16-Year-Old Gary Dancer to Perform in Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s “Memoria”

Diamond-HarrisDiamond Harris, 16, Gary, South Shore Dance Alliance company member and 10th grade dance major at Wirt-Emerson Performing Arts Academy in Gary, will be performing on stage with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater next week during their Chicago tour. Harris is one of 30 dancers selected from more than 300 who auditioned to perform in the Ailey work titled, “Memoria.”

Harris spent six weeks last summer in New York City at the Ailey School’s summer dance intensive training program, and she is auditioning again this year, hoping to participate once again.

Photo: Diamond Harris, Credit: George Joch, Argonne National Laboratories