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- Title
Winner of the William M. Jones Award at the 2021 Popular Culture Association Conference: The Choreographer as Intellectual: Alvin Ailey's Ideas about Black Modern Dance.
- Abstract
The article focuses on American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist Alvin Ailey. Topics include his choreographic work "Revelations," the production's tribute to African-American spiritual culture, and Ailey's philosophy on Black art and Black dance. Other Ailey productions "Blues Suite," "Song of Hiawatha," and "Night Creature," are also discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AILEY, Alvin, 1931-1989; AFRICAN American choreographers; CHOREOGRAPHERS; AFRICAN American dancers; MODERN dance; REVELATIONS (Theatrical production); BLUES Suite (Theatrical production); NIGHT Creature (Theatrical production)
- Publication
Journal of American Culture, 2021, Vol 44, Issue 3, p237
- ISSN
1542-7331
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jacc.13286