Alfred L. Dove, a native of Columbia, South Carolina, graduated from Howard University with a Cum Laude, BFA degree in Acting, and a MFA in Dance from the University of California, Irvine. In Alfred’s twenty-five-year career, he has performed in several national and international touring productions on Broadway and throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. He has performed for various companies including: Walter Nicks Dancers “Paris” France; Louis Johnson’s and Eleo Pomare’s The Negro Ensemble Theatre Company: Black Dance Classics NYC; Geoffrey Holder’s The Wiz “Lead Winged Monkey”, International Tour; Donald McKayle’s Purlie, Sweet Charity, and Emperor Jones; Judith Jamison’s Philadelphia Opera production of Mefistofele. A. Dove has served as Artist in Residency, directing and/or choreographing for the following productions: The House of the Blues, Black Nativity, Goin’ Home; Ain’t Nothing But the Blues; Wedding Band, Beehive; The Wiz, Harvest the Frost; with Denison University; Copenhagen Ballet, Denmark and the PBS Square One special “Think about the Problem.”  A. Dove finds great satisfaction in working with “in-school/at-risk” and incarcerated youth programs. His motto is “Excellence is the mark, LET’S HIT IT!” and “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.”