Tag: alvin ailey american dance theater

Dance Spirit's Ultimate NYC Itinerary

The Big Apple is dancer heaven, with more to do and see than anyone could possibly exhaust. Want to make the most of your visit? Take the personality quiz below to get an itinerary tailor-made for your dancer needs. Meet Your Tour Guides Traci Finch of New Chamber Ballet, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet and CelloPointe […]

Ailey Pays Tribute to Moonlight In This Moving Short Film

The brilliant, critically acclaimed Moonlight is a piece of virtuosic filmmaking (hence its eight Oscar nominations)—and now it’s inspired a work of dance virtuosity. Moonlight x Ailey , a collaboration between Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater artistic director Robert Battle and composer Nicholas Britell, who created the score for the feature film, is two minutes […]

Alvin Ailey Comes to the Big Screen this Thursday

Looking for some dance inspiration? Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is beaming no fewer than FOUR works, including the beloved classic Revelations, to a movie theater near you this Thursday, October 22! Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Linda Celeste Sims in Wayne McGregor’s Chroma. Photo by Paul Kolnik               […]

Conan O'Brien Shows Off His Dance "Skills" at The Ailey School

Late night goofball Conan O’Brien has brought his “Conan” hijinks to NYC this week, to the delight of all New Yawk peeps. Though he’s in town a tad too early to enjoy Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater‘s fall season (it kicks off November 30 at New York City Center), O’Brien decided to get his Ailey […]

How to Prepare for a New Role—on and Off the Marley

You already know that taking on a new role requires lots of homework, from perfecting the steps to figuring out spacing. But while it’s easy to become wrapped up in technical demands, a little extra research can make all the difference in your performance—because each piece of choreography is inspired by something, whether it’s a […]

#MotivationMonday: Watch this Powerful Piece by Alvin Ailey Dancers

While Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dancers were on tour in Saratoga a few weeks ago, company member Sean Aaron Carmon noticed his fellow dancers were hurting. Spurred by the recent violence plaguing our nation (and our world), Carmon and other Ailey dancers (like Jacqueline Green, Yannick Lebrun, Daniel Harder, Samantha Figgins and Jacquelin Harris) […]