Alvin Ailey

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Alvin Ailey Biography Dancer and choreographer. He became a member of Lester Horton's company in 1950, and when his mentor died in 1953, Ailey was chosen to take over as director and choreographer. He founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1958, The company popularized modern dance around the world thanks to tours sponsored by the U.S. State Department. His most famous dance, Revelations, is based on Ailey's own experience of growing up African American in the rural South. Alvin Ailey, Classic Dance, American Dance, Black Dancers, Paige Hyland, Brooke Hyland, Dance Tutorial, Josephine Baker, Photography Winter

Dancer, Choreographer. Born in Rogers, Texas, he was the founder of the renown dance company the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Starting in 1949, he studied with influential choreographer Lester Horton in Los Angeles, California. When Horton died in 1953, Alvin Ailey took over the Lester Horton Dance Theater and...

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From 1961 to 1994, legendary photographer Jack Mitchell captured thousands of moments with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Now, this treasure trove of dance history is available to the public for viewing via the online archives of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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