Arthur Aileen News Today

Aileen Passloff and dancers at the 92nd Street Y, 2019. Photo: Arthur Avilés. I MET AILEEN PASSLOFF IN 1981, when I took her barefoot ballet class at Bard College. As a freshman, I wanted to major in theater, but the Drama/Dance department required students to also study dance. I thought since I had an athletic background, it couldn’t hurt. When I stepped into her studio, I didn’t know I was being taught by a legendary member of Judson Dance Theater. Aileen had come through the School of ...