THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST'S A TO Z: D for Alicia DELGADILLO & Da’Von DOANE
Alicia Delgadillo
Biography
Having grown up in the West Coast, specifically San Francisco, CA, Alicia Delgadillo began her training at the Susan Hayward School of Dance and, much later, joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as a main company dancer from 2014 until 2019. As a passionate advocate of arts outreach, she is no stranger to volunteering her time and talent to organizations in need. In fact, she launched Movimiento LatinXChange, which unites speakers and dance artists of Latin decent online, in 2020. That very same year, she helped Stephanie Martine establish PARA.MAR Dance Theatre. She has been a member of Gibney Company since 2021. Follow her on Instagram at @aliisabel.
Image captions & credits: Alicia Delgadillo dancing; photo by Todd Rosenberg | Headshot by Nir Arieli
Da’Von Doane
Biography
Raised on the Eastern shore of Maryland, Da'Von Doane began training at the Salisbury Studio of Dance and the Atlantic Contemporary Ballet Theatre, and was a member of the Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) from 2008 until 2020. You may recognize him as one of Dance Magazine’s Top 25 to Watch (2014) or in Estelle’s music video for the single Conqueror (2015). Nowadays, he is mostly busy running The Shift Alchemical Laboratory, a company that aims to create work that dispels the myths and stereotypes on the intellectual and spiritual capacity of the black mind, body and spirit, performs as an independent artist. Follow him on Instagram at @davonwd_lotus.
Image captions & credits: Cover image and headshot courtesy of the artist
