Alvin Ailey

Alvin Ailey (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an American dancer, director, and activist. In 1958, he founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). His work fused theater, modern dance, ballet, and jazz with Black vernacular. His work Revelations is one of the most performed ballets in the world. Quotes on choreography “I’m a choreographer. I create movement and I’m searching for truth in movement.”Lombardo Cristiana 2022-01-04 Alvin Ailey quotes on life, dance and the Black experience American Masters PBS https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/alvin-ailey-quotes-on-life-dance-and-the-black-experience/19654/ 2024-09-03 American Masters en-USAllen Zita 2021-08-05 ‘Ailey’—Jamilla Wignot’s poignant portrait of a dance genius https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/08/05/aileyjamilla-wignots-poignant-portrait-dance-geniu/ 2024-09-03 New York Amsterdam News en-US "Making dances is an act of progress; it is an act of growth, an act of music, an act of teaching, an act of celebration, an act of joy."AileyDance Kids Dance Education for NYC Schools AILEY https://ailey.org/community/aileydance-kids 2024-09-03 AileyDance Kids Dance Education for NYC Schools AILEY enAngelov Vladimir https://www.google.com/books/edition/You_the_Choreographer/Jr3GEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Making+dances+is+an+act+of+progress;+it+is+an+act+of+growth,+an+act+of+music,+an+act+of+teaching,+an+act+of+celebration,+an+act+of+joy.%22&pg=PT32&printsec=frontcover You, the Choreographer: Creating and Crafting Dance 2023-08-30 Taylor & Francis 978-1-000-78244-8 enHenry Dollie https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Essential_Guide_to_Jazz_Dance/IZmzDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 The Essential Guide to Jazz Dance Jenkins Paul 2019-10-18 The Crowood Press 978-1-78500-636-4 en Quotes on life "One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody."Ailey Alvin https://www.google.com/books/edition/Revelations/pfzfAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22i%20am%20somebody%22 Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey Bailey A. Peter 1995 Carol Publishing Group 978-1-55972-255-1 enPine Joslyn https://www.google.com/books/edition/Book_of_African_American_Quotations/NfdBrOgz4swC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22One+of+the+processes+of+your+life+is+to+constantly+break+down+that+inferiority,+to+constantly+reaffirm+that+I+Am+Somebody..%22&pg=PA4&printsec=frontcover Book of African-American Quotations 2012-03-02 Courier Corporation 978-0-486-11244-2 en Quotes on dancing “I always felt that, that dance was a natural part of what I wanted to express, that what I can do with my body was a part, a very important part, of me and a way to release some of those things in myself that I had been looking for.” References