Alvin Ailey Jr. (1931 to 1989) was an American dancer, director, choreographer and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1958 and the Clark Center for the Performing Arts in 1959, creating havens for nurturing Black artists and expressing the universality of the African American experience through dance. His work fused theater, modern dance, ballet and jazz with Black vernacular movement, and his choreographic masterpiece Revelations is recognized as one of the most popular and most performed ballets in the world; in 2008, the United States Congress designated his company a vital American cultural ambassador to the world.
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Alvin Ailey Jr. (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist.
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(January 5, 1931 - December 1, 1989) was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist.
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December 1, 1989
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Rogers, Texas, U.S.
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Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
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His choreographic masterpiece Revelations is recognized as one of the most popular and most performed ballets in the world. On July 15, 2008, the United States Congress passed a resolution designating AAADT a "vital American cultural ambassador to the World".
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Ailey's work fused theater, modern dance, ballet, and jazz with Black vernacular, creating hope-fueled choreography that is credited with spreading global awareness of Black life in America.
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In 1954, Ailey made his Broadway debut in Truman Capote's short-lived musical House of Flowers .
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Revelations is the best-known work of the modern dance choreographer Alvin Ailey.
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