Students learn dance with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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  Nasha Thomas-Schmitt, left standing, instructs Misha Michel, front right,14, a 9th grader, and other students at Northwestern Senior High School, 1100 NW 71st Street,Wednesday, February 8, 2012, when dancers from Alvin Ailey's Revelations Residency program were in town for the week-long workshop, sponsored by Chase. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Brittney Mejia (cq), center, and other students at Northwestern Senior High School, 1100 NW 71st Street, got a treat Wednesday, February 8, 2012, when dancers from Alvin Ailey's Revelations Residency program were in town for a week-long workshop, sponsored by Chase. The Ailey organization's mission of using dance to educate, inspire and entertain people of all ages through the implementation of Revelations: An Interdisciplinary Approach in advance of Ailey's Miami engagement in the Ziff Ballet Opera House, February 23-26. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Misha Michel's, hand during the workshop for students at Northwestern Senior High School, 1100 NW 71st Street, Wednesday, February 8, 2012, when dancers from Alvin Ailey's Revelations Residency program were in town for the week-long workshop, sponsored by Chase. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Students, in Traci Young's class, at Northwestern Senior High School, 1100 NW 71st Street, got a treat Wednesday, February 8, 2012, when dancers from Alvin Ailey's Revelations Residency program were in town for the week-long workshop, sponsored by Chase. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Natraca Griffin, 17, 11th grade, listens closely to Nasha Thomas-Schmitt, National Director of AileyCamp, at Northwestern Senior High School, 1100 NW 71st Street, Wednesday, February 8, 2012, when dancers from Alvin Ailey's Revelations Residency program were in town for the week-long workshop, sponsored by Chase. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Master teacher, Nasha Thomas-Schmitt, not pictured, asked Faaizah Jackson, center,15, 10th grade, to show her classmates "feeling", at Northwestern Senior High School, 1100 NW 71st Street, Wednesday, February 8, 2012, where a workshop was held by Alvin Ailey's Revelations Residency program. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Michael Thomas, center, former company member of Alvin Ailey, now works with their Revelations Residency program, and Nasha Thomas-Schmitt, National Director of AileyCamp, standing, visited students at Northwestern Senior High School, 1100 NW 71st Street, Wednesday, February 8, 2012, when the Ailey dancers held a workshop there. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Students at Northwestern Senior High School, 1100 NW 71st Street, got a treat Wednesday, February 8, 2012, when dancers from Alvin Ailey's Revelations Residency program were in town for the week-long workshop, sponsored by Chase. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Students at Northwestern Senior High School, 1100 NW 71st Street, got a treat Wednesday, February 8, 2012, when dancers from Alvin Ailey's Revelations Residency program were in town for the week-long workshop, sponsored by Chase. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF