Terri Ayanna Wright

Terri Ayanna Wright is an honors graduate of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in Dance with a minor in computer science. She began her formal dance training in Baton Rouge with the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre and continued in Houston, TX, eventually joining Exclamation Dance Company directed by Kenneth Epting. Ms. Wright attended dance intensives at METdance, Debbie Allen Dance Academy, ArchCore40, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, and Alonzo King LINES Ballet. She has performed works by Martha Graham, Matthew Rushing, Hope Boykin, Nathan Trice, Astrid von Ussar, and Troy Powell. In 2012 and 2014, Ms. Wright danced in Alvin Ailey’s Memoria during Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s New York City Center season. She is currently a dancer with Ailey II.