Ailey Quotes
- I'm born originally in Toronto, and I have what I call my 'Fame' story. I took a Greyhound bus and went to Alvin Ailey and… — Laurieann Gibson
- My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress. — Sanaa Lathan
- DeFrantz's study...is not the first book about the protean Ailey, who was born in hardscrabble Texas in 1931 and died in 1989 after creating close… — Alvin Ailey
- I danced growing up. I had two friends of mine that, actually, one of them wound up dancing with Alvin Ailey. — Lisa Ann Walter