Revelations Interactive Assembly For Families  

Floor 3, Theater

October 19 at 12–1 pm 
October 19 at 2–3 pm

Get ready to move your body! This assembly program for families explores Alvin Ailey’s 1960 masterpiece Revelations, an enduring classic and cultural treasure performed continuously around the globe. Ailey Arts In Education Teaching Artists and Musicians explore three sections of Revelations while introducing participants to modern dance terminology, Ailey’s history, movement choices based on the Lester Horton technique, and how he used dance as a means of storytelling inspired by his “blood memories” of childhood.

ASL interpretation and CART captioning will be provided.

Instructors

Matthew Hill is currently a Teaching Artist and Percussionist with Ailey Arts In Education & Community Programs. Hill started his drumming and teaching career as a student at Oberlin College. He received his BA in African American Studies with a concentration in fine arts and was the recipient of the fine arts award due to his significant work with Dance Diaspora, West African Dance, and the Jazz community. He went on to receive an MA from FIU in African Diaspora Studies, served as the musical director for Delou Africa Dance Ensemble, and became one of Miami’s most sought-after teaching artists and club performers. Hill has performed and worked with numerous dance companies and artists including Katherine Dunham, Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble, Chuck Davis, Clave Y Guaguanco (Havana Cuba), Will Smith and Dj Jazzy Jeff. Hill is a teaching artist, performer, and accompanist at The Ailey School, Ailey II, Ailey Extension, Ailey Arts In Education & Community Programs, AileyCamp, AileyCamp Too, Urban Arts, and Oberlin College.  

Fatima Logan-Alston (Durham, NC) is currently a Teaching Artist for Ailey Arts In Education & Community Programs. Fatima received her BFA in Dance and Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA and earned a Teaching Artist Certification from the Teacher’s College at Columbia University. Fatima has performed with Forces of Nature Dance Theater, the African-American Dance Ensemble, and has choreographed for Long Island University Post. She has taught at the Steffi Nossen School of Dance, Gibney Dance, Hunter College, and Barnard College. Fatima is currently a Teaching Artist with Young Audiences New York and is Artistic Director of her own company, VashtiDance Theater.  

Noibis Licea is currently a Teaching Artist for Ailey Arts In Education & Community Programs. A graduate from the prestigious National School of Arts in Havana and New York University, he is a multi-talented performer, choreographer and teaching artist with extensive experience in Modern, Ballet, Afro-Cuban Dances, and Latin Rhythms. He has performed professionally with multiple companies throughout his native country in addition to sharing his knowledge as an instructor at the Vocational School of the Arts in Holguin, Cuba. Now based in New York City, Licea has taught classes and workshops at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The Ailey School, PPAS (Professional Performing Arts High School Program), Ailey Extension, Ballet Hispanico, Harlem School of the Arts, Marymount Manhattan College, Hunter College, Complexions Winter Intensive and NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Licea has choreographed for Oyu Oro Afro-Cuban Experimental Dance Ensemble, The Ailey Spirit Gala at Lincoln Center, Arts High School in Newark, New Jersey and the AIE National Residency in Hawaii. Licea is currently a faculty member at Ailey Extension and AileyCamp New York.  

Cheryl Rowley-Gaskins is currently a Teaching Artist for Ailey Arts In Education & Community programs. Cheryl began her dance training over 20 years ago. She trained at New World School of the Arts and The Ailey School. Rowley-Gaskins was a member of Ailey II for three seasons and The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for five seasons. She has studied various dance forms, which include Horton, Graham, Limon, Dunham, West African, Afro-Caribbean, tap, and hip hop. Rowley-Gaskins was also previously a teaching artist for AileyCamp Miami. She enjoys inspiring kids and teaching freedom of expression and individuality through dance movement.  

Sherece Hill is currently a Teaching Artist with Ailey Arts In Education & Community Programs. She is a graduate of Oberlin College with a double major in Dance and Theater. While at Oberlin she was a principal dancer for the company Dance Diaspora performing West African, Brazilian and Afro-Cuban dances. After graduating, Hill moved to Miami, Florida and was a principal dancer for Delou Africa Dance Ensemble, performing extensively throughout the Miami-Dade and South Florida areas. While in Florida, she worked as a teaching artist and choreographer for organizations such as Concerned African Women, FLAP, Arts4Learning and Harambee. In New York City, Hill has worked as a teaching artist, choreographer, and performer for The Ailey School Junior Division, Children’s Aid/AileyCamp New York, Notes In Motion, the Classical Theatre of Harlem, and Purelements: an Evolution in Dance. Hill has traveled and lived in The Gambia and Guinea, West Africa where she studied with Guinean artists: Alasane Soumah, Aisha Bangoura, Alsainey Manding and Aisha Diabate. Sherece is currently a company member for Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble. Sherece served as the director of AileyCamp Too! and is currently the co-director for AileyCamp Newark.