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Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture

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Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture
Thomas F. DeFrantz
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0195154193

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In the early 1960s, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was a small, multi-racial company of dancers that performed the avant-garde works of its founding choreographer. By the late 1960s, the company had become a well-known African-American artistic group closely tied to the Civil Rights struggle and the Black Arts movement. In Dancing Revelations, Thomas DeFrantz chronicles the troupe's journey from small modern dance company to one of the premier institutions of African-American culture. DeFrantz charts the Ailey Theater's rise to national and international renown and contextualizes its progress within the civil rights, women's rights, and gay rights struggles of the late 20th century. In addition, DeFrantz analyses all the major dances in the Aily repertoire, examining the relationship between those works and African-American culture as a whole. As the first book to examine the cultural sources and cultural impact of Ailey's work, Dancing Revelations makes an important contribution to modern dance history and criticism as well as African-American studies.

Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey

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A sometimes uncomfortably honest account.

Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey , and A. Peter Bailey
Manufacturer: Citadel Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0806518618

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A sometimes uncomfortably honest account........2000-09-04

I found this book very readable. It cast a different light onto the life of a man everyone new as brilliant. I was very surprised at how frankly this was written. No bars were held, even when Mr. Ailey didn't come across as a shining example. I think great pains were taken to retain the intergrity of the story without compromising Mr. Ailey's driving desire for privacy. The voices of many dance stars lent a certain energy to the book. Mr. Ailey made me laugh out loud while recounting details of his well-publicized breakdown. I was left wishing i'd paid more attention to this great dancer while he was yet alive.

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Revelations. The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey.
Alvin Ailey
Manufacturer: New York Carol Publishing Group 1995.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000P73VT0

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Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey
Alvin; Bailey, A. Peter; foreword by Lena Horne Ailey
Manufacturer: Carol Pub. Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NUOZT4

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Revelations : The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey
Alvin, Jr.; Bailey, A. Peter Ailey
Manufacturer: Carol Publishing Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HM1DU2

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