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Former Lion King star launches program for Harlem youth

Former Lion King star launches program for Harlem youth

    Aubrey Lynch II uses art as a way of developing deeper life lessons By D. Kevin McNeir mcneirdk@gmail.com   For over a decade, dancer and choreographer Aubrey Lynch…

This Is Ailey II In Springtime

This Is Ailey II In Springtime

The Ailey II company of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater opened their 2013 New York season on Wednesday night, beginning the tenure of choreographer Troy Powell’s tenure as Artistic…

Ailey II Springs Forward

Ailey II Springs Forward

Ailey II Begins 2013 Season Under Artistic Director Troy Powell By Nathan James As New York City gently transitions from winter to spring, change is also in the air at…

Harlem Shake Craze Draws Fans Worldwide

Harlem Shake Craze Draws Fans Worldwide

WASHINGTON — A YouTube dance phenomenon called the Harlem Shake is drawing a huge Internet audience in the United States and abroad. In the past two weeks, thousands of people…

Russian Bolshoi arts director Filin hurt by acid attack

Russian Bolshoi arts director Filin hurt by acid attack

The artistic director of Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre, Sergei Filin, is being treated in a Moscow hospital for severe burns to his face after a masked man threw acid in his…

Argentinean Jazz Band, Escalandrum Tribute Concert to Astor Piazzolla

Argentinean Jazz Band, Escalandrum Tribute Concert to Astor Piazzolla

New York City –  The Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College and TeatroStageFest partner to present the Argentine Jazz sextet Escalandrum in an historic tribute concert to the great…

Ailey II Is The New Direction Of Dance

Ailey II Is The New Direction Of Dance

Renowned Company Opens New Season With Imaginative, Bold Compositions By Nathan James GBMNews On Tuesday night, the Ailey II company of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Foundation, hosted a Studio…

Highlighting diversity of black dancers is the goal of Toronto event

Highlighting diversity of black dancers is the goal of Toronto event

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Rachael McLaren in performance. Photo by Andrew Eccles By Paula Citron As members of the International Association of Blacks in Dance would tell you, “blacks…

Sharon Gersten Luckman to Step Down from Alvin Ailey

Sharon Gersten Luckman to Step Down from Alvin Ailey

NEW YORK, NY  — Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation today announced that after two decades of accomplishments with the Ailey organization—16 of them as the organization’s Executive Director—Sharon Gersten Luckman is…