The article explores the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, a black dance company founded by Alvin Ailey Jr., which will mark its 50th anniversary in December 2008. Ailey was inspired by anthropologist/choreographer Katherine Dunham, choreographer Jack Cole, and ...
Ailey achieved his greatest fame with his own dance company, which he founded in 1958. That same year, he debuted Blues Suite, a piece that drew from his southern roots. Another of his major early works was Revelations, which drew inspiration from the African American music of his youth. ...
L’Antoinette Stines, founded Miami’s first Black dance company, L’ACADCO. Returning to Jamaica in 1982 she continued to grow with her company and together they have become dynamic ambassadors for Jamaican culture, through dance, and advocates for its preservation and development. Our Mission ...
“The civil rights movement-its ideals, success, and failures-greatly affected both Ailey and the success of his dance company” (Obalil, 5). In the 1950s while Alvin was living in New York, the doors of opportunity into the white performance world were closed to him as a black man (...
she studied dance and participated in workshops with Savion Glover and the Alvin Ailey II Dance Company. She worked for the Boston Ballet Summer Programs Office and assisted in the Boston Ballet’s adaptive dance program for children with Down Syndrome. In 2008, Jen received her Masters in Dance...
he founded the Jamal Jackson Dance Company with the goal of fusing traditional African styles with modern and hip hop techniques. The company maintains a strong presence in the dance community through outreach and performances in festivals and venues such as Jacob’s Pillow, Summerstage and DANCE ...
Today's modern dance has become a fusion of multiple dance genres, as demonstrated by choreographers Mark Morris, Ohad Naharin, and Shen Wei. Mark Morris is most influenced by George Ohad Naharin began dancing at age 22 with the Batsheva Dance Company, which was founded in 1964 by Martha ...
Brown founded Evidence, A Dance Company, out of a desire to tell the stories of the communities around him. Thirty-three years later, Evidence is now a mainstay in the modern dance world and Brown is a vanguard among choreographers fusing Western modern dance with movement from the African ...
David Parsons founded Parsons Dance in 1987, and since then, he has created more than 80 works for the company, through commissions from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, the American Dance Festival, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, New York City Ballet, Paul Taylor Da...
The American Dance Theater (or AAADT) was founded by Alvin Ailey in 1958. It consists of thirty dancers led by Robert Battle. It was also the first professional company to welcome dancers of different ethnical backgrounds. The purpose of this theater was to show other choreographers the ...