Fifteen years after the death of its founder, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates its 40th anniversary at City Center, as well as the completion of its snazzy new building, the Joan Weill Center for Dance. Downtown at the much smaller Joyce Theater, Ballet Hispanico honored 35 years of existence under its founder-director, Tina Ramirez. Ramirez recently told an interviewer that she hoped her company's season would attract a new young crowd. At the Ailey opening gala, artistic director Judith Jamison said with sly... More >>>