Dancer Belen Pereyra of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs part of 'Four Corners' during a dress rehearsal June 12, 2013 as the Alvin Ailey American Dance returns to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for the first time in 13 years for a seven-performance engagement at the David H. Koch Theater June 12-16, 2013. (TIMOTHY CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW YORK — When Robert Battle first arrived at New York's Lincoln Center years ago, he was a dance student with a scholarship to Juilliard. On his first day, he walked up to the building he thought was the school. It turned out to be the Metropolitan Opera House.
This past week, Battle arrived at Lincoln Center in a far different capacity – as artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, one of the most-loved dance companies in the world. He was bringing the company to its first engagement at Lincoln Center – one of the premier dance addresses in the world – in 13 years.
"This time I'm pretty sure I'm in the right place," Battle, always ready with a smile and a quip, told the opening-night audience Wednesday at the David H. Koch Theater. "I saw my name on the poster outside."
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