Alvin Ailey

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

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Host: Marian Horosko. Recorded in 1965 at Clark Center YWCA, New York.

Ailey discusses his dance training and career; the influence of his black heritage on his choreography for the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre; choreographing for the Harkness Ballet Company; his jazz training with Jack Cole; the concept of a repertory dance company; teaching at Clark Center where his company is based; his general orientation toward dance as theater.


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