Happy Valentine’s Day! One of the most romantic dances out there is the waltz and for Valentine’s Day I wanted to find a waltz I’d never seen before to sweep me away. Here’s a groegous one from the Australia version of So You Think You Can...
I just saw these photos of Joan Collins from the recent Red Dress fashion show (FYI: it’s Fashion Week here in NYC). If you looks up FIERCE in the dictionary, you’ll likely find these pictures. At 76 (yes,seriously!) Joan is Workin’ It Out! Oh, there...
Alvin Ailey created “Cry” in 1971 as a birthday present to his mother. He dedicated it to “all black women everywhere — especially our mothers.” The three-part ballet depicts a woman’s journey through the agonies of slavery to an...
“Getting through life is the hardest part of living, letting go and movin’ on.” — George W. Faison, choreographer of “Movin’ On” Ailey II began in 1974 as the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble when Alvin Ailey initiated a...
One of Alvin Ailey’s masterworks is “Revelations,” which is now comprised of three sections had 15 when originally presented in 1960. By 1962, the piece was locked into what we see today. “Revelations” tells the story of African-American...
Continuing the look at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is this piece, choreographed by artistic director Judith Jamison. She created this powerful dance as a tribute to Ailey himself.