In commemoration of World AIDS Day, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest, non-profit HIV/AIDS service organization has partnered with the Debbie Allen Dance Academy (DADA). Continue Reading →
Category Archives: dance
A Dance For Unity In “Amass” At City College In Harlem
The power and joy of dance and the human collective will be in the spotlight as City College Center for the Arts (CCCA) presents the collaborative dance company MG Dance Arts in Amass on Friday, October 26, at 7:30 p.m. Continue Reading →
Kick The Blues At Amy’s New Book Release Party!
Get the new book “Dance Becuase You Can,” by the awe-inspiring dance legend Amy Jordan’s at her book release party at Alvin Ailey.
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Harlem’s Columbia’s Jazz Studies Celebrates “GLORY: A Life Among Legends”
The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University celebrates GLORY: A Life Among Legends, the new memoir by renowned dancer, educator, producer and author Dr. Glory Van Scott with a special program and book party on Monday, October 15, 2018, 6:00 pm. Continue Reading →
Dance Theatre Of Harlem Founder Arthur Mitchell Pioneering Dancer Passes (Video)
Dance God, Arthur Mitchell, who broke barriers for African-Americans in the 1950s as a ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet and who would go on to become a driving force in the creation of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, has died. Continue Reading →
Ailey Kicks Off 60th Anniversary “Ailey Ascending” Celebration And Judith Jamison Rocks!
There is much to celebrate as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater heads into its 60th Anniversary season entitled Ailey Ascending. Continue Reading →
We Are Family At The Harlem School Of The Arts Presents Family Day In Harlem
Hamptons: Dancers For Good’s 3rd Annual Benefit At Guild Hall In East Hampton (Photos)
A gifted assemblage of dancers gave their time and miraculous talents in support of Dancers For Good to raise funds for the vital services of the evening’s beneficiary, The Actors Fund. Continue Reading →
Harlem’s Thelma Golden And Others Honor Ailey Founder On 60th Anniversary
When Alvin Ailey and a small group of African-American modern dancers first took the stage in 1958, appearing at New York City’s 92nd Street Y, the engagement was for one night only—but it turned out to be the start of a new era in the performing arts. Continue Reading →
Geoffrey Holder, New York’s Renaissance Man In Harlem
Geoffrey Lamont Holder was born on August 1, 1930, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago as the youngest of five children to Barbadian immigrants Louise de Frense and Arthur Holder. Continue Reading →
Ailey Spirit Gala Benefit 2018 With Honorary Chair Jussie Smollett At Lincoln Center
The centerpiece of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Lincoln Center engagement is The Ailey Spirit Gala onThursday, June 14, 2018. Continue Reading →
A Fab Harlem Night For The National Dance Institute Annual Gala 2018 (Red Carpet)
Harlem’s National Dance Institute (NDI), the non-profit arts education organization founded in 1976 by legendary New York City Ballet principal dancer Jacques d’Amboise, hosted its 42nd Annual Gala at the Zeigfeld Ballroom in New York City. Continue Reading →