Dance Spirit - Valentine's Day Special: Dance Spirit's Favorite Hotties
Check out these smoldering sweeties who are more than just pretty faces - they're awesome dancers.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
The New York Times - Experiencing America, With Foot and Instrument
The climax of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 50th-anniversary season, which has emphasized live music, has arrived in the middle of its run, with two programs whose first two-thirds are each to music by Duke Ellington.
Village Voice - Lights Up! Alvin Ailey’s Gang Turns 50
Here’s my daydream. I’m walking along 8th Street and meet the ghost of Alvin Ailey. He looks gorgeous—just the way he did when I ran into him over 30 years ago in the same place. “Alvin,” I say, “did you know that on the opening night of your company’s 50th anniversary season—in honor of it—the top part of the Empire State Building was bathed in gold light?”
The New York Times - Enter December
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrated its opening night at the New York City Center, followed by a dinner for nearly 1,300 guests at the Sheraton New York. The event raised $2.92 million.
NBC New York - The Man Who Brought It All Together
Alvin Ailey started his company with a handfull of dancers and the idea of incorporating jazz, blues and gospel into his unique repertoire.
Bloomberg - Oprah Joins Jamison, Ailey Dancers in 50th Season: Tobi Tobias
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater scorns doing things by half measures. Wednesday night’s gala opening of its five-week season at the City Center, celebrating its 50th anniversary, pulled out all the stops.
New York Times - One Foot in the Present Season, One Foot in the Past
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is 50 years old. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proclaimed Dec. 4 Alvin Ailey Day in New York; Gov. David A. Paterson has honored the company on behalf of the State of New York; and the United States Congress has called it the nation's cultural ambassador to the world.
ABC Local - 50 Years of Dance
Quite a celebration honoring the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. It is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
New York Magazine - The Anniversary Party
It's been 50 years since Alvin Ailey founded his dance company on 92nd Street; for the past twelve, Andrew Eccles has been all but embedded in the group, snapping thousands of photographs of its dancers.
Common Ground - Save America's Treasures
When Francis Scott Key spent the rainy night of September 13, 1814, watching the British bombardment of Fort McHenry - a pivotal battle in the War of 1812 - he had only one question in his mind. Which flag would fly in the morning?