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Alvin Ailey (Choreographer) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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December 1, 1989 (58 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
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Celebrities born on January 5
Born in 1931
Born in Rogers, Texas
Capricorn named Alvin
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First name Alvin
Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey, also known as Alvin Ailey Jr., is an African-American dancer, director, choreographer and activist who founded Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He created AAADT and its subsidiary Ailey School as a paradise to nurture black artists and demonstrate the universality of the African-American experience through dance. Her work combines theater, modern dance, ballet, and jazz music with a black dialect, creating a hopeful dance that continues to spread global awareness of black life in the United States. Ailey's dance masterpiece, Revelations, is recognized as one of the most loved and most performed ballet in the world. In this work, he blends elements of primitive, modern dance and jazz with an interest in the black countryside of America. On July 15, 2008, the US Congress passed a resolution designating AAADT as "an important US cultural ambassador to the world."
BornJanuary 05, 1931, Rogers, Texas, U.S.
DiedDecember 01, 1989, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
OccupationDancer, choreographer

About Alvin Ailey

Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey

Choreographer Alvin Ailey was born in Rogers, Texas, United States on January 5, 1931. He dies at the age of 58, on December 1, 1989.

Dancer and choreographer of African heritage. He popularized modern dance by founding New York's Choreographer Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and creating the classic dance piece"Revelations".

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Alvin Ailey before becoming famous

Alvin Ailey was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1931 is also the year of Goat (羊) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He studied dance as a youth with renowned choreographer Dancer Lester Horton, who founded the first American dance school that trained pupils of all races.

Achievement of Alvin Ailey

While residing in San Francisco, he performed in nightclubs alongside poet Poet Maya Angelou.

Alvin Ailey's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was formerly romantically linked to political activist David McReynolds. After obtaining HIV in the 1980s, Ailey died in his late fifties.

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He co-starred alongside actress and performer Stage Actress Pearl Bailey in the 1954 Broadway production of House of Flowers.

Pearl Bailey (1918 - 1990) (Stage Actress)
Pearl Bailey (1918 - 1990)

Stage Actress

Alvin Ailey Income & Net worth

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