When sportswear brand Champion approached artist Tremaine Emory, aka Denim Tears, to collaborate on a new line, Emory looked to none other than Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for inspiration. To promote the launch of of the resulting capsule collection, Ailey’s own Samantha Figgins and Yannick Lebrun took over the Queens Museum for a short […]

Paul Taylor rather famously never allowed mirrors in his studio, believing they fostered bad habits. But spend a few hours in the studio with Deaf and hard of hearing dancers, and you’ll never look at your reflection in the same way again. “Some dancers use mirrors just for vanity,” says Lexine Brooks, a Deaf dancer […]

On her first season with Ailey, from life on tour to tackling new rep     Photo by Erin Baiano for Dance Spirit.   Samantha Figgins recently made a big career leap. She left behind Complexions Contemporary Ballet—and set aside her pointe shoes—to become one of a handful of dancers at Alvin Ailey American Dance […]