Alvin Ailey and Me: Donna Wood Sanders

Feb 3, 2025

Donna Wood Sanders, who danced with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as a member of the company from 1972 through 1985, shares stories of her experiences. She discusses joining the AILEY company at just seventeen years old, and shares what it was like to work with Alvin Ailey as a choreographer who helped to shape her work, experiences traveling the world with the company, and what it was like to see the Edges of Ailey exhibition.


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