# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvin-ailey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:17:56.070Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/alvin-ailey"
name: "Alvin Ailey"
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description: "Alvin Ailey Jr. was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist. He founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) in 1958, and the Clark Center for the Performing Arts in 1959. He created AAADT and its affiliated Alvin Ailey American Dance Center as havens for nurturing Black artists and expressing the universality of the African-American experience through dance."
tagline: "African-American dancer, choreographer and activist (1931-1989)"
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birthDate: "1931-01-05"
deathDate: "1989-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump