami from Brazil three years ago, signed up with varying degrees of eagerness.
Thursday’s installment of TODAY’s series, “Hope to It,” spotlights AileyCamp, a six-week program from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater that serves kids ages 11 to 14, helping them face personal challenges through dance.
For six weeks this summer, more than 100 city kids will learn dance techniques in Washington Heights from some of the best trained dancers in the country. AileyCamp, a program of the world-famous Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, kicked off last week, transforming IS 90 into a dancer's playground.
Chanel Clersaint, 14, is all smiles as she works on her form during a dance class at AileyCamp Miami, a six-week summer camp taking place at the Arsht Center. The camp, in its fourth season, brings together children ages 11 to 14 who are struggling with poverty, crime, single-parent households and other challenges.
Simpson Middle School seventh-grader Aniya Cardell has followed in her older sister's footsteps as an AileyCamp dance student, but is now moving to her own beat as an aspiring entertainer.