Dance Magazine - Giving Dancers Their Growl
Dance students are trained to speak with their bodies, not their voices.
The Ailey School
Fordham Newsletter - The Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Program In Dance Prepares Student-Dancers--Mind, Body And Soul--For Lives On Stage And Careers After Dance
Vivian Nixon stepped out of the classroom last spring and onto the Broadway stage in the musical "Hot Feet" to become one of the most talked-about young stars of the season.
Roots and Relationships in Chicago: Interview with Denise Jefferson - Director of The Ailey School in New York
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was founded in 1958. Choreographer, dancer, and director Alvin Ailey played an important role in cultivating opportunities for African-American modern dancers, presenting choreography that explored a wide range of the black experience.
New York Times - Ailey's Creative New Digs With Room for Comfort
In a well-known segment of Alvin Ailey's signature dance, ''Revelations,'' performed to the spiritual ''Wade in the Water,'' dancers wave swaths of billowy blue fabric to simulate a river.