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    Alvin Ailey Home

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    2013 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Home Alvin Ailey was born January 5‚ 1931 to a teenage mother in Texas and grew up without his father in their lives. The name of the town was Navasota where he and his mother lived‚ at around 12 years of age they moved to Los Angeles where he learned to speak fluently in different languages. Ailey was inspired in the art of dance after seeing the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo perform; from that point on‚ dance was his passion. In 1949‚ Ailey studied

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    Alvin Ailey Analysis

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    He also acted and danced in various productions. He created the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater in 1958 where he combined ballet‚ jazz‚ modern‚ and African dance techniques. He choreographed Revelations in 1960. It is considered his signature work and is the most popular critically acclaimed work. Ailey wrote Revelations as a representation of the faith of African Americans in the 1960’s‚ set to spirituals and blues music (Dunning‚ 1996)

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    Alvin Ailey- Revelations

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    Alvin Ailey’s Revelations was premiered in 1960 and is based on Alvin Ailey’s childhood memories of worshipping at his Baptist church in Texas. The music within Revelations is a compilation of African American spirituals which helps to develop the idea of the music that was played and sung in the small black churches near to where Alvin lived with his mother during his childhood. Throughout Revelations you see and feel a mixture of emotions as the story starts to unfold and you can see clearly the

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    Revelations-Alvin Ailey

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    Revelations Lighting – in ‘I been buked’ the stage is dark and there is only a yellow spot light on all the dancers who are in centre stage. This Symbolises the pain and the mood of the dancers. The lighting in Pilgrim Of Sorrow is much darker than In Move‚ Members‚ Move. This could be because there is a lot more hope in the third section. At the beginning of the dance there is little hope and pain is shown. In the second section the lighting is a blue wash across the stage and it is brighter than

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    Alvin Ailey – ‘Cry’ Give a chronological account of Ailey’s background‚ training and influences up to the time he made ‘Cry’. Discuss how this may have informed the narrative of the dance in the work ‘CryAlvin Ailey used his culture and countless childhood memories to base his choreography. His background‚ training and influences have informed and influenced the narrative of his work ‘Cry. The concept of cry was devised by Alvin Ailey. ‘Cry’ took its inspiration and stimulus from the suffering

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    Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey was a dancer‚ choreographer‚ and teacher whose vision and leadership lead him to create one of the major art institutes of our time. The famous Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. A choreographer is a person who creates dance compositions and plans and arranges dance movements and patterns for dances. Movement is a language as rich and expressive as written or spoken language. We understand and use movement language so naturally‚ we are often unaware of the many ways we use it

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    The life and times of Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey was born on January 5‚ 1931 in Rogers‚ Texas to Lula Elizabeth Ailey. Lula was only 17 years old at the time of his birth. His father abandoned the family when Alvin was only six months old. Because the era Alvin was born in was the Great Depression‚ the Aileys moved around often. Growing up during the great depression also meant that his mother had a hard time finding work. Unfortunately‚ Alvin also grew up during a time of racial segregation‚ violence

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    Alvin Ailey Critic Review

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    DECONSTRUCTRON Critical Review: Cry (Alvin Ailey) DANCE; The Long Shadow Of Ailey ’s Great ’Cry ’ By VALERIE GLADSTONE Published: November 26‚ 2000 THE audience wouldn ’t stop cheering when Judith Jamison danced Alvin Ailey ’s masterpiece ’ ’Cry ’ ’ at its premiere on May 4‚ 1971‚ at City Center. ’ ’They went crazy‚ ’ ’ Ms. Jamison says. Ms. Jamison‚ the artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater since Ailey ’s death in 1989‚ recalled that night in an interview one afternoon

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    Hi! I am Alvin Ailey and I am a famous dancer and choreographer who in 1958that created the Alvin Ailey Dance Center in New York. I was born January 5‚ 1931 and sadly died December 1‚ 1989 of HIV/AIDS. I grew up during Racial Segregation so I pretty much had a hard time. I attended George Washington Carver High School and Later‚ Thomas Jefferson High School. I also attended a dance school called Horton’s School that thought us Classical ballet‚ jazz‚ and Native American dance. This school was the

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    went to was called Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The place of the performance is 131 W 55th Street between 6th and 7th avenues. The date and time of the performance was Saturday‚ Dec 16‚ 2017 at 2:00pm. I was 20 minutes late to the first performance because of the heavy traffic‚ but i did see a portion of the first dance. Heysel and I both saw this dance performance together. The order of the dances were The winter in Lisbon choreographed by Billy Wilson‚ Night Creature ‚ Cry and Revelations

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