Daily News | For Alvin Ailey dancer Jeroboam Bozeman, Philadelphia is a homecoming
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is based in New York. But when the companyperforms in Philadelphia, as it does most years, it’s something of a homecoming.When Ailey performs at the Academy of Music this week, one of those dancers visiting his old stomping grounds is dancer Jeroboam Bozeman.RevelationsIt doesn’t get boring, Bozeman said, even though it’s on nearly every program.
“I think at that age, we are a lot more open and receptive to and — I will say this daringly — connected to a spiritual realm,” Bozeman said. “And I believe that, me having that experience. It just opened so many doors, and it kinda was almost like destiny in a way.” But despite all that experience, when he moved back to New York, he accepted a position with Ailey 2, which some may see as step or two down for a dancer with his experience.“I auditioned five times before actually getting into the company,” he said, adding that he’d never been part of the Ailey organization or participated in its certificate program or summer workshops. . “I was kind of like a stranger to the elite organization.
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