Alicia Graf Mack

In 2018, she was named the first Black Dean and Director of the Dance Division at Juilliard School, the youngest person to hold that role.

"[4] In November 2024, it was announced that Mack will leave Juilliard in 2025 to become artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

[5][6] Graf Mack was born in San Jose, California, and grew up in Columbia, Maryland to a white father and black mother who was a professor at Howard University.

[8][10][9] After she graduated, Mitchell offered her a principal dancer contract, so she returned and stayed with the company until it was disbanded in 2004.

As a guest dancer, she had danced with Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and for Beyoncé, John Legend, Andre 3000 and Alicia Keys.

[15] She is also a contributor of Pointe Magazine, including the 2014 June/July cover story, which featured Ashley Murphy, Ebony Williams and Misty Copeland, all of whom are African-American ballet dancer.

[16][17] In 2018, it was announced that Graf Mack would take over as the Director of Dance Division at Juilliard School.