Alvin Ailey
Choreographer
1931-01-05 – 1989-12-01
Alvin Ailey was an American choreographer and founder of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He became one of the most influential figures in modern dance and expanded international audiences for Black dance traditions. He died in 1989.
Books by Alvin Ailey
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Quotes by Alvin Ailey
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Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.
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Lena Horne is the sweetest and most adorable woman in the world.
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From his roots as a slave, the American Negro - sometimes sorrowing, sometimes jubilant but always hopeful - has touched, illuminated, and influenced the most remote preserves of world civilisation. I and my dance theater celebrate this trembling beauty.
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The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.
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I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation.
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