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On Broadway: only a handful of modern choreographers have so completely embraced the spirit of show dancing in their work as Alvin Ailey.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-DEC-04 		Format: Online - approximately 771 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
You hove to wonder how different the dance world would be if Alvin Alley had never come to New York to take a job in a Broadway musical. Would we have had a Revelations--and would it have looked the same? Would we have had the Ailey company, or the school? There's a good chance the answer to those questions is "no."

In 1954, as detailed in Jennifer Dunning's wonderful biography, Alvin Ailey: A Life in Dance (Da Capo Press, 1998), Ailey was in Los Angeles mourning the recent death of his mentor and employer, Lester Horton, and struggling to keep the Horton company together. He had already turned down a job in the chorus...

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