Q&A with Alvin Ailey American Dance leader Battle as it readies for Fox Theatre tour stop

"Odetta" - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - Fri 24 Oct 2014 Kauffman Performing Arts Center. Photo, copyright 2014 Mike Strong, kcdance.com Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, featuring Hope Boykin (center), in Matthew Rushing’s “Odetta,” one of the works to be performed during its annual tour stop at the Fox Theatre from Feb. 11 to 15. CONTRIBUTED BY MICHAEL STRONG

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"Odetta" - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - Fri 24 Oct 2014 Kauffman Performing Arts Center. Photo, copyright 2014 Mike Strong, kcdance.com Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, featuring Hope Boykin (center), in Matthew Rushing’s “Odetta,” one of the works to be performed during its annual tour stop at the Fox Theatre from Feb. 11 to 15. CONTRIBUTED BY MICHAEL STRONG