Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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The New York Times - From Ailey, A New Work That's Old-School

The New York Times - From Ailey, A New Work That's Old-School

The goddess of love drifts in on waves and wind. When the choreographer Maija García was invited to make her first work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, this was the first image that came to mind. Then, a colleague directed her to “Black Gods, Green Islands,” a collection of Afro-Caribbean folklore written by Geoffrey Holder, the Trinidad-born artist, actor and dancer. The final story, “Goddess,” opens with almost the same image as the one in García’s vision. Taking this as a sign, she chose “Goddess” to adapt into dance.

WABC7 - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's new artistic director calls role a full-circle moment

WABC7 - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's new artistic director calls role a full-circle moment

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's holiday performances begin in about three weeks, with a new artistic director leading the way. Alicia Graf Mack fills the giant shoes of the late great Judith Jamison. Mack was once a principal dancer under Jamison. She talked to Eyewitness News about her new role, which she calls a full-circle moment, and her vision for the future of the treasured theater.

EBONY - Celebrating EBONY'S 2025 Power 100 List and Gala

EBONY - Celebrating EBONY'S 2025 Power 100 List and Gala

Uplifting Black voices, experiences, and successes have been at the core of EBONY’s legacy for 80 years. This year, as EBONY celebrates eight decades of dedication to the Black community, the 2025 Power 100 List continues that tradition by honoring Black artists, community crusaders, and leaders across industries.

Dance Magazine - Dancer, Educator, and Advocate Alicia Graf Mack Returns to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as Its Fourth Artistic Director

Dance Magazine - Dancer, Educator, and Advocate Alicia Graf Mack Returns to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as Its Fourth Artistic Director

Last November, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater announced that Alicia Graf Mack would become its next artistic director. Graf Mack’s trajectory seems to have prepared her for this role. During a brilliant career as a dancer with both Dance Theatre of Harlem and Ailey, she acquired two academic degrees on the side, in history and arts management. After retiring from the stage, she went on to become the director of The Juilliard School’s Dance Division, where she has spent the last seven years thoughtfully expanding the august academy’s approach to dance training. Now, she will be returning to Ailey, where her term as artistic director begins on July 1. She will be only the fourth person to hold the position, after Ailey himself, his chosen successor, Judith Jamison, and the choreographer Robert Battle.

BK Magazine - The Alvin Ailey Company Comes Home Again

BK Magazine - The Alvin Ailey Company Comes Home Again

The great dancer, choreographer, and founder of the Brooklyn-based Evidence dance company Ronald K. Brown has a familiar story that echoes generations of artists dating back to Alvin Ailey’s professional debut as a performer on the Brooklyn Academy of Music stage in 1957. His relationship to dance, his way into the artform that would define his life, begins with Ailey himself. “The story is that when I was in the second grade, I went on a school trip to see the American Dance Theater, and then I went home and I started making dances,” the Bed-Stuy product tells me on a Wednesday afternoon in late May. We are on the phone, but I am in a conference room in the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on the far west side of midtown Manhattan. Brown skips ahead to the next crucial juncture in his Ailey lore, driving home the seismic, incalculable impact Ailey has had on the American modern dance landscape. “I was 21 years old and I was rehearsing at the Ailey school, and Mr. Ailey came and sat next to me and he asked, ‘Are you one of mine?’” And I said, ‘Mr. Ailey, I did not go to this school, but yes, I’m one of yours.’”

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