Circling Ailey

Ailey II's Jordyn White in Alvin Ailey's Streams

Ailey II in Alvin Ailey's Streams

Ailey II's Jordyn White and Kayla Mei-Wan Thomas in Alvin Ailey's Blues Suite

Ailey II's Kiri Moore and Xhosa Scott in Alvin Ailey's Lark Ascending

By Carla Escoda, 26 November 2024

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“three works that together represent the early half of Ailey’s creative career between 1958 and 1972”

Reviewed at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City on 20 November 2024

Divining (Judith Jamison)

Blues Suite (excerpts) (Alvin Ailey)

The Lark Ascending (Ailey) (excerpt) (Alvin Ailey)

Streams (excerpts) (Alvin Ailey)

Ailey II

Ailey II dancers shine in ambitious mixed bill at the Joyce Theater

Carla Escoda, 18th March

In their penultimate stop on a US tour, Ailey's second company produced exceptional performances in an Ailey classic and four handsome new works.

****1

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Atlanta: simply spellbinding

Rebecca Ehrhardt, 15th February

At the start of an ambitious cross-country tour, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is transcendent at Atlanta's historic Fox Theatre.

*****

AAADT at New York City Center: a deliriously happy audience

Ivy Lin, 4th December

Alvin Ailey American Dancer Theater is in magnificent form for its New York City Center season. Never overselling, simply moving magically.

*****

Alvin Ailey Gala is fun but somewhat unadventurous

Ivy Lin, 4th December

There is no modern dance troupe as likeable as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Their dancers are warm, exciting and beautiful to watch and they never fail to please audiences.

****1

Ailey 2: collective talent that augurs well for the future of dance

Graham Watts, 6th October

The next generation of dance in a varied and entertaining mixed programme.

****1

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: two vibrant, dynamic programmes

Graham Watts, 7th September

Alvin Ailey's company return to London's Sadler's Wells on top form, with well-loved revivals and fresh, new works.

****1

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.