Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Coverage 2019

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 60th Anniversary Tour

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion April 3–7, 2019

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The legacy of Alvin Ailey comes to Los Angeles Hosted by Madeleine Brand • Apr 04, 2019

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During the civil rights era, Alvin Ailey founded a dance company in New York to bring African American dancers into the spotlight. His choreography drew on ballet, jazz. traditional African dance, and modern dance. Over the years, his dancers have performed for about 25 million people around the world.

Now the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is in LA to celebrate their late founder's 61year legacy They're performing at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on April 4-7.

Alvin Ailey, who died in 1989, was born in 1931 in Rogers, Texas. His company and his iconic numbers like "Night Creatures" and "Revelations" continue to shed light on the black experience. Ailey also posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama in 2014.

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SN1CLA: Spectrum News 1 - April 3, 2019

KCRW: Press Play - April 4, 2019