Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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W Magazine - Alvin Ailey’s Incredible Life of Dance (Finally) Gets the Museum Treatment

W Magazine - Alvin Ailey’s Incredible Life of Dance (Finally) Gets the Museum Treatment

Alvin Ailey is one of the most accomplished and revered dancers in history. And yet, there has never been a wide-ranging exhibition chronicling his singular life, style of dance, company, and the impact he left on American culture. “Around 2018, there was a range of shows at museums about dance: the Lincoln Kirstein ballet, the Judson Dance Theater, Merce Cunningham,” Adrienne Edwards, senior curator at The Whitney Museum in New York City, told me recently. “I remember thinking to myself, ‘Why not Ailey? Why hasn’t a museum done a show about him?’”

ABC 7 - Behind-The-Scenes Look At Alvin Ailey Rehearsals For Upcoming Holiday Season

ABC 7 - Behind-The-Scenes Look At Alvin Ailey Rehearsals For Upcoming Holiday Season

HELL'S KITCHEN, Manhattan (WABC) -- Eyewitness News got a behind-the-scenes look at rehearsals for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's upcoming holiday season. The company is preparing for several productions including the world premiere of, Sacred Songs. It will feature spirituals from the original 19-60 premiere of Alvin Ailey's influential work, Revelations.

Vanity Fair - The Ailey Legacy Takes Center Stage At The Whitney Museum With Edges of Ailey

Vanity Fair - The Ailey Legacy Takes Center Stage At The Whitney Museum With Edges of Ailey

Alvin Ailey has never left the hearts of dancers, and it is that legacy which guides Edges of Ailey, the large-scale, multidisciplinary exhibition opening September 25 at the Whitney Museum. Under the direction of Senior Curator and Associate Director Adrienne Edwards, the life and works of the choreographer, dancer and artist are displayed alongside an archive of personal ephemera, music, and performance.

The New York Times - Alvin Ailey, The Man And The Mind Behind The Unapologetic Sparkle

The New York Times - Alvin Ailey, The Man And The Mind Behind The Unapologetic Sparkle

The name Ailey is synonymous with dance. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is more than a company: It’s a brand, an integral piece of the cultural fabric of this country. It’s huge. But somehow the man who created the Ailey empire has become lost inside it, obscured as if by an eclipse. Alvin Ailey was a choreographer who seamlessly melded dance forms, a dancer of extraordinary strength and beauty, and a man — a queer man — with an expansive, restless mind.

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