Join Dance Magazine for an “Ask Me Anything” with June cover star Jamar Roberts on Monday, June 14, at 4 pm Eastern. Send us all your questions for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater standout and resident choreographer, and we’ll get to as many as possible. As a bonus: The event will also include a […]
Jamar Roberts is an Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater icon. He’s danced with the company for more than 15 years, and at 6′ 4″, he cuts a powerful and immediately recognizable figure onstage. As a choreographer, he is prolific, passionate, and political—his most recent, instantly iconic piece for Ailey, Ode, is a meditation on the […]
This past Monday evening, dozens of dancers gathered in one of the top-floor studios of Alvin Ailey’s home base in NYC. The studios feature stunning floor-to-ceiling windows, and as the sun set, the city sparkled around everyone, adding to the magical energy. As of late, there’s been a special buzz in the air at AAADT—and […]
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 […]
Instagram is basically a dance-lover’s paradise. Dancers are all about visuals, so a photo-sharing app is our idea of a playground. And that means a lot of big dance names (and organizations) are alllll over Instagram, giving us little peeks at their glamorous, artsy worlds. Looking for inspiration? Well, first, give us a follow (@dancespiritmagazine)! […]
Last night, I was able to snag a ticket to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s “season preview” performance, a sampler of works from their upcoming New York City Center season. There was an excerpt from From Before, an earthy, polyrhythmic company premiere by legend Garth Fagan. There was the spankin’ new Another Night by up-and-comer […]