The Ailey/Fordham BFA in Dance Benefit Concert

Layla Barber, FCLC ’26
2025 Denise Jefferson Scholar

Photo by Nir Aireli

Every spring, undergraduate BFA students present a special performance for donors, family, and friends of the Ailey/Fordham BFA in Dance program. The evening begins with a reception, followed by the performance.

All proceeds benefit the Denise Jefferson Memorial Scholarship Fund, an artistic merit scholarship that supports students like Layla for whom the opportunity to study in the BFA program may otherwise not be possible.

For more information about the Ailey/Fordham BFA in Dance Benefit Concert please contact the Office of Special Events at rsvp@fordham.edu.

The 2025 Ailey/Fordham BFA in Dance Benefit Concert

The 2025 performance paid tribute to the late Judith Jamison, artistic director emerita of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, celebrating her extraordinary use of dance to honor the past, embrace the present, and boldly envision the future.

A special thank you to our 2025 Ailey/Fordham BFA in Dance Benefit Concert Sponsors!

"Revelations" $2,500 Sponsor "Memoria" $1,000 Sponsor
Patricia Dugan Perlmuth, FCLC '79 Delia Peters, FCLC '85