Bringing Ailey Dances Back To Light
Nothing defines a dance company likes its repertory.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
TIME - Back To Their Roots
The Ailey company's tour leaves South Africa dancing in the aisles.
Vanity Fair - Works of Wonder
"It's all your fault I Got into this" - thus Alvin Ailey teased Carmen de Lavallade for having urged him to quit gymnastics for dance. "This," of course, turned out to be history. Alvin Ailey founded his visionary troupe in 1958, spun out a signature masterpiece in 1060 (Revelations, that hymn to amazing grace and grit), and went on to make a monumental difference in American dance.
New York Times - Ailey's Creative New Digs With Room for Comfort
In a well-known segment of Alvin Ailey's signature dance, ''Revelations,'' performed to the spiritual ''Wade in the Water,'' dancers wave swaths of billowy blue fabric to simulate a river.
New York Magazine - Shall We Dance?
Ten years after taking over the American Dance Theater, Judith Jamison -- Alvin Ailey's astonishing muse -- celebrates with a Kennedy Center Honor.
Time Magazine - Back To Their Roots
Tears were the first bond. They glistened on Judith Jamison's face as she stood beside an elderly woman veteran of South Africa's liberation struggle.
Time Magazine - Back To Their Roots
The Ailey company's tour leaves South Africa dancing in the aisles.
Dance Magazine - Masazumi Chaya: Alvin Ailey's Artistic Lieutenant
A veteran member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater stands guard over company standards.
New York Times - DANCE VIEW; Judith Jamison Adds Spices to The Ailey Brew
A year after Alvin Ailey's death, his company has returned to New York (the season at the City Center ends next Sunday) in red-hot dancing shape, under new leadership and with new ideas.