Hollywood Soapbox - INTERVIEW: Renée I. McDonald explores social media with latest Ailey II piece
Renée I. McDonald pulls double duty in life. She’s an acclaimed choreographer, whose latest work, Likes vs Life, is currently being presented at The Joyce Theater in Midtown Manhattan, courtesy of Ailey II, the second company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She’s also an attorney practicing in Jamaica. Both of these professions would seem to require a thorough and constant presence on social media, but McDonald is a once-in-a-while type of user of social media. And, in fact, the detrimental impacts of social media is the thesis of her new work.
