[DOC] [TLE] Alvin Ailey - Wikipedia [PAR] Alvin Ailey (January 5, 1931  December 1, 1989) was an African-American 
choreographer and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 
in New York City. He is credited with popularizing modern dance and 
revolutionizing .... Ailey formed his own group, Alvin Ailey American Dance 
Theater, in 1958. [DOC] [TLE] Alvin Ailey - Choreographer - Biography.com [PAR] Jul 8, 2014 ... Video courtesy of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. ... He began studying 
modern dance with Lester Horton in 1949. ... Ailey achieved his greatest fame 
with his own dance company, which he founded in 1958. [DOC] [TLE] History of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.  FundingUniverse [PAR] Incorporated: 1958 as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ... 1953: Alvin 
Ailey, Jr., premieres his choreography with the Lester Horton group. ... 1958: The 
company is founded after the first successful performance of Ailey's original 
works at ... He eventually began choreographing his own works, which often 
dealt with... [DOC] [TLE] Alvin Ailey | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater [PAR] In 1958, he founded Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to carry out his vision ... 
of the Lester Horton Dance Theater and began to choreograph his own works. [DOC] [TLE] Online Exhibition - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: 50 Years ... [PAR] He was further inspired by performances of the Katherine Dunham Dance 
Company ... Lester Horton, at whose Hollywood studio Ailey began his formal 
dance training ... Members of the Lester Horton Dance Theater (left to right): Alvin 
Ailey, ... his most remarkable works, including Ailey's first major ballet Blues Suite 
(1958),... [DOC] [TLE] Alvin Ailey - ABT - American Ballet Theatre [PAR] It was with Mr. Horton, the founder of the first racially integrated dance ... the 
Lester Horton Dance Theater and began to choreograph his own works. In 1954, 
he and his friend Carmen de Lavallade were invited to New York to dance in ... In 
1958, Mr. Ailey founded his own company, the Alvin Ailey American Dance 
Theater. [DOC] [TLE] Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - The Virginia Arts Festival [PAR] Feb 26, 2016 ... Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater grew from a ... expression through 
movement, he began visiting the studio of ... Soon he was dancing with Lester 
Horton's modern ... his own group of dancerswhat would eventually ... his 
dancers in a specific technique before they .... (1895-1958) ... He founded his. [DOC] [TLE] Study Guide - Broadway Center for the Performing Arts [PAR] After Horton's death in 1953, Mr. Ailey became director of the Lester. Horton 
Dance Theater and began to choreograph his own works. ... In 1958, he founded 
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to carry out his vision of a company ... The 
Juilliard School, Ms. Waters earned a B.S. in Dance prior to moving to Paris, 
where she... [DOC] [TLE] Alvin Ailey, a Leading Figure In Modern Dance, Dies at 58 ... [PAR] Dec 2, 1989 ... Dr. Albert Knapp, Mr. Ailey's physician, attributed his death to terminal ... The 
troupe he founded in 1958, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, became ... 
that would perform modern-dance classics along with his own works. ... the 
modern-dance idioms of Lester Horton and Martha Graham for his pieces. [DOC] [TLE] Alvin Ailey Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline [PAR] Alvin Ailey was a popular African-American choreographer of the 20th century. ... 
Founder/Co-Founder ... the 'Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater' to promote 
modern dance forms. ... It was then that he began studying modern dance with 
Horton. ... His biggest claim to fame was when he formed his own dance group in 
1958... [DOC] [TLE] Great Performances: Free To Dance - Biographies - Alvin Ailey [PAR] Shy from his itinerant Texas life, Ailey reluctantly turned to dance when a high-
school classmate introduced him to Lester Horton's Hollywood studio in 1949. He 
... and Karel Shook led Ailey to found his own dance theater company in 1958. 
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (

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