The new kids dances home

Ashley Mayeaux, who joined Alvin Ailey American Dance Company two years ago, still feels like a new kid on stage, alongside veterans who have been stars for 20 years.
But she's likely to have a big cheering contingent when the beloved company returns to Jones Hall Friday and Saturday. Mayeaux grew up in Richmond and graduated in 2007 from Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
Although she spent a couple of summers training at the Ailey School, Mayeaux got more intense, on-the