biography
pronunciation:
[aylee]
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| lived:
| (1931–89)
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| biography:
| Dancer and choreographer, born in Rogers, Texas, USA. He became a member of Lester Horton's company in 1950, then in New York City trained with Martha Graham and others. He retired from the stage in 1965 to devote himself to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, a hugely popular, multi-racial modern dance ensemble he formed in 1958. His most famous dance is Revelations (1960), a celebratory study of religious spirit. |
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