Revelations
Choreographer: Alvin Ailey. Alvin Ailey said that one of America’s richest treasures was the cultural heritage of the African-American —"sometimes sorrowful, sometimes jubilant, but... always hopeful." This enduring classic is a...
Sylvia Waters, Artistic Director Emerita
Sylvia Waters was personally selected by Alvin Ailey in 1974 as Artistic Director of Ailey II and led the company for 38 years. A graduate of The Juilliard School, Ms. Waters earned a B.S. in Dance prior to moving to Paris, where she appeared...
Tracy Inman, Co-Director of The Ailey School
Tracy Inman is a native of Washington, D.C. and a graduate of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts where he majored in music. In 1981, he changed his artistic course from music to dance and moved to New York City where he was awarded a scholarship...
Tiffany Barnes, Junior Division Director of The Ailey School
Tiffany Barnes is a native of Silver Spring, Maryland. Throughout childhood she trained and worked as a teacher’s assistant at the Jones Haywood School of Ballet in Washington, DC under the direction of the late Doris W. Jones. In...
Revelations
(1960) Choreographer: Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Alvin Ailey’s timeless masterpiece Revelations has become one of the most well-known and respected ballets in the history of dance, acclaimed as a must-see for all and...
Night Creature
(1974) Choreographer: Alvin Ailey Music: Duke Ellington Combining modern dance, classical ballet and jazz, Night Creature is a perfect fusion of Alvin Ailey’s buoyant choreography and Duke Ellington’s sparkling...
Nasha Thomas, National Director of AileyCamp/Arts In Education Spokesperson & Master Teacher
Ms. Thomas oversees national outreach and AileyCamps for Ailey’s Arts in Education & Community Programs department. As a primary liaison between Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation and the national arts-in-education community, she plays a central role in ...
Memoria
(1979) In Memory - In Celebration Choreographer: Alvin Ailey Music: Keith Jarrett In the tumultuous time of 1979 when Mr. Ailey's great, perennial friend from his Lester Horton days, the choreographer Joyce Trisler, died...
Melanie Person, Co-Director of The Ailey School
Melanie Person began her early dance training in Jackson, Mississippi at age 6. Upon moving to Columbia, South Carolina a few years later, she continued her dance training at the Calvert-Brodie School of Dance while performing with the Columbia City...
Masazumi Chaya
Masazumi Chaya was born in Fukuoka, Japan, where he began his classical ballet training. Upon moving to New York in December 1970, he studied modern dance and performed with the Richard Englund Repertory Company. Mr. Chaya joined Alvin Ailey America