Auditorium Theatre 2018-19 Issue 3 Alvin Ailey

CitytostudyatTheAileySchool asascholarshipstudent. Mr. Lebrun has performed works by choreographers TroyPowell,DebbieAllen, Scott Rink,ThaddeusDavis, Nilas Martins, Dwight Rhoden, and Francesca Harper. He was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 toWatch” in 2011, and, in 2013, France-Amérique magazine highlighted him as one of the 50 most talented French in the United States. In November 2016, Mr. Lebrun was a guest performer with The Royal Ballet in Wayne McGregor’s Chroma . Mr. Lebrun was a member of Ailey II and joined the Company in 2008. MICHAEL FRANCIS McBRIDE (Johnson City, NY) began his training at the Danek School of Performing Arts and later trained at Amber Perkins School of the Arts in Norwich, NY. Mr. McBride attended Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts for two consecutive summers and was also assistant to Mr. Mosley when he set the piece Saddle UP! on the Company in 2007. In January 2012, Mr. McBride performed and taught as a guest artist with the JUNTOS Collective in Guatemala. Mr. McBride graduated magna cum laude from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in Dance in 2010. Mr. McBride joined the Company in 2009. Follow him on Instagram @ mickey.mc. RACHAEL McLAREN (Winnipeg, Manitoba) began her dance training at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and continued at The Ailey School in New York under the direction of Denise Jefferson. She has been a guest artist with Armitage Gone! Dance and the Francesca Harper Project. Ms. McLaren was most recently a guest artist with The Royal Ballet of London for Wayne McGregor’s tenth anniversary season in a production of Chroma. Her theatre credits include ensemble/understudy for the role of Ali in the Toronto production of Mamma Mia! (Royal Alexandra Theater/Mirvish Productions). Ms. McLaren was a member of Ailey II and joined the Company in 2008. She is currently on maternity leave, eagerly anticipating the birth of her daughter, affectionately known by the company as “sweet pea.” CHALVAR MONTEIRO (Montclair, NJ) began his formal dance training at Sharron Miller’s Academy for the Performing Arts and went on to study at The Ailey School. He received his BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase, where he performed works by Merce Cunningham, Helen Pickett, Doug Varone, Dianne McIntyre, Kevin Wynn, and Paul Taylor. Since graduating, Mr. Monteiro has worked with Sidra Bell Dance New York, Elisa Monte Dance, Keigwin + Company, BODYTRAFFIC, and most extensively with Abraham.In.Motion. He has assisted Kyle Abraham in setting and creating work for Barnard College, Princeton University, Emory University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Wendy Whelan’s Restless Creature . Mr. Monteiro was a member of Ailey II and joined the Company in 2015. AKUA NONI PARKER (Kinston, NC) began professional dance training at the Academy of the Dance in Wilmington, DE. After graduating high school she joined Dance Theatre of Harlem, where she performed principal roles in George Balanchine’s Agon, Serenade, and The Four Temperaments , as well as the title role in Michael Smuin’s St. Louis Woman . Ms. Parker was also a company member with the Cincinnati Ballet andBallet San Jose, and had the honor of being the first African American ballerina to dance the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Ballet San Jose’s The Nutcracker . Since joining the Company in 2008, Ms. Parker has performed featured roles in Mr. Ailey’s Blues Suite, Night Creature, Masekela Langage, The River, and Cry . She has also performed featured roles in Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort , Wayne McGregor’s Chroma , and the title role in Geoffrey Holder’s Prodigal Prince . To see Ms. Parker’s outside projects and interests, follow her on Instagram@onlyupward. DANICA PAULOS (Huntington Beach, CA) began dance training at Orange County Dance Center and continued studying at world renowned institutions such as The Juilliard School, San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Kirov Academy of Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet, and The School at Jacob’s Pillow. Ms. Paulos graduated from the Professional Performing Arts School in New York, where she trained at The Ailey School as a scholarship student. Ms. Paulos is a National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Level 1 YoungArts finalist award winner. In addition to originating several roles and being featured in the Company’s repertory, Ms. Paulos is also very passionate about her role as photographer for the Company’s Instagram account, sharing a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the life of an Ailey dancer. She has modeled and been featured in Elle Magazine, Double Magazine, Refinery29, and graced the cover of Dance Magazine, where she was named “25 to Watch” in 2015. She was a member of Ailey II prior to joining the Company in 2014. BELÉN PEREYRA-ALEM (Lawrence, MA) began her formal dance training at the Boston Arts Academy, where she graduated as valedictorian. She was also a member of NIA Dance Troupe, at Origination Cultural Arts Center in Boston. Upon moving to New York City, Mrs. Pereyra-Alem was closely mentored by Earl Mosley and danced with Camille A. Brown & Dancers for three years, during WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY