The studio is a stage in filmmaker Steven Tabakin’s “Alvin Ailey New Directions,” an eight-part digital series that follows choreographers Quilan “Cue” Arnold and Maria Bauman as they work with dancers from The Ailey School as part of their New Directions Choreography Lab residencies.

Premiering on the ALL ARTS site and app May 2, the series documents the choreographers’ individual processes as the explore new territories and develop their craft across the seven-week duration of the choreography lab. The episodes include a peek into the creative process, interviews with Bauman and Arnold, and backstory about the New Directions Choreography Lab program, as told by its founder, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Artistic Director Robert Battle.