"My goal was to create a community where men of all ages and backgrounds could play, create, share, and ultimately come together to speak to Hearts of Men—where men, young and old, brought everything they had and left it on the floor." 

- Fredrick Earl Mosley, Founder and Director of Earl Mosley's Diversity of Dance

 

Fredrick Earl Mosley, together with Dudley Williams, Clifton Brown, Matthew Rushing, and Brian Harlan Brooks, created Hearts of Men as a safe space where men and nonbinary/gender-nonconforming individuals could come together to share life experiences through the power of movement. As the late, great Dudley Williams, a dancer with Martha Graham Dance Company and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, said about this uplifting program, "I can't explain it, you just have to feel it and see it, but it's extraordinary." 

 

Hearts of Men, in partnership with Ailey Extension, creates a space for participants to build together while forging life-long, healthy, and supportive relationships as a dance community. We highly encourage families and friends to participate together—the program is open to men and nonbinary/gender-nonconforming individuals ages 13 and up of any dance level! Register today at the link below:

https://www.alvinailey.org/extension/workshops/heartsofmen

 

Program Faculty:

Clifton Brown (Choreographer, Teaching Artist)

Winston Dynamite Brown (Artist Speaker)

Patrick Coker (Choreographer)

Alexander Diaz (Teaching Artist)

Abdul Latif (Artist Speaker)

Daniel Moore (Artist Speaker)

Freddie Moore (Teaching Artist)

Fredrick Earl Mosley (Teaching Artist)

Jeremy Pichardo (Teaching Artist)

Matthew Rushing (Artist Speaker, Teaching Artist)

Michael Snipe (Artist Speaker)

Avree Walker (Choreographer, Teaching Artist)

 

Class Schedule:

Sunday, August 25th from 1:00-5:00 PM

Monday, August 26th - Thursday, August 29th from 5:00-9:00 PM

Saturday, August 31st from 1:00-5:00 PM

 

Performances:

Sunday, September 1st at 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM

Technical rehearsal on Friday, August 30th from 5:00-10:00PM

 

Financial Information:

Full-week Tuition: $265.00

Ailey School Student and Alumni: $205.00

Ailey Staff: $132.50

Ailey staff, students, and alumni can contact aileyextension@alvinailey.org or visit the Extension desk to sign up at the discounted rate. Additional scholarships are also available! To apply and for more information, contact Robert Redick at rredick.emdod@gmail.com.