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ABC7 - Alvin Ailey dancers help expose Chicago students to the arts

ABC7 - Alvin Ailey dancers help expose Chicago students to the arts

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater helped expose Chicago students to the arts at the Auditorium in the Loop. With philanthropic giving dwindling and federal grants cut, Chicago schools and those across the country are struggling to find the arts. On Thursday, hundreds of Chicago students saw a performance in-person and got a glimpse of possible careers in the arts, as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returned to the city. The mini performance at the Auditorium was much more interactive than a traditional performance. Nearly 1,500 Chicago students were asked to help cue lights and sets, and students rehearsed a few moves.

WGN9 - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Returns to Chicago to Debut New Works

WGN9 - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Returns to Chicago to Debut New Works

WGN: Daytime Chicago’s Hosts, Tonya Francisco and Amy Rutledge sit down with Associate Director, Matthew Rushing, to talk about the upcoming engagement in Chicago at The Auditorium from April 24 – 26. Along with the interview, company members, Alisha Rena Peek and Renaldo Maurice performed an excerpt of Alvin Ailey’s Revelations and an excerpt of Frederick Earl Mosley’s Embrace.

Bay State Banner - Ailey brings two world premieres to Boston

Bay State Banner - Ailey brings two world premieres to Boston

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater arrives in Boston April 30 for its annual visit, its 58th hosted by Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) and its first with Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack, the fourth artist to hold this role since the company was founded 70 years ago by Alvin Ailey (1931-1989). This year’s tour presents two world premieres: “The Holy Blues” (2025), created by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar with Samantha Figgins and Chalvar Monteiro; and “Difference Between” (2025), by Boston-born and Boston Ballet School-trained choreographer Matthew Neenan. The company will perform two programs over four days and conclude each performance with Ailey’s signature masterpiece “Revelations,” an anthem to resilience and joy.

WISN - Interview with Constance Stamatiou

WISN - Interview with Constance Stamatiou

WISN’s anchor, Gerron Jordan, sits down with Constance Stamatiou to talk about the history of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the company’s tour stop in Milwaukee at the Marcus Performing Arts Center.

Impacto Latino - Maija García brings the Afro-Caribbean diaspora to life through “Jazz Island”

Impacto Latino - Maija García brings the Afro-Caribbean diaspora to life through “Jazz Island”

The visionary and innovative Cuban-American dancer, director, and creator Maija Garcia is widely recognized for her outstanding and versatile multidisciplinary career in theater, film, television, music, and dance, among other areas. Recently appointed Director of the Capri Theater in Minneapolis, Garcia has collaborated with legendary figures such as Spike Lee and Bill T. Jones on acclaimed productions, including “Blackkklansman”, “CHI-RAQ”, Netflix’s “She’s Gotta Have It”, and the Tony Award-winning musical “FELA!”, presented on Broadway and internationally. With a focus on bringing history and culture to life through his projects, García now presents “Jazz Island”, his first work as part of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater tour, which will arrive at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center from May 8 to 10.

Chicago Tribune - Meet Alicia Graf Mack, Alvin Ailey's newest artistic director: 'Chicago feels very familiar; I like the energy'

Chicago Tribune - Meet Alicia Graf Mack, Alvin Ailey's newest artistic director: 'Chicago feels very familiar; I like the energy'

Look through imagery of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and you'll see years of works of artistry that showcase Black bodies defying gravity with grace, power and deep emotion. Some of those pictures might be of Alicia Graf Mack in her tilted, lithe aerial side split. The former principal Ailey dancer (from 2005 to 2014) is now the dance company's new artistic director, only the fourth artistic director since the New York company's formation by its namesake in 1958.

The St. Louis American - A Bridge of Dance, Sound and Black Creative Imagination

The St. Louis American - A Bridge of Dance, Sound and Black Creative Imagination

This year marks a century since the births of musical giants — including John Coltrane and the region’s own Miles Davis and Chuck Berry. And in a season where Dance St. Louis is celebrating its 60th anniversary, it feels fitting that the organization chose to honor St. Louis’ own Berry not with nostalgia, but with new creation. Ailey II’s St. Louis stop at the Touhill Performing Arts Center delivered a tribute engrained in legacy, but pulsing with the urgency of now. The centerpiece of the evening was Berry Dreamin’, a new work choreographed by Chalvar Monteiro and set to the unmistakable twang and fire of Chuck Berry’s catalog. The ballet, commissioned by Dance St. Louis as part of its milestone anniversary, unfolded like a stream of consciousness. It became a dreamscape where thoughts don’t arrive in straight lines but in bursts, loops, and flashes of color

Fox 2 KTVI - Ailey II performs in St. Louis

Fox 2 KTVI - Ailey II performs in St. Louis

Studio STL speaks with Ailey II’s Artistic Director, Francesca Harper, and company members, Meredith Brown and Xhosa Scott about the company’s engagement in St. Louis including the St. Louis premiere of Chalvar Monteiro’s Berry Dreamin’ in honor of Chuck Berry.

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