Towson University’s College of Fine Arts & Communication and Department of Dance presents Ailey II, Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theatre, for two performances, Saturday, September 21 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in Stephens Hall Theatre. Ailey II is universally renowned for merging the spirit and energy of the country’s best young dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today’s most outstanding emerging choreographers. Two members of Ailey II have a Baltimore connection.
Tyler Brown, Owings Mills, Md., began her dance training on scholarship at Peabody Dance Preparatory in Baltimore under the direction of Carol Bartlett. She attended Carver Center for Arts and Technology and was a scholarship student at The Ailey School. Aubree Brown, Baltimore, Md., began her dance training at Baltimore School for the Arts under the guidance of Norma Pera, Anton Wilson, Deborah Robinson and Towson University assistant professor of dance Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, who served as a principal dancer with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre.
Tickets are $20 for Towson University students; $40 for non TU students and $50 beginning September 1; Groups 20 or more $30. For ticket charges visit www.tuboxoffice.com or call 410-704-2787. Tickets are available at the Center for the Arts Box Office beginning July 1, located at the corner of Osler and Cross Campus Drive. Box Office hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and one hour prior to the performance at the Stephens Hall Box Office.
