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St. Louis Post - Dispatch - Dance St. Louis celebrates Chuck Berry’s 100th birthday with world premiere dance

St. Louis Post - Dispatch - Dance St. Louis celebrates Chuck Berry’s 100th birthday with world premiere dance

When you think of dancing to Chuck Berry music, you may think duck walks or sock hops, but new choreography will have you seeing rock'n'roll originator and St. Louis native in a whole new light. This weekend, Ailey II will perform the world premiere of "Berry Dreamin,'" a contemporary work commissioned by Dance St. Louis for its 60th anniversary season to celebrate what would have been Chuck Berry's 100th birthday this year. Choreographed by Chalvar Monteiro, the piece draws on Berry's music and spirit while imagining a dreamlike world or memory, intimacy and human connection.

Harper's Bazaar - Alicia Graf Mack Knows Dance Is About Connecting the Past, Present, and Future

Harper's Bazaar - Alicia Graf Mack Knows Dance Is About Connecting the Past, Present, and Future

Dance rehearsal capturing a group of dancers engaged in choreography practice. How does anyone make art in this dizzying moment? In our Now issue, Bazaar speaks to 10 creative people—dancers, comedians, pop singers, writers—about what fuels their work in 2026. Alicia Graf Mack, a former dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, was named the company’s artistic director in 2025. Founded in 1958 by Alvin Ailey to center Black life, history, and spirituality onstage, the company has long been one of the most influential institutions in the dance world. Graf Mack, a former director of the dance program at Juilliard with a background in arts administration, steps into the role at a pivotal moment for both the company and the culture at large, as cultural institutions face mounting political pressure, shifting support, and renewed questions around representation, access, and community.

Rolling Out- Christopher Taylor brings Ailey home to Newark at the end

Rolling Out- Christopher Taylor brings Ailey home to Newark at the end

Christopher Taylor did not discover dance in a studio. He found it after school in a middle school gymnasium in Newark, N.J., when the Ailey education program came to his campus and showed him something he had never seen before. Black people moving in ways that stopped him cold. He was 11 years old, and his entire understanding of what dance could be shifted in an instant. More than a decade later, Taylor is a dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, wrapping up the company’s national tour at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), the very stage where he once sat in the audience dreaming. Rolling out‘s Arts in Studio sat down with him to talk about the journey, the homecoming and what it means to carry a legacy.

W42ST - “Hell’s Kitchen is a Hub for Artists, So I Feel Right at Home” — Dancer Olivia Bowman-Jackson’s West Side Story

W42ST - “Hell’s Kitchen is a Hub for Artists, So I Feel Right at Home” — Dancer Olivia Bowman-Jackson’s West Side Story

Dancer and dance instructor Olivia Bowman-Jackson grew up in Brooklyn and travelled widely through her work — but now calls Manhattan Plaza home. This is Olivia’s West Side Story. Olivia Bowman, a dancer and dance instructor, walking around her favorite places in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. So what’s your New York story? Born here, or just arrived? I grew up in Brooklyn, in Starrett City — a true melting pot and a neighborhood that had everything within it: schools, banks, stores, restaurants, a community center, parks, and handball and basketball courts in every section. It really felt like its own little world.

Authority Magazine - Power Women: Samantha Figgins of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater On How To Successfully Navigate Work, Love and Life As A Powerful Woman

Authority Magazine - Power Women: Samantha Figgins of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater On How To Successfully Navigate Work, Love and Life As A Powerful Woman

If ever you find yourself in a space where people are uneasy with your presence, shine brighter! Stand in the power of all that you are. And do NOT apologize for it. How does a successful, strong, and powerful woman navigate work, employee relationships, love, and life in a world that still feels uncomfortable with strong women? In this interview series, called “Power Women” we are talking to accomplished women leaders who share their stories and experiences navigating work, love and life as a powerful woman.

Los Angeles Times - Alvin Ailey Dance Theater brings storied history to L.A.

Los Angeles Times - Alvin Ailey Dance Theater brings storied history to L.A.

For nearly 70 years, the famed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been showcasing Black talent and culture through dance. The troupe, which features Afro Latino talent and dance elements, is bringing its robust program to L.A. this week. Founder Alvin Ailey’s technical approach to dance combined modern dance, ballet and jazz — among other dance forms — in an attempt to blur the traditional boundaries of the dance world.

Hollywood Soapbox - INTERVIEW: Renée I. McDonald explores social media with latest Ailey II piece

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.

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