A biography of Alvin Ailey, discussing his early life, his introduction to dance, and his rise to international fame as a dancer and choreographer.
For example , in 1964 he codirected a production of Langston Hughes's Jerico - Jim Crow ( 12 January 1964 ) . A music travelogue performed in a Greenwich Village church , the production featured a gospel choir singing spirituals while ...
Presents the life and accomplishments of the dancer and choreographer whose goal was to create a dance company that gave African Americans a place to show their work.
Describes the life, dancing, and choreography of Alvin Ailey, who created his own modern dance company to explore the black experience.
Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey relates the powerful story of one man's painful search for identity despite a lifetime of remarkable achievement. For the first time, Ailey speaks about...
Complemented by 250 full-color photographs, this innovative new approach to fitness introduces an array of exercises and routines based on dance and movement techniques from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, all designed for ...
ing that Gary Harris , the Y's stage manager , recalled with wonder nearly four decades after the premiere . Harris knew it was a good idea to try to hire an extra technician to meet the challenge of Alvin's theatricality and ...
Published to coincide with the opening of Alvin Ailey's brand-new building in NYC, these stunning images are accompanied by extracts from in-depth interviews with dozens of dancers and artists associated with the company for over 45 years.
In the early 1960s, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was a small, multi-racial company of dancers that performed the works of its founding choreographer and other emerging artists.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
“In James E. Ransome’s realistic pastel portraits, Battle, his family, and his teachers all seem lit from within.” —The New York Times Book Review A boy discovers his passion for dance and becomes a modern hero in this inspiring ...