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Alvin Ailey
Founder of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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Born:  January 5, 1931 in Rogers, Texas. 
Died:  December 1, 1989 in New York (of blood dyscrasia). 
Style:  Modern (Ailey Style)
Childhood:  
- Alvin's mother was 17 years old when she gave birth to him. 
- His father abandoned Alvin and his mother when Alvin was six months old.
- Alvin and his mother picked cotton to make ends meet.
- Discovered dance during Junior High when he went on a field trip to see the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.  
- Began studying Romance Languages at UCLA before leaving school to train with Lester Horton. 
Training:  
Studied ballet, modern dance and acting.
Modern teachers:
- Katherine Dunham
- Lester Horton (1949)
- Martha Graham
Dance Credits:
- Debut:  Lester Horton Dance Company, 1953
Note:  When Horton died, Ailey took over his company.
- Broadway Debut:  Truman Capote's House of Flowers.
- Left dancing in 1965 to focus on choreography. 
Choreography Credits:
- Leonard Berntein's Mass (the debut performance of the Kennedy Center for the Arts).  
- Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.(the debut performance of the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center).
- Blues Suite (1958) - beginning of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company.
Alvin Ailey Dance Company
- Resident company of the Brooklyn Academy of Music for 3 seasons (1969).
- Became the first American company to tour the USSR in 50 years.
- Dance Magazine Award (1975)
- The Capezio Award (1979)
- Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award (1987)
- Kennedy Center Honors (1988)
- The formerly all-black company became racially integrated when Ailey encountered reverse racism (1963).  

 

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