Title: Revelations : the autobiography of Alvin Ailey /
Authors: Ailey, Alvin; Bailey, A. Peter
Publisher: Carol Pub. Group,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Ailey, Alvin; Dancers United States Biography; Choreographers United States Biography
Abstract: Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey relates the powerful story of one man's painful search for identity despite a lifetime of remarkable achievement. For the first time, Ailey speaks about the events and individuals who made him what he was, especially the profound negative impact of his fatherless childhood.
Contents: Foreword/Lena Horne -- Introduction/A. Peter Bailey -- The Texas years -- Los Angeles -- Carmen introduces me to dance -- Tentatively entering the world of dance -- Hooking up with Lester -- My fling in the theater -- The early years of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater -- Revelations -- The group's first tour of Australia, Southeast Asia, and Brazil -- Giants -- Sacrifice, dancers, budgets, race, and other things -- Going, going, gone (almost) -- Remembrances of Alvin