Not many dancers spend their days dashing between rehearsal and multivariable calculus class. But that was college for Jacquelin Harris, one of the newest members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
It should be no surprise to fans of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater that in a year marked by riots and protests, the company's latest program is rooted in themes of oppression and change.
Dancer Jacqueline Green sit down with Sheldon Dutes to discuss the Alvin Ailey summer season
It all started when she was just 3 years old. Courtney Spears’ mother, D’Andrea Sweeting Spears, purchased her first leotard, tights and ballet slippers, and from then on Courtney never turned back.
This time on State of the Arts, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's deep connection to Newark. We talk with Artistic Director Robert Battle, and see their special Mother's Day performance at NJPAC.
When a choreographer creates a work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, it can seem that only one option exists: try to make another "Revelations."
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been making annual visits to UC Berkeley since 1968, first under its founder and then after his death in 1989; under his successor, Judith Jamison; and since 2011 under former dancer Robert Battle.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been making annual visits to UC-Berkeley since 1968, first under its founder and then after his death in 1989, under his successor, Judith Jamison, and since 2011, under former dancer, Robert Battle.
Back in 2010, when Robert Battle was announced as the next artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (only the third director in the company's 57-year history) everyone seemed to have one pressing question: What new choreographers would he tap to work with Ailey's awe-inspiring dancers?
We can always count on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to be lively, colorful, and entertaining. But Thursday’s opening night Celebrity Series performance was that and much more, offering Ailey’s rousing “Revelations” on a slate with the Boston premiere of Matthew Rushing’s stirring new “Odetta” and Israeli-born Hofesh Shechter’s provocative “Uprising,” which is having its company premiere this season.