Program Books/Kali Marie Oliver
A portrait photo of Kali Marie Oliver, a young black woman with curly bob-length hair from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Kali Marie Oliver

dancer

Kali Marie Oliver (Akron, OH) graduated magna cum laude from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program. She began her formal dance training with her mother and attended summer intensives at Chautauqua Institution, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and The Ailey School. Oliver has performed works by Alvin Ailey, Karole Armitage, William Forsythe, Andrea Miller, William Isaac, and Maurya Kerr. She also performed in Alvin Ailey’s Memoria during the company’s 2018, 2019, and 2021 New York City Center seasons and represented The Ailey School in the 2019 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Oliver is currently in her second season as a member of Ailey II.