Ailey, Alvin (1931-1989)
Choreographer and dancer Alvin Ailey transformed the U.S. dance scene in the 1960s with his work Revelations, a powerful and moving dance which expresses Black experiences set...
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Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and won international fame as both a dancer and choreographer.During the 1960s and 1970s, Alvin Ailey shaped modern dance into a ...
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Russell Versus Rocco! Russell Simmons, rap mogul and yoga maniac, serves as honorary chair of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s opening night gala
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Single women of the city mysteriously become afflicted with the children’s charity bug as “New York’s hedge fund community” (KA-CHING!) hosts an Evening of Cocktails & D...
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The aptly-named how-to guide, The Art of Emcee-ing, which will be available on October 1, addresses issues like treating writer's block, effective lyric writing, recording techniques, herbal voice ...
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The tenants of studios high above Carnegie Hall were already angry about plans to evict them and gut part of the world famous concert building.But they turned furious when they found out the son-in...
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Last week in this space I was complaining about the inferior choreographers we've been exposed to lately. Then, as if in answer to a prayer, Mark Morris turned up at B.A.M., giving me grounds for n...
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You didn’t need a crystal ball to guess that the annual five-week Alvin Ailey season at the City Center would be greeted with rapture by its full-house audiences and restrained enthusiasm by ...
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You didn’t need a crystal ball to guess that the annual five-week Alvin Ailey season at the City Center would be greeted with rapture by its full-house audiences and restrained enthusiasm by ...
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Was it enough for Vanity Fair to reveal that former F.B.I. official W. Mark Felt was Deep Throat?Indeed, Tuesday was a dizzying parade of disclosure: The Felt family came forward and, finally, The ...
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Forget that great tree at Rockefeller Center: We dance-lovers know it must be Christmas because Alvin Ailey’s at the City Center and The Nutcracker’s at the State. Year in, year out, th...
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Ailey, Alvin (1931-1989)
Alvin Ailey
Wednesday, November 28th
