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Category: Inspirational
9/8/17 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: The American Dance Guild Performance Festival Showcases Diversity!
The American Dance Guild Performance Festival begin their 2017 season last night at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater. The four-day choreographer’s showcase that runs through Sunday, September 10 lived up to the theme 60th Anniversary Celebrating Diversity! The Thursday night performance opened with Dancing Wheels Company resident choreographer Catherine Meredith’s Incommunicado. Continue reading
1/14/18 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Tamela Mann Live Change Me
Tamela Mann Live Change Me puts her powerful vocals are on total display, and “Change Me” will absolutely bless your soul! Continue reading
9/28/17 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Isaiah Washington- Jelly II
Isaiah Washington, the co-founder of Jellyfam, shares his thoughts as he prepares to leave for college. We follow Washington though his daily training routine, and he talks about being a better person. Continue reading
8/26/17 O& NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: You Deserve It- JJ Hairston and Youthful Praise
You Deserve It performed by JJ Hairston and Youthful Praise. Continue reading
8/22/17 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Yolanda Adams – Never Give Up
Yolanda Adams – Never Give Up is an inspiring anthem from her 2001 album Believe. Continue reading
8/15/17 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Don’t Be a Sucker!- The Anti-Fascist Short Film Is Back
Don’t Be A Sucker, an anti-fascist short propaganda film made by the U.S. War Department in 1943 has resurfaced as a statement against the resurgent white-nationalist movement. Almost 75 years after its debate, Don’t Be a Sucker lives again in a new and strange context. Continue reading
12/28/17 O&A NYC: THROWBACK THURSDAY: I Wanna Be Ready (1986)
In a long, brilliant career, Dudley Williams worked with such artists as Martha Graham, Talley Beatty, and Donald McKayle. Most significantly, he was a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for more than forty years. He will be forever linked to his interpretation of the solo I Wanna Be Ready from Alvin Ailey’s masterwork Revelations.
“[Dudley Williams is] amazing—an inspiration to everybody, a real poet with movement.” –Alvin Ailey from Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey.
8/8/17 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Misty Copeland’s Top 10 Rules For Success
American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copeland’s Top 10 Rules For Success Continue reading
8/6/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Lecrae- I’ll Find You ft. Tori Kelly
Lecrae taps Tori Kelly for an inspirational duet “I’ll Find You.” The Reach Records MC raps about death, pain, fear, and bitterness. Continue reading
