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- catalog abstract "Ailey's story is the stuff of legend. His "Revelations," one of the great American dance classics, is said to have been seen by more people than any other work in dance history. Yet the small-town culture that is at the heart of his finest work was absorbed by a child growing up in devastating poverty, neglected by a loving but exhausted mother who raised him alone. Aware of his homosexuality from his teens, Ailey lived and worked in the unusually accepting world of the. Theater but sometimes hid his sexuality as if he had never left his conservative family and Southern church. An athlete in his youth and a member of a profession that idealizes physical perfection, Ailey abused his body with alcohol and, later, drugs. Surrounded by admiring friends, he felt alone. Yet against great odds, Ailey pulled the pieces of this life together to create a passionate mosaic of art and dance, giving birth to an indispensable institution that. Continues to play a joyous, vibrant role throughout the world. Dunning shows us how Ailey took the essence of his experiences - whether from the driving rhythmic music that poured from the local Dew Drop Inn on hot Saturday nights, or the simple motion of men beating the water to drive back snakes during his baptism - and translated them into masterpieces. Filled with stunning photographs and hundreds of interviews with those who knew him (including such stars of dance. And theater as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Judith Jamison, Lena Horne, Katherine Dunham, Sidney Poitier, and Dustin Hoffman), Alvin Ailey is the story of a man who wove his life and his culture into his dance - and into the fabric of America itself.".
- catalog contributor b9784706.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Ailey's story is the stuff of legend. His "Revelations," one of the great American dance classics, is said to have been seen by more people than any other work in dance history. Yet the small-town culture that is at the heart of his finest work was absorbed by a child growing up in devastating poverty, neglected by a loving but exhausted mother who raised him alone. Aware of his homosexuality from his teens, Ailey lived and worked in the unusually accepting world of the.".
- catalog description "And theater as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Judith Jamison, Lena Horne, Katherine Dunham, Sidney Poitier, and Dustin Hoffman), Alvin Ailey is the story of a man who wove his life and his culture into his dance - and into the fabric of America itself.".
- catalog description "Continues to play a joyous, vibrant role throughout the world. Dunning shows us how Ailey took the essence of his experiences - whether from the driving rhythmic music that poured from the local Dew Drop Inn on hot Saturday nights, or the simple motion of men beating the water to drive back snakes during his baptism - and translated them into masterpieces. Filled with stunning photographs and hundreds of interviews with those who knew him (including such stars of dance.".
- catalog description "Include bibliographical references (p. 419-447) and index.".
- catalog description "Theater but sometimes hid his sexuality as if he had never left his conservative family and Southern church. An athlete in his youth and a member of a profession that idealizes physical perfection, Ailey abused his body with alcohol and, later, drugs. Surrounded by admiring friends, he felt alone. Yet against great odds, Ailey pulled the pieces of this life together to create a passionate mosaic of art and dance, giving birth to an indispensable institution that.".
- catalog extent "xi, 468 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Alvin Ailey.".
- catalog identifier "0201626071 (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Alvin Ailey.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley,".
- catalog relation "Alvin Ailey.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "792.8/028/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "Ailey, Alvin.".
- catalog subject "Dancers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "GV1785.A38 D85 1996".
- catalog title "Alvin Ailey : a life in dance / Jennifer Dunning.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".