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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 ...
In 1960, the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, later to be renamed the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT), presented the premiere of Revelations at Kaufmann Concert Hall in New York. [6] [8] Rehearsals for Revelations were held in the basement of Clark Center for the Performing Arts, [12] which would later serve as the official residence for ...
Ailey is one of the most important choreographers in the history of modern dance. In 1958, at just 27 years old, he founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Trisler danced with the Juilliard Dance Theater from 1955 through 1959. She also danced with Alvin Ailey. [3] She established the Joyce Trisler Danscompany in the mid-1970s. [4] [3] Trisler died on October 13, 1979, in New York City at the age of 45. [2] [3] Ailey created Memoria in her honor. The ballet debuted at New York City Center in 1979 ...
Judith Jamison joined Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1965 and served as one of its most prominent soloists for 15 years. Before his death, Ailey appointed her artistic director. During her ...
Jamison began dancing for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1965, a year after meeting the company's namesake at a fruitless television audition. Ailey was Jamison's "spiritual walker, my ...
Alicia Graf Mack (née Alicia J. Graf, [1] born 1978/1979) [2] is an American dancer, teacher, and artistic director. She was a member of Dance Theatre of Harlem and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and has performed with Beyonce, John Legend, and Alicia Keys. [3]
A historic troupe, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns at last to Austin and will offer 'Revelations' at each performance.