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2 days ago · Alvin Ailey Jr. (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). He created AAADT and its affiliated Alvin Ailey American Dance Center (later Ailey School) as havens for nurturing Black artists and expressing the universality of the ...
1 day ago · Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was founded in 1958 by dancer, choreographer, and visionary Alvin Ailey, to bring African-American Dance to all audiences.
3 days ago · From founding the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the associated Ailey School, to his beloved choreographic masterpiece, Revelations, Alvin Ailey nurtured generations of Black dancers, and in turn, shifted contemporary culture through his distinct movement and form. Nearly 35 years after his death, Edwards has set the stage for a revisiting of Ailey’s expansive life.
2 days ago · September 26, 2024. UNIVERSITY PARK—Ailey II, the "next generation of dance," will bring its 50th-anniversary world tour to Happy Valley. Led by Artistic Director Francesca Harper, the company’s return Penn State performance will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, in Eisenhower Auditorium. The second company of Alvin Ailey American Dance ...
2 days ago · Edges of Ailey. Through Feb. 9, 2025, the Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street, Manhattan, (212) 570-3600; whitney.org. During the show’s run there will be more than 90 live ...
5 days ago · Those notebooks heavily influenced the structure of “ Edges of Ailey,” the first large-scale museum exhibition dedicated to the modern dance pioneer’s life, work, and legacy, on view at the Whitney from September 25 to February 9. It is assembled thematically into 10 sections, including Black spirituality, Black migration to the western ...
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3 days ago · Alvin Ailey is one of the most accomplished and revered dancers in history. ... and the impact he left on American culture. “Around 2018, there was a range of shows at museums about dance: the ...
