Alvin Ailey
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Sep 20, 2026
Andrea GroverGUEST
We worked with this consultant, this firm that was founded by Michael Kaiser.
Andrea GroverGUEST
He used to be the head of the Kennedy Center and Alvin Ailey and others.
Andrea GroverGUEST
And we worked with Brett Egan who is the vice president, I believe, there.
Andrea GroverGUEST
And he looked at the whole history of Guildhall, which at that point was 90 years.
Otis MossSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You're still missing it.
Otis MossSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Alvin Ailey is without a doubt the greatest choreographer in America, but he would be excluded from
Vince Everett EllisonHOST
the church.
Vince Everett EllisonHOST
Now what Otis said was completely ridiculous.
Otis Moss IIISOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You're still missing it.
Otis Moss IIISOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Alvin Ailey is, without a doubt, greatest choreographer in america but he would be excluded
Vince Everett EllisonHOST
from the church now what otis said was completely ridiculous yes the church is inclusive it says come as you are not stay as you are and in it it tells you to repent First thing out of Jesus Christ's mouth was, repent for the kingdom of God is at hand.
Vince Everett EllisonHOST
You ask the question, is repentance necessary for salvation? Yes, it is.
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From Shakespeare to Schwartz, from Fosse to Alvin Ailey, from Sondheim to Borelis, from McNally to Fay, it happened to the greats, it still happens every day.
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When lightning strikes, it's the moment you know.
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When lightning strikes, where you're meant to go, you can stand and shout eureka, do whatever you like.
Garrett GonzalesHOST
So she moved to New York.
Garrett GonzalesHOST
She dropped out of college and trained with the Alvin Ailey Company.
Garrett GonzalesHOST
And I guess her boyfriend...
Garrett GonzalesHOST
I guess she was dating somebody who was a drummer, and he kind of pivoted her towards music.
Jon KimballHOST
Commercial dance.
David ReesHOST
The choreographers who we listed last week, the fancy people, Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, that's concert dance.
David ReesHOST
Right.
Jon KimballHOST
What was this guy's,
Marck AngelGUEST
I love, I love Chris.
Marck AngelGUEST
I love Justin, even though I know he's kind of on the Janet shit list, but you know, Who else? Oh, my father was the first person who introduced me to Alvin Ailey.
Maurice LicorishHOST
Wow.
Marck AngelGUEST
Yeah.
Marck AngelGUEST
He used to talk to me.
Marck AngelGUEST
He used to say, you know, well, maybe when you grow up, if you work hard enough, because they knew I could dance, right? I was like, how are you the suburban Black boy that can dance when we go to Philadelphia and the Bronx? Like, how are you the one able to dance? And so he used to say, you know, maybe one day we'll be able to get you into Alvin Ailey.
Marck AngelGUEST
So, yeah.
Marck AngelGUEST
Yeah.
TochiGUEST
Of course, I started with African dance, but then of course, I got into forms of dance that were, uh, that emanated from African dance.
TochiGUEST
For example, what Alvin Ailey Dance Theater does, I usually go to see Alvin Ailey every season.
TochiGUEST
And so I've done like Afro modern forms of, all forms of modern, Limón, Dunham technique, Graham technique.
TochiGUEST
So I love forms of dance that we're able to have access to that they all started with forms of dance from someplace else, but have morphed into something very American.
TarashaGUEST
club.
TarashaGUEST
So they're going to pack out because they were also doing stuff like let's say for example, you don't want to go to Alvin Ailey or, you know, or the other dance studios, but your, your dance instructor was a teaching a street jazz class at your accountant racket.
TarashaGUEST
So you could just join your accountant racket, you know, and then take class with your instructor for three days a
TarashaGUEST
week.
Angela HendersonGUEST
That's Al...
Angela HendersonGUEST
Oh, sorry, that's Alvin Ailey I'm adding.
Angela HendersonGUEST
Um, there's about 12% of people in Arts there.
Angela HendersonGUEST
So there's a good composition for each of the categories.
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