In this episode, Alicia tells me about her incredible professional trajectory; from being a young dance student, fighting an auto-immune disease, to attending Columbia University and ultimately going back to the world of dance to be a star in multiple dance companies, touring the world. And finally, what she had to go through to secure her position as Director of Dance at Juilliard. Alicia is someone who takes the bull by the horns and doesn’t let an opportunity go unexplored, all with heart and grace.

Alicia Graf Mack is the director of the dance division at the Juilliard School. She has enjoyed a long career of professional dancing as a lead dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and as a principal dancer with Dance Theater of Harlem. She’s danced for Alicia Keys, Andre 3000, John Legend and Beyonce. Alicia graduated magna cum laude with honors in history from Columbia University and she is a recipient of the Columbia University Medal of Excellence. She began her inaugural season as director of the Juilliard Dance Division in the fall of 2018. She is the first woman of color and youngest person to hold this position.

Host: James Whiteside @jamesbwhiteside

Guest: Alicia Graf Mack @aliciagrafmack

Produced by: RedCircle @getredcircle

Edited by: Nate Gwatney @nateleeg

Art by: Javier Rivets @rivets_art

Theme: "A-Flat" by Black Violin @blackviolin

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