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...nothing that can really frighten me.”The euphoria of that first performance inspired Cloud to devote herself to rigorous technical training at Ruth Williams Dance Studio in Harlem, where she took lessons in ballet, tap, and body percussion from teachers who had danced with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Dance Theater of Harlem.While the academic rigor of her high school, Horace Mann, didn’t allow her time to continue her technical training, Cloud became very involved with her school’s language program, which enabled her to perform in diverse cultural shows. Cloud...
...commercial” work can be amazing as well—take Koto Bolofo’s editorial for L’Uomo. More like a photo of an Alvin Ailey practice session than a fashion shoot, the photo captures the grace of four men in black tank tops tumbling over each other in the passion of their basketball game. Takehasi Hamma’s “Louis Vitton, Ginza, Tokyo,” is eye-popping in a much different way. It causes the viewer to focus on the hypnotic architecture of the namesake’s department...
Perfect Date: It would take me to see Alvin Ailey...
...came to Harvard I've met a lot more black people. I did every activity growing up. I did Jell-O pudding commercials with Bill Cosby....I was very competitive in gymnastics from three to 15. I was second in the state of New York. I danced for Alvin Ailey. I had a pony and a horse. I took music lessons. I can play flute, clarinet and piano. Everyone always talks about TV shows they remember. The only show I remember watching as a child was DuckTales. I was in Miss New York when I was eight or nine...
...Boston culturally can be unapologeticallywhite--if you go to [see the] Alvin Ailey [DanceCompany] you've done your thing for a year," saysDuBois Institute administrator April Garrett, whoworked with Goff on the festival. "The projectisn't to say that we are doing this for blackpeople only, but it is to say that there is ablack tradition of music that needs to be examinedon a yearly basis, and you need to beknowledgeable about it," she says...