It's called the Ailey American Dance Theatre, not the Alvin Ailey African-American Dance Theatre. One thing also that Alvin wanted people to… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
“Sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson later said that there should be a “consilience” between art and science. 79 Former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
I danced growing up. I had two friends of mine that, actually, one of them wound up dancing with Alvin Ailey. — Lisa Ann Walter Copy Share Image
I was used to dancing, but only when someone told you what to do. So in the nightclub I was all over… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
As long as there are dancers around who love to dance, there will be an Alvin Ailey American Dance Company. We miss… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I'm born originally in Toronto, and I have what I call my 'Fame' story. I took a Greyhound bus and went to… — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
DeFrantz's study...is not the first book about the protean Ailey, who was born in hardscrabble Texas in 1931 and died in 1989… — Alvin Ailey Copy Share Image
I am trained, and I did do 'The Nutcracker' in its right form, but at the time, they told me I was… — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
“Aside from being famous, what do Beethoven, Mark Rothko, Hemingway, Francis Ford Coppola, Van Gogh, Alvin Ailey, Robin Williams, Sylvia Plath, Balzac,… — B.A. Shapiro Copy Share Image
After all these years of saying the same thing about the Alvin Ailey company - terrific dancers, awful repertory - I'm finally… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
As a teenager, my brother's girlfriend came into my life, and I just thought she was the bomb. I followed her around,… — Tina Knowles Copy Share Image
When I came to New York, to Brooklyn, I met Alvin Ailey and Stanley Crouch and August Wilson. They were always putting… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The way Alvin Ailey has transformed modern dance and dance in general is the fact of variety. It's a cornucopia of ways… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
“All my life I've been fascinated by the precipice in all of us. When you come to it, you either choose to… — Kathy Petrakis Copy Share Image
