Hosts Rebecca King Ferraro and Michael Sean Breeden welcome Alicia Graf Mack back to discuss her transition from leading Juilliard’s dance division (2018–2025) to becoming head of the Alvin Ailey organization. Alicia reflects on building relationships, gaining confidence in arts leadership, and pivoting during the pandemic to sustain community and support dancers. She explains how the Ailey opportunity emerged through a search process and her growing belief in “why not me,” and describes Ailey’s strong organizational and financial foundation and her holistic responsibilities across the company, Ailey II, school, and education programs. She outlines her City Center season coming December 2 - January 3: https://ailey.org/series/ailey-new-york-city-center.
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