Fox 4: Good Day Dallas-Fort Worth - Ailey II Dancers Perform
Ailey II dancers, Paige Fraser and Yusaku Komori perform an excerpt of "Echoes" on Good Day ahead of their Bass Hall performance.
Ailey II dancers, Paige Fraser and Yusaku Komori perform an excerpt of "Echoes" on Good Day ahead of their Bass Hall performance.
Simpson Middle School seventh-grader Aniya Cardell has followed in her older sister's footsteps as an AileyCamp dance student, but is now moving to her own beat as an aspiring entertainer.
Childhood memories can whirls just as dancers do, undulating or striking like ocean waves we miss but long to be part of again. Dancers make indelible impressions on children, even if the child never wants to be a dancer.
In this month of February during his traditional stopover in Atlanta, the company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will present two new choreographies: "Arden Court" by Paul Taylor and "Home" by Rennie Harris.
Life is about to change for Sylvia Waters. In June, the artistic director for the Ailey II Dance Company will retire from the company of young dancers she has led for nearly four decades.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater hosted its 13th annual opening night gala benefit at the Kennedy Center Tuesday night. Proceeds from the event, which drew politicians and business leaders, will fund scholarships to the Ailey School.
One of Gary's native sons made a return to his Steel City roots during a modern dance performance at the West Side High School recently. Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson presented Renaldo Gardner, a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Company in NEw York, with the key to the city before an auditorium filled with students from several Gary elementary and high schools.
New beginnings often contain built-in excitement, but there was an extra note of promise in the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's program Tuesday night at the Kennedy Center Opera House.
Renaldo Gardner, 21, returned to his hometown Wednesday as a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Company, reuniting with former dance instructors and doing a special solo performance at West Side Leadership Academy auditorium during a matinee show by Ailey II which also performed Tuesday night.
William C. Rhoden discusses dance as an athletic endeavor with Alicia graf Mack, a dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.