UTroy Powell uhambela i-Ailey Spirit Gala ngo-2019 eDavid Koch Theatre eLincoln Centre ngoJuni 13, 2019, kwisiXeko saseNew York.UJohn Lamparski / Getty Izithombe UTroy Powell ususiwe kwisikhundla sakhe njengoMlawuli wezoBugcisa ka-Ailey II kulandela uphando oluzimeleyo kwizenzo zokuziphatha gwenxa ngokwesondo. Olu phando lwasungulwa ekuqaleni kukaJuni emva kweevidiyo ezimbini ezityhola uPowell ngokuziphatha okungalunganga ezazithunyelwe kwiTikTok, usetyenziso olwabelwayo lwevidiyo.
Ividiyo yokuqala ibibandakanya abadanisi bephosa iziqwenga zamaphepha njengoko umyalezo uvele: Xa ufuna ukuba seAiley II. Kodwa abafana bafanele balale noTroy Powell. Ividiyo yesibini ibandakanyeka ngumdanisi ongaziwayo etyhola umbutho weAiley wezindlu zomntu owaziyo ngokwesondo. Emva kokuba ezi vidiyo zisuswe kwiTikTok, umbutho weAiley wabeka uPowell kwikhefu lokungabikho. Igama lakhe kunye ne-ballet esandula kutshanje nayo yabethwa ngo-Ailey Nge-11 kaJuni eyi-Virtual Ghost Gala . I-gala yayiyindawo ye-intanethi yenkampani yenkcubeko yemveli yasentwasahlobo ye-gala, eyayikhethwe nguPowell kunyaka ophelile usebenzisa abafundi abavela kwiSikolo iAiley.
Ingqumbo ekwi-Intanethi kwizityholo zibandakanya izinyeliso ezivela URyan Houston , owayesafundela umsebenzi no-Ailey II-owabongoza Abadanisi ngeposti ye-Instagram ukuze bathethe ngamava abo kunye noPowell-kunye no-Addison Ector, owayengumfundi we-Ailey School kunye ne-soloist kunye neComplexions Ballet.
Kwi Ividiyo ye-Instagram eyayithunyelwe nge-29 kaJuni, ugqirha watyhola ukuba ngexesha lakhe njengomfundi kwisikolo iAiley, uPowell wamthumela umyalezo obhaliweyo onomfanekiso ongafanelekanga womzimba wakhe. Kwinkumbulo kaEctor, wabuzwa imibuzo malunga nesiganeko ngumlawuli oyindoda weSikolo iAiley. Emva kokubuzwa ukuba ngaba ubuso bukaPowell babusemfanekisweni-yayingeyiyo-U-Ector wathi waxelelwa, Kulungile asinakungqinisisa ukuba yayinguye okanye hayi. Uphando lwesihloko XI aluzange luphehlelelwe egameni likaGqirha. Endaweni yokuba aqhubeke nokunxibelelana noPowell ngexesha lakhe eliseleyo njengomfundi.
Izityholo ezifanayo zokuziphatha gwenxa ngokwesondo ziye zavezwa kuluntu lokudanisa kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo. Nge-Agasti ka-2019, abafundi besikolo esayanyaniswa neRoyal Ballet bafaka izikhalazo ngokuchasene ne-choreographer Liam Scarlett . Nangona uScarlett, owayekhokela umdaniso webhaleyi kunye nomculi ongumhlali wenkampani, wagxothwa ngo-Matshi, uphando lwafumanisa ukuba akukho zinto zinokulandelwa ngokunxulumene nezityholo zonxibelelwano nabafundi beRoyal Ballet School. Oku kulandela iphethini yophando oluzimeleyo olufumana ukungabinamsebenzi kumabango okuphathwa gadalala UPeter Martins kwiSixeko saseNew York iBallet okanye kwi I-Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo , bobabini ngo-2018. Ngokwahluke mpela, uPowell uye wagxothwa kwaye wabanjwa ngenxa yokuziphatha kwakhe.
IAlvin Ailey American Dance Theatre ikhuphe le ngxelo ilandelayo malunga noMqwalaseli:
NgoJuni, umbutho weAiley wabeka uTroy Powell, uMlawuli wezoBugcisa ka-Ailey II, kwikhefu lokungabikho kwaye wagcina umphandi wangaphandle emva kokufunda ngezimvo eziphazamisayo ezenziwe ngaye kwiindawo zosasazo zasekuhlaleni. Uphando olunzulu sele lugqityiwe, nomphenyi wagqiba kwelokuba uMnu. Powell wenza unxibelelwano olungafanelekanga nabantu abadala ababhalise kwiSikolo ababenomdla wokujoyina u-Ailey II. Ngenxa yokuba indlela aziphethe ngayo ibingahambelani nemigangatho elindelweyo kubasebenzi baka-Ailey, ubunkokheli obuphezulu buqukumbele ngelithi uMnu Powell akangekhe aqhubeke kwisikhundla sakhe nombutho, kwaye akasasebenziyo nakwesiphi na isikhundla. Siyakuqinisekisa ukuzibophelela kwethu ekuboneleleni ngendawo ekhuselekileyo nenenkxaso kubo bonke.
Ukugxothwa kukaPowell kwiziko lase-Ailey kuphelisa ubudlelwane bakhe nenkampani eyaqala eneminyaka elithoba, emva kokuba kuthathwe yena ukuba afumane imali yokufunda kwisikolo sayo nguAlvin Ailey ngokwakhe. Ujoyine u-Ailey II ngo-1988, wanyuselwa waba ngu-Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre ngumlawuli wezobugcisa ngelo xesha u-Judith Jamison ngo-1991, kwaye xa ethatha umhlala-phantsi ngo-2001, wonyulwa ukuba abe ngutitshala omkhulu e-Ailey School kunye nomhlali we-choreographer ka-Ailey 2. Ukulandela abambalwa. iminyaka njengomlawuli onxulumana nenkampani junior, waphumelela uSylvia Waters, umlawuli wezobugcisa owasekwa nguAiley II, ngo-2012. Eli bali lisaqhubeka.
