Article: Alvin Ailey dance troupe shines under new leadership
Author: Sarah Kaufman
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/alvin-ailey-dance-troupe-shines-under-new-leadership/2012/02/08/gIQAW6lwzQ_story_1.html
Favorites parts: The light romanticism of “Arden Court,” danced to a baroque score by William Boyce, will surely improve with time, as the dancers take on its noble shapes with less effort and more fullness. But the Ailey dancers absolutely possess the fine-tuned, grounded athleticism to do well in Taylor’s works — more so, in fact, than the classical ballet dancers who tend to undercut the fine balance between weight and buoyancy that Taylor demands.
Author: Sarah Kaufman
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/alvin-ailey-dance-troupe-shines-under-new-leadership/2012/02/08/gIQAW6lwzQ_story_1.html
Favorites parts: The light romanticism of “Arden Court,” danced to a baroque score by William Boyce, will surely improve with time, as the dancers take on its noble shapes with less effort and more fullness. But the Ailey dancers absolutely possess the fine-tuned, grounded athleticism to do well in Taylor’s works — more so, in fact, than the classical ballet dancers who tend to undercut the fine balance between weight and buoyancy that Taylor demands.
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