Jack Mitchell's Ailey Collection

Carmen de Lavallade, Brother John Sellers, Alvin Ailey and Bruce Langhorne in Ailey's Roots of the Blues
Carmen de Lavallade, Brother John Sellers, Alvin Ailey and Bruce Langhorne in Ailey's Roots of the Blues
Judith Jamison in Alvin Ailey's Cry. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Judith Jamison in Alvin Ailey's Cry. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Judith Jamison in Alvin Ailey's Cry. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Judith Jamison in Alvin Ailey's Cry. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Judith Jamison in John Butler's Facets. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Judith Jamison in John Butler's Facets. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Judith Jamison in Geoffrey Holder's Prodigal Prince. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Judith Jamison in Geoffrey Holder's Prodigal Prince. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Judith Jamison in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Judith Jamison in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Linda Kent, Judith Jamison and Sylvia Waters in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Linda Kent, Judith Jamison and Sylvia Waters in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey in Alvin Ailey's Hermit Songs. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey in Alvin Ailey's Hermit Songs. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Please Credit Photo: Alvin Ailey and Judith Jamison (1969). Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution.
Please Credit Photo: Alvin Ailey and Judith Jamison (1969). Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution.
Alvin Ailey in Alvin Ailey's Hermit Songs. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey in Alvin Ailey's Hermit Songs. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey in Alvin Ailey's Hermit Songs. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey in Alvin Ailey's Hermit Songs. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey (front left) with company members including Masazumi Chaya (far right) during a rehearsal of Donald McKayle's District Storyville. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey (front left) with company members including Masazumi Chaya (far right) during a rehearsal of Donald McKayle's District Storyville. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Masazumi Chaya. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Masazumi Chaya. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Masazumi Chaya. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Masazumi Chaya. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Masazumi Chaya and Ralph Glenmore in Jennifer Muller's Speeds. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Masazumi Chaya and Ralph Glenmore in Jennifer Muller's Speeds. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Marilyn Banks and Masazumi Chaya in George Faison's Suite Otis. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Marilyn Banks and Masazumi Chaya in George Faison's Suite Otis. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Judith Jamison rehearsing Divining with Donna Wood and Masazumi Chaya. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Judith Jamison rehearsing Divining with Donna Wood and Masazumi Chaya. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Marilyn Banks, Alvin Ailey, and Masazumi Chaya. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Marilyn Banks, Alvin Ailey, and Masazumi Chaya. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey with the Company in 1978. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey with the Company in 1978. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey and Carmen de Lavallade. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey and Carmen de Lavallade. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Renee Robinson, Carl Bailey in Donald McKayle's Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Renee Robinson, Carl Bailey in Donald McKayle's Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Marilyn Banks, Dudley Williams, Alvin Ailey, Gary Deloatch (1988). Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Marilyn Banks, Dudley Williams, Alvin Ailey, Gary Deloatch (1988). Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Judith Jamison and the Company rehearsing Revelations. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Judith Jamison and the Company rehearsing Revelations. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Gary DeLoatch in Alvin Ailey's For Bird - With Love. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Gary DeLoatch in Alvin Ailey's For Bird - With Love. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Don Bellamy, Renee Robinson, Nasha Thomas in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Don Bellamy, Renee Robinson, Nasha Thomas in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Desmond Richardson in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Desmond Richardson in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey, Ella Thompson Moore and Myrna White in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey, Ella Thompson Moore and Myrna White in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey and Judith Jamison. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey and Judith Jamison. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey in Alvin Ailey's Hermit Songs. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey in Alvin Ailey's Hermit Songs. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey, Carmen de Lavallade in Alvin Ailey's Blues Suite. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey, Carmen de Lavallade in Alvin Ailey's Blues Suite. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey, Carmen de Lavallade and Company in Alvin Ailey's Blues Suite. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Alvin Ailey, Carmen de Lavallade and Company in Alvin Ailey's Blues Suite. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution