On April 9, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Dance Theatre of Harlem announced that the organizations have embarked on a multiyear partnership. As of this spring, UNCSA School of Dance students have had the opportunity to train alongside DTH artists in New York City, and DTH company members will perform […]
In August, Endalyn Taylor will begin her tenure as dean of the School of Dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she’ll head the conservatory’s classical and contemporary dance tracks.
When Antonio and Kirven Douthit-Boyd took their final bows with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) in August 2015, they knew exactly what their next step would be. Within two weeks they moved to St. Louis, Missouri, Antonio’s hometown, to become co-artistic directors of the dance program at Center of Creative Arts (COCA), the […]
While studying at ABT’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School as a teenager, Complexions Contemporary Ballet dancer Andrew Brader shared a special moment with Susan Jaffe, who soon became his mentor. “It was the 10th-anniversary performance of the ABT Studio Company. Susan was coming out of retirement to do Le Spectre de la Rose, and I remember […]