| LC control no. | n 92006465 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ailey, Alvin |
| Variant(s) | Ailey, Alvin, Jr. |
| Other standard no. | Q449037 114153624 |
| Biography/History note | Alvin Ailey was the reciepient of the NAACP's prestigious Spingarn Medal in 1976, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1988 and in 2014, President Barack Obama selected Ailey to be a posthumous recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1931-01-05 |
| Death date | 1989-12-01 |
| Place of birth | Rogers (Tex.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Dance Choreography |
| Affiliation | University of California, Los Angeles Lester Horton Dance Theater Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater American Ballet Theatre London Festival Ballet OpeĢra de Paris. Ballet |
| Profession or occupation | Dancers Choreographers |
| Found in | Alvin Ailey, Jr., 1991: t.p. (Alvin Ailey, Jr.) p. 8 (b. 01-05-31 in Rogers, Tex.) p. 4, etc. (d. 12-01-89; dancer and choreographer; founder of a modern dance company) LC data base, 01-27-92 (hdg.: Ailey, Alvin) Wikipedia, March 18, 2015 (Alvin Ailey; born January 5, 1931; died 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 African-American participation in 20th-century concert dance) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Ailey> Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century , accessed October 26, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ailey, Alvin; choreographer, dance director, dancer; born 05 January 1931 in Rogers, Texas, United States; studied literature at the University of California at Los Angeles; began dance training and was introduced to the founder of Lester Horton Dance Theater (1949); later became director of the company (1953); joined DeLavallade in the Broadway dance production House of Flowers, New York City (1954); founded his own dance company, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (1958); stopped dancing (1965) and cut back on his work as a choreographer (1970s); his company toured the United States and abroad (1958-1989); received NAACP's prestigious Spingarn Medal (1976) and Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award (1987); choreographed for American Ballet Theater, London Festival Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet and Royal Danish Ballet; died 01 December 1989 in New York, New York, United States) |
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