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Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection [collection]
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Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection [collection] - Dates Created
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Span: 1958-2008 -
Bulk: 1960-1995 - Language
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English - Form
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collection - Physical Description
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106 ft. -
125 boxes - Abstract
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The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) was founded in 1958 by dancer/choreographer Alvin Ailey (1931-1989). Ailey's goal was to form a company dedicated to enriching the heritage of American modern dance and preserving the uniqueness of the African-American cultural experience. By the time of Ailey's death in 1989, AAADT had grown into a large multi-racial dance organization and one of the most respected and popular modern dance companies in the world. Ailey's signature works for the company include Blues Suite (1958); Revelations (1960); Streams (1970); The Lark Ascending (1972); Cry (1972);and Night Creature (1974). In 1989, Judith Jamison, Ailey's muse for more than 20 years, was named Artistic Director of the company. A finding aid is available in the Performing Arts Reading Room. - Contents Note
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Board of Trustees business papers; photographs; tour documents; Ailey II papers; awards; choreographic commissions and teaching notes; clippings; correspondence; costume designs; a diary; financial papers; posters; production elements; programs; publicity; Ailey School papers; special projects documentation; moving image. - Note
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All moving image materials have been moved to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. - Preferred Citation
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Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress - Access Permissions
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Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site. - Subjects
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Dance
Modern dance
Beatty, Talley
Bejart, Maurice
Butler, John
Chaya, Masazumi
De Lavallade, Carmen
Dove, Ulysses
Dunham, Katherine
Dupont, Patrick
Ellington, Duke
Fagan, Garth
Faison, George
Falco, Louis
Giannini, Christina
Godreau, Miguel
Harper, Ves
Holder, Geoffrey
Horton, Lester
Hoving, Lucas
Jamison, Judith
Johnson, Louis
Jones, Bill T.
Kingston, Carol Vollet Garner
Koner, Pauline
Limón, José
Lubovitch, Lar
Maxon, Normand
McKayle, Donald
Muller, Jennifer
Myers, Milton
O'Donnell, May
Primus, Pearl
Rotardier, Kelvin
San Goh, Choo
Sellers, Brother John
Shawn, Ted
Sokolow, Anna
Ter-Arutunian, Rouben
Tetley, Glen
Tharp, Twyla
Trisler, Joyce
Truitte, James
Van Manen, Hans
Zollar, Jawaole Willa Jo
Ailey, Alvin
- Repository
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Music Division, Library of Congress
Last Updated: 06-04-2009