Sixty-four years after the premiere of its signature work “Revelations,” Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has introduced a piece choreographed by interim artistic director Matthew Rushing that ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook The performance portion of “Edges of Ailey” at the Whitney Museum of American Art was best when it stepped away from tradition. By ...

Documentarian Jamila Wignot paints a sensitive and humanistic portrait of Alvin Ailey, the legendary American dancer and choreographer. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic In Ailey the body in ...

Late in his career, renowned dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey forged strong connections in Kansas City, and helped found a local nonprofit. A new documentary tells his story. The first time Allan ...

If, like me (and many others), you’ve seen performances by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and found them to be spellbinding but know relatively little about the man himself, a documentary like ...