In light of the recent downpour of Tulsa Ballet reviews, many of which critized the selection of dances artistic director Marcello Angelini chose to bring to NY, my friend Christopher Atamian writes a note on progamming selection.
How do you pay tribute to Judith Jamison? With a lot of dancing, of course.
There's not shortage of things for Americans to gripe about these days: the crummy job market, swine flu, another season of Wife Swap.
On Wednesday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater unleashed some real choreography.
On June 9-14, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's (AAADT) rousing 50th anniversary season rolls into the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) with special performances at the Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Avenue).
The Alvin Ailey dancers are blowing out the candles on the troupe's 50th birthday cake at BAM this week - the finale to a 50-city tour - and if Tuesday night was any indication, they're not at all fatigued.
When the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs at the Kentucky Center on Tuesday, May 19, and Wednesday, May 20, keep an eye on Matthew Rushing. He's the old man of the company — at the advanced age of 35.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater moves passionately and with a mission.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is famous for blending the African-American cultural experience with modern dance and bringing those traditions to the world stage.
I have two brothers and a sister, and I'm the youngest. My sister, Dorcas, who's 14 years older than me, she played the piano well.