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Alvin Ailey: A Life In Dance
Alvin Ailey: A Life In Dance
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Author: Jennifer Dunning Publisher: Da Capo Press Format: Softcover # of Pages: 496 Pub. Date: 1998 ISBN-10: 0306808250 ISBN-13: 9780306808258
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About the Book:
This is
the complete story of Alvin Ailey,
one of the most beloved figures in modern dance, examined by a writer
uniquely able to place him and his legacy in perspective. He
was a choreographic giant in the modern dance world and a
champion of African-American talent and culture. His interracial
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater provided opportunities to black
dancers and choreographers when no one else would. His acclaimed
"Revelations" remains one of the most performed modern
dance pieces in the twentieth century. But he led a tortured life,
filled with insecurity and self-loathing. Raised in poverty in rural
Texas by his single mother, he managed to find success early in his
career, but by the 1970s his creativity had waned. He turned to
drugs, alcohol, and gay bars and suffered a nervous breakdown in
1980. He was secretive about his private life, including his
homosexuality, and, unbeknownst to most at the time, died from
AIDS-related complications at age 58. Based on his personal journals
and hundreds of interviews with those who knew him, including Mikhail
Baryshnikov, Judith Jamison, Lena Horne, Katherine
Dunham, Sidney Poitier, and Dustin Hoffman, the
book Alvin Ailey: A Life In Dance is a moving story of a man
who wove his life and culture into his dance.
About the Author:
Jennifer Dunning is a dance critic and reporter for The
New York Times. She studied ballet and modern dance and has
covered the dance world since the 1970s. |
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