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Historic dance company prepares for new steps
Robert Battle grew up in one of Miami’s poorest neighborhoods wearing metal braces on his legs but dreaming of dance. Thirty years later, he runs the renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater -- the very company that inspired him as…
Banned by Nazis, composer’s work appears onstage 90 years later
What do dance and social justice have in common? “No Longer Silent,” a new piece from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, provides one answer.
Monday on the NewsHour: Judith Jamison and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Watch more of the interview with Judith Jamison, performance pieces and a 1990 segment about her by former NewsHour correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault.
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Alvin Ailey Troupe Celebrates Longtime Choreographer’s Last Dance
After more than 20 years at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, director Judith Jamison is preparing to step down. In a profile by Jeffrey Brown, Jamison discusses how a mantra of "pray, prepare, and proceed" had guided her both…
Born and raised in the twentieth century, modern dance is often contrasted against ballet for definition.
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