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| Title | : | Alvin Ailey: A Life In Dance |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.22 (575 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0306808250 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-23 |
| Language | : | English |
Alvin Ailey (19311989) was a choreographic giant in the modern dance world and a champion of African-American talent and culture. 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.Now, for the first time, the complete story of Ailey’s life and work is revealed in this biography. 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. But he led a tortured life, filled wit
Poorly written Bought as a gift for a trained ballet dancer who worships Alvin Ailey. She was quite disappointed with the poor writing, and unfortunately put the book down before finishing.. A Customer said A lively portrait about a trailblazer of American dance.. This is a thorough, often riveting and eminently readable book about a trailblazer of American dance. A lively, affectionate and intimate portrait of this in every respect strongly gifted man who created the American Dance Theater.The dance critic and reporter of the New YorkTimes, Jenni. Honest and great portrait of the artist Schreiber Jennifer Dunning has written a stunning portrait of Ailey in this not-so-little book. And who better to write it than the master reviewer of the New York Times herself?There's not stone left unturned here, and Dunning presents even the basest part of Ailey's life in a palatible way. She
Ailey, a manic depressive full of self-doubt, retreated to alcohol, drugs, and promiscuity for self-affirmation off the stage. He lived a life of awful self-destruction, and then died of AIDS-related causes at age 58. . Dunning captures the greatness and the agony of Ailey's creative spirit. The life of a dancer and choreographer makes enormous physical demands, and the kind of adulation Ailey received as a young man takes a toll on the spirit. The great African-American choreographer Alvin Ailey created breathtaking modern dances,which changed the boundaries of the art form, and founded a school and a dance company to maintain the tradition. In this sensitive but searing biography, Jennifer Dunning, a dance critic with the New York Times, reveals the terrible personal pain that Ailey hid from his public
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