“D-Man in the Waters (Part was performed by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center. From left, Demetia Hopkins Greene, Vernard J. Gilmore, Michael Francis McBride and Belen Pereya. Credit Andrea Mohin/The New York Times
“If you don’t go any further than you’ve been yesterday then what’s the point, and what are you waiting for?” —Vernard J. Gilmore, Alvin Ailey dancer (Photo by Andrew Eccles)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Alicia Graf Mack and Vernard J. Gilmore in Wayne McGregor's Chroma. Photo by Paul Kolnik."if you thought you knew what makes Ailey 'Ailey', think again.