Dance Magazine - Why I Dance
If I could take a guess, I would simply say that God designed my body to move. I can't sit still for more than 10 minutes. I can't read and listen to music at the same time because my mind starts choreographing.
Oprah Magazine - Luminous Motion
At a time when racism kept African American talent out of major dance troupes, the trailblazing Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, founded in 1958, not only broke the color barrier but brought modern dance to a mass audience.
Dance Spirit Magazine - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Turns 50
It ain't easy keeping a dance company alive and kicking for 50 years - and doing it with flying colors is cause for celebration!
Fordham Newsletter - The Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Program In Dance Prepares Student-Dancers--Mind, Body And Soul--For Lives On Stage And Careers After Dance
Vivian Nixon stepped out of the classroom last spring and onto the Broadway stage in the musical "Hot Feet" to become one of the most talked-about young stars of the season.
New York Times - A Pageant of Early Aileys on a Journey to Posterity
New York audiences are so used to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's annual winter appearances at City Center that the idea of finding the company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in June is positively disconcerting.
Town & Country - 50 and Fabulous
Inspiring donors and audiences alike, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater sails into its next half-century with equal parts exuberance and grace.
The Metro - Fine new wine in old bottles
By the time dancers hit the professional stage, they've been training for a decade or more. But you learn to perform by getting up and doing it.
New York Times - Ailey Fledglings Show How Far They Can Fly
Is it quibbling to say that the Ailey II dancers look way too professional to be members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's junior troupe?
New York Times - The Refinement of Youth, That Inexhaustable Ore
To see young dancers perform at the start of their careers is to see dance in a poignantly pure or raw state.
Dance Teacher Magazine - Honors List
Sylvia Waters and Judith Jamison