{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Alicia Graf Mack reflects on leading the legendary Alvin Ailey dance company","publication_date":"February 04, 2026","summary":"The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has just launched a 20-city U.S. tour under its new artistic director Alicia Graf Mack. She’s a renowned former Ailey dancer herself and an educator who is now fusing those roles to lead the modern dance troupe which started in 1958. Mack joins Geoff Bennett in the studio for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.","author_name":"By Geoff Bennett, Anne Azzi Davenport, Jenna Bloom","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2026\/02\/c687fc8c323066063436f29fc3635771-leadingailey-1024x697.jpg","thumbnail_height":697,"thumbnail_width":1024}