The Hunt
(2001) Choreographer: Robert Battle Music: Les Tambours du Bronx Artistic Director Robert Battle’s athletic work for six men reveals the predatory side of human nature and the primitive thrill of the hunt. A thundering...
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...
Robert Battle, Artistic Director
Robert Battle became artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in July 2011 after being personally selected by Judith Jamison, making him only the third person to head the Company since it was founded in 1958. Mr. Battle has a long-standing...
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...