Linda Celeste News

Celebrating 35 years of fusing the beauty of traditional African movement with contemporary choreography, The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) welcomes the return of Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE. With a mixed bill of company classics and a newly-commissioned work, the Brooklyn company will play The Joyce Theater from February 25-March 1.

Last night, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 2019-2020 holiday season engagement at New York City Center kicked off with a star-studded Opening Night Gala Benefit performance and party led by Artistic Director Robert Battle, with award-winning actress and singer Renée Elise Goldsberry as honorary chair. 

Glenn Allen Sims and Linda Celeste Sims, who are treasured artists of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, have been quietly preparing to become parents of a new baby boy in April. This will be the first child born to Linda and Glenn, who have been dancers with Alvin Ailey since the mid-1990s and were married in January 2001.

Ballet Hispánico, the nation's premier Latino dance organization, announces that registration is now available for classes during the 2018-19 school year. Celebrating nearly 50 years of dance and culture, the Ballet HispánicoSchool of Dance, located at 167 W. 89th Street, NYC, is a leading center of excellence in dance education accessible to the community at large.

Ballet Hispanico, the nation's premier Latino dance organization, announces that registration is now available for classes during the 2018-19 school year.  Celebrating nearly 50 years of dance and culture, the Ballet HispanicoSchool of Dance, located at 167 W. 89th Street, NYC, is a leading center of excellence in dance education accessible to the community at large.  

"Building Our Future Together" was the focus of Bronx Children's Museum's second Annual Gala at an evening of star-studded excitement for close to 400 eventgoers at the Edison Ballroom in New York City raising $465,000. 

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater began its weeklong stay in D.C. on Tuesday night with a beautiful gala night performance. If you have the opportunity to see this fantastic company, especially its signature piece Revelations, I highly urge you to do so.

There are just eight performances left to see Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's holiday engagement at New York City Center before the season finale on New Year's Eve. Highlights this week include an All Ailey program on Saturday evening comprised of classic works by the company's legendary founder, and two performances on New Year's Eve an All New matinee program featuring three of this season's premieres, and a Special Season Finale evening program with excerpts of premieres and new productions, culminating with Alvin Ailey's timeless and inspiring masterpiece Revelations.

The following are honoree, presenter, performer and production credits for THE 40TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, an entertainment special to be broadcast Tuesday, Dec. 26 on the CBS Television Network at 9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT. The event was filmed in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017

Ballet Hisp nico, the nation's premier Latino dance organization, announces Auditions for the Nuestro Futuro Scholarship Program on Saturday, November 11, 2017.

This fall, Ailey announces exciting highlights and achievements: a new wing will allow for more classes for students of The Ailey School and Ailey Extension at New York's largest building dedicated to dance; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater welcomes a world premiere by Company star Jamar Roberts for the upcoming season; Ailey luminaries receive major honors; and the organization's Destination Dance initiative continues with Ailey II performances in Atlanta during an extensive tour.

Ballet Hispanico, the nation's premier Latino dance organization, announces that registration is now available for classes during the 2017-18 school year. Celebrating over 45 years of dance and culture, the Ballet Hispanico School of Dance is a leading center of excellence in dance education located at 167 W. 89th Street, NYC.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark from May 12th to May 14th. Broadwayworld.com had the pleasure of interviewing New Jersey native and 20-year veteran dancer of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Glenn Allen Sims, who will be performing at NJPAC.

I am reminded that one of the beauties of dance is not always to tell a story but to evoke an idea that lives on its own wild life within each member of the audience and echoes out into our individual, very real lives long after we leave the theatre--and Alvin Ailey does just that. 

On a picturesque waterfront stage overlooking the Great South Bay, this year's Fire Island Dance Festival welcomed ballet, modern and contemporary dance powerhouses on July 15-17, 2016. 

Escape for the day to Fire Island Pines and enjoy VIP treatment with a special Fire Island Dance Festival day-trip package just announced by Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The day trip on Sunday, July 17, features a delicious champagne luncheon and tickets to the 5 pm performance of the dance festival. The package also includes round-trip transportation to Fire Island Pines from midtown Manhattan.

Popular choreographer Al Blackstone, known for his Broadway style routines on So You Think You Can Dance, is excited to be returning for his third season at the Fire Island Dance Festival. Blackstone will be presenting an excerpt from his new work, Freddie Falls In Love, which recently had its premiere at The Pershing Square Signature Center in New York City. The show was also a benefit performance for DRA and Blackstone figured it would be a perfect fit for this year's festival.

Acclaimed choreographer Brian Brooks and ballet world legend Wendy Whelan will perform a duet at this year's Fire Island Dance Festival(#fidance), one of the most talked about cultural and charitable events of the Fire Island summer. Set for July 15-17 in Fire Island Pines, NY, Fire Island Dance Festival is produced by and benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Center is now presenting their 2016 at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater through June 19th. See the company's stunning displays of modern dance that celebrate the African-American cultural experience.

This year's Fire Island Dance Festival, one of the most talked about cultural and charitable events of the Fire Island summer, will return to dazzle, excite and captivate audiences on July 15-17, 2016. It will be hosted by Broadway and TV favorite Tituss Burgess.