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Dance, if you haven't noticed, is hot. It's not the high-art sensation it was in the '70s, when Robbins and George Balanchine were working, companies such as the Joffrey Ballet and Alvin Ailey were drawing hip new audiences, and stars like Baryshnikov were celeb-magazine fodder. Instead, it has glided into the mass-audience mainstream. Broadway shows like Billy Elliot and Fela! (the Afrobeat musical choreographed by Bill T. Jones) put dance front and center. The ballet-like triple axels of Olympic figure skaters drew huge ratings at the Winter Games. And TV hits like Dancing with...
James C. Fuller ’10, one of the students dancing in the medley, says he is grateful for the chance to perform these rarely-staged Ailey pieces...
...Doing the work of Alvin Ailey has really made me a stronger dancer,” Fuller says. “The medley features a wide range of choreography, and all the pieces have different dynamics. It’s going to be very physical and energetic...
Additionally, Demetia Hopkins and Tyrone Walker, two professional dancers from AADC’s younger company, Ailey II, will be performing alongside student dancers in the show...
...preparation for her roles in both the Ailey Medley and the McIntyre piece, Moore expressed a similar sentiment about the quality of Harvard’s dance program at large...