Join us Sunday, November 10 at 3pm. The extraordinary sculptures in Rich Soil by Kristine Mays, currently on view at the Jay Estate Gardens, were originally inspired by Alvin Ailey’s modern ballet Revelations, a “masterpiece [that] gave choreographic expression to physical labor on plantations and the spiritual work of the Baptist church.” For the first time, see these life-scaled figures interpreted through movement by two professional dancers coming from the Alvin Ailey School. This pop-up cultural event is free and open to the public.
Amina Konaté is from La Rochelle, France, where she began dancing at the age of five, studying at the Conservatoire of Music and Dance of La Rochelle. After graduating high school in 2019, Amina joined the Rudra Béjart School, in Switzerland. Two years later, she moved to New York City, attending The Ailey School. Amina has danced in Philadelphia as a Philadanco 2 (D/2) member as well as in New York with Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet and the Borne dance company. She has also danced with TORCH Dance Theatre and CRDance Company, Felice Lesser Dance Theatre, Yaa!Samar Dance Theatre, Linda Diamond & Company, and Mason Lee Dance Theater.
Rayan Lecurieux-Durival is from French Guyana. He trained at the Conservatoire de Guyane EPCC, among others before relocating to Paris in 2016 where he joined the Institut de Formation Rick Odums. Not long after, Rayan was accepted at The Ailey School in New York as a scholarship holder. He has worked with Christopher Huggins, Bill T Jones, Jennifer Muller, Jamel Gaines, Francesca Harper, Norbert De la Cruz III. He has also performed with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (as a student), Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet, Parsons Dance, Collage Dance Collective, Buglisi Dance Theatre, Ruddur Dance, Ballet Ashani, Opus Dance theater and Jennifer Mullet/The Works.