andre tyson Andre W. Tyson
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Mr. Tyson, a former Principle dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, recently spent 20 days as a visiting artist in the Paterson School District in order to identify and inspire talented youngsters...Through this dance residency Mr. Tyson has sought to nurture some of Paterson’s young teenagers much as he was one nurtured in his hometown.

Barbara Gilford
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Tyson brings new dimensions to the University of Milwaukee Dance Facility. In addition to his grounding in Ailey and Horton, he studied Graham technique extensively and has a good deal of ballet training.

Tom Strini
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL

André Tyson stands several inches taller than the students he recently coached at the Martin Luther King Jr. School here, and his dance technique falls squarely on the professional end of the dance spectrum, but the youngsters in grade six, seven and eight are well on their way to aquiring his broad shoulders, grace, agility and his enthusiasm for dance.

Barbara Gilford
THE NEW YORK TIMES

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