Alvin Ailey
✓ Source-basedrisingAfrican-American dancer, choreographer and activist (1931-1989)
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.
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Photos 3
Filmography 6
Ailey
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Tribute to Lester Horton
Genius on the Wrong Coast
An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater14 credits on file
Television 3
American Masters
The Kennedy Center Honors
Trailblazer HonorsAwards 9
Connected to Alvin 6
Aimé CésaireAlso in The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
William GreavesAlso in The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
Langston HughesAlso in The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
Léopold Sédar SenghorAlso in The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
Chien-Shiung WuAlso won honorary doctorate from Princeton University
Khalid of Saudi ArabiaAlso won United Nations Peace MedalAbout this person
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.
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