Auditorium Theatre 2019-2020 Alvin Ailey

WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY MARCH 4-8, 2020 | ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER | 23 The Ailey dancers are supported, in part, by The Judith McDonough Kaminski Dancer Endowment Fund. ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES Daria L. Wallach, Chairman Anthony S. Kendall, President Tia Breakley-China, Sela Thompson Collins, Jaishri Kapoor, Stephen J. Meringoff, Arthur J. Mirante II, Vice-Chairmen Philip Laskawy, Stanley Plesent, Esq., Joan H. Weill, Chairmen Emeriti Debra L. Lee, Henry McGee, Presidents Emeriti Gina F. Adams, Simin N. Allison, Anthony M. Carvette, Kathryn C. Chenault, Guido Goldman, Bruce S. Gordon, John H. Schaefer, Lemar Swinney, Honorary Trustees ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION Recipient of the National Medal of Arts Bennett Rink – Executive Director Pamela Robinson – Chief Financial Officer Thomas Cott – Senior Director of Marketing and Creative Content Joy Allen-Altimare Eleanor S. Applewhaite Robert Battle Paulette Mullings Bradnock Gunther T. Bright Debra A. Coleman Robyn Coles Laura D. Corb Rosalind Hudnell Robert Kissane Debra L. Lee Anthony A. Lewis Leslie L. Maheras Lucinda C. Martinez Doris Meister Johnbull E. Okpara Stanley Plesent, Esq. Lata N. Reddy Bennett Rink Richard Speciale Joan H. Weill Gillian Wynn Pamela D. Zilly CONSTANCE STAMATIOU (Charlotte, NC) began her dance training at Pat Hall’s Dance Unlimited and North Carolina Dance Theatre. She graduated from NorthWest School of the Arts and studied at SUNY Purchase before becoming a fellowship student at The Ailey School. In 2009, Ms. Stamatiou received the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the performing and visual arts. She performed at the White House Dance Series and has been a guest performer on So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars, Logo’s Trailblazer Honors, and The Today Show . Ms. Stamatiou has also danced in the films Shake Rattle & Roll and in Dan Pritzker’s Bolden. Ms. Stamatiou was a member of Ailey ll and a guest artist for Dance Grand Moultrie and Caroline Calouche & Co. She is a certified Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis instructor and a mother of two. Ms. Stamatiou first joined the Company in 2007 and rejoined in 2016. Instagram: @constancestamatiou JERMAINE TERRY (Washington, DC) began his dance training in Kissimmee, FL, at James Dance Center. He graduated cum laude with a BFA in dance performance from the University of South Florida, where he received scholarships for excellence in performance and choreography. Mr. Terry was a scholarship student at The Ailey School and a member of Ailey II, and he has performed with Buglisi Dance Theatre, Arch Dance, Dance Iquail, and Philadanco and as a guest artist on the television show So You Think You Can Dance . In 2013, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from USF for outstanding service to the arts. He has made costumes for the Company, Ailey II, Philadanco, Jessica Lang Dance, and The Black Iris Project, to name a few. His evening wear designs have been in Essence online as well as shot by the late Bill Cunningham for the style section of The New York Times. Mr. Terry joined the Company in 2010. Instagram: @Jerms83 CHRISTOPHER R. WILSON (Augusta, GA) is a graduate of John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School and most recently graduated cum laude from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in Dance. He has studied at Colton Ballet School, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and The School at Jacob’s Pillow. He began his professional career with BHdos, the second company of Ballet Hispánico, and has performed at The World Monument Fund’s Hadrian Gala honoring Queen Sofía of Spain as well as the 2017 Essence Festival in New Orleans. He has performed works by choreographers Matthew Rushing, Kyle Abraham, Emily Molnar, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Eduardo Vilaro, to name a few. He has performed as a guest artist with The Black Iris Project and was a member of Ailey II. Mr. Wilson joined the Company in 2018. Instagram: @christopher.r.wilson BRANDON WOOLRIDGE (Spring Hill, FL) began his dance training at John Leggio’s Center for the Performing Arts at age 11 in his hometown, where he first learned about the Company’s legacy through Ailey Arts In Education. He graduated from F.W. Springstead High School and performed in a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre. Mr. Woolridge trained at The Ailey School as a scholarship student, where he performed works by choreographers Ronald K. Brown, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Earl Mosley, and Troy Powell and appeared in Alvin Ailey’s Memoria during Ailey’s 60 th Anniversary season at New York City Center. He was briefly a member of Ailey II before joining the Company in 2019.