Hope Boykin with NYU Tisch BFA 1 & 2 and MFA 1 students
Hope Boykin, of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, taught a masterclass to NYU Tisch Dancers on Friday, April 19.
Hope Boykin / Courtesy of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Hope Boykin (Durham, NC) is a three-time recipient of the American Dance Festival’s Young Tuition Scholarship. She attended Howard University and, while in Washington, D.C. she performed with Lloyd Whitmore’s New World Dance Company. Ms. Boykin was a student and intern at The Ailey School. She was assistant to the late Talley Beatty and an original member of Complexions. Ms. Boykin was a member of Philadanco and received a New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) Award.
She has choreographed three works for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Acceptance In Surrender (2005), in collaboration with fellow Ailey company members Abdur-Rahim Jackson and Matthew Rushing; Go in Grace (2008, for the Company's 50th anniversary season) with music by the award-winning singing group Sweet Honey in the Rock; and r-Evolution, Dream. (2016), inspired by the speeches and sermons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with original music by Ali Jackson.
Find Ms. Boykin on Twitter and Instagram at hbdance and Facebook at HopeBoykinDance. Ms. Boykin joined the Company in 2000.
Bio courtesy of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Pictured Left to Right: Israel Harris, Hope Boykin
Pictured Left to Right: Christopher Woodyard, Jordan Wynn, Austin Coates
