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[nickdewolfarchive]

boston, massachusetts 1974

alvin ailey city center dance theater

photograph by nick dewolf https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/27132638561

[tubbsmccracken]

Honouring the Magnificent Judith Jamison, dance luminary, and Alvin Ailey Artistic Director Emerita, She will be missed.

[trascapades]

👑🕊#ArtIsAWeapon

Wow! Peaceful journeys to the regal trailblazing dancer #JudithJamison, who transitioned today at age 81. She was stunning and showed us the power of dance and beauty of Black bodies in rhythmic motion! Soar Queen!

Her passing ends an already unusually awful week that started with #QuincyDelightJonesJr also leaving this realm and the death of democracy with the re-election of a demon as the next U.S. president. Sheesh.

VIA @NYTIMES: Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey Dancer of ‘Power and Radiance,’ Dies at 81

She became an international star as a member of the company and later directed it, guiding it out of debt and boosting its popularity.

Judith Jamison, a majestic dancer who became an international star as a member of #AlvinAiley American Dance Theater and who directed the troupe for more than two decades, building it into the most successful modern dance company in the country, died on Saturday in Manhattan. She was 81.

Her death, at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, was announced by Christopher Zunner, a spokesman for the Ailey company, who said she died “after a brief illness.”

At 5-foot-10, Ms. Jamison was unusually tall for a woman in her profession. “But anyone who’s seen her onstage is convinced she’s six feet five,” the critic Deborah Jowitt wrote in The New York Times in 1976.

“I was the antithesis of the small-boned, demure dancer with a classically feminine shape.” Ms. Jamison (pronounced JAM-ih-son) wrote in her 1993 autobiography, “Dancing Spirit.”

Read more:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/arts/dance/judith-jamison-dead.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Photo credits (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution:

1.) Judith Jamison in Geoffrey Holder’s The Prodigal Prince (1967), photo by Jack Mitchell

2.) Judith Jamison in Alvin Ailey's Cry (1971), Photo by R. Faligant

3.) Judith Jamison in Alvin Ailey's Cry (1971), photo by Jack Mitchell

4.) Judith Jamison in John Butler's Facets (1972), photo by Jack Mitchell

5.) Judith Jamison photo by Andrew Eccles.

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Good morning 💜

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre

https://www.alvinailey.org/

[dailyrannells]

joshgad: The time has come to say goodbye to our wonderful rehearsal space at @/alvinailey HQ and hello to our beautiful #jamesearljonestheatre as we begin our March toward our first preview next week!!! #gutenbergbway

[kelly-clarksons]

kellyclarksonshow: @ tylerposey58 & @ tayediggsinsta are bringing #TheRealFullMonty to Kelly today! PLUS #Monsters Ari Graynor, Sir Robert Hartwell of @ bwaycollective, a special performance from @ alvinailey American Dance Theater and an adorable update from @ mesalibrary!

[bustoutyt]

ALVIN AILEY SHOW.. if you havent gone.. GO! #shorts #ballet #alvinailey

ALVIN AILEY SHOW🩰😍.. if you haven’t gone.. GO! #shorts #ballet #alvinailey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2MWTwNA2hE via Bust Out https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5eoA_cbrNFJ8m6t6wuteIA February 11, 2025 at 01:21AM

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Edges of Ailey

The Whitney's tribute to Alvin Ailey #art #dance #AlvinAiley #museums

[jamieroxxartist]

Birthday Remembrances. Today, Jan 5, 1931 – #AlvinAiley, American dancer and choreographer, founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (d. 1989) was born.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Ailey)

[nickdewolfarchive]

boston, massachusetts 1974

alvin ailey city center dance theater

photograph by nick dewolf https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/27132638371

[cartermagazine]

Today In History Alvin Ailey was born on January 5, 1931, in Rogers, Texas. His experiences of life in the rural South would later inspire some of his most memorable works. Ailey was introduced to dance in Los Angeles by performances of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Katherine Dunham Dance Company, and his formal dance training began with an introduction to Lester Horton’s classes by his friend Carmen de Lavallade. In 1958, he founded Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to carry out his vision of a company dedicated to enriching the American modern dance heritage and preserving the uniqueness of the African-American cultural experience. He established the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center (now The Ailey School) in 1969 and formed the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble (now Ailey II) in 1974. Mr. Ailey was a pioneer of programs promoting arts in education, particularly those benefiting underserved African American communities. CARTER™ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #alvinailey #blackhistory #staywoke #blackhistorymonth #history #ballet #blacktwitter https://www.instagram.com/p/CnB6ddMummT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[trascapades]

🎊 #ArtIsAWeapon Remembering and honoring the trailblazing #AlvinAiley, who was born on this day - January 5 - in 1931. Y'ALL, GO SEE "Edges of Ailey ... the first large-scale museum exhibition to celebrate the life, dances, influences, and enduring legacy of [the] visionary artist and choreographer," on view through February 9, 2025 at the @whitneymuseum! Admission is free on Fridays from 5PM-10PM, every second Sunday of the month, and everyday for people aged 25 and under.

"This dynamic showcase—described as an 'extravaganza' by curator Adrienne Edwards—brings together visual art, live performance, music, a range of archival materials, and a multi-screen video installation drawn from recordings of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) repertory to explore the full range of Ailey’s personal and creative life."

Image 1 and caption reposted from @WhitneyMuseum "The most unique thing in the world is you. If you can take these steps and show us yourself through it, that will be an extraordinary experience for the audience. The dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people."—Alvin Ailey

Today we celebrate the visionary artist and choreographer who was born on this day in 1931.

There are just a few weeks left to experience Edges of Ailey at the Whitney. The exhibition that brings together visual art, live performance, music, and a range of archival materials is on view only through February 9.

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Image 1 📷Jack Mitchell, #AlvinAiley, 1962. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. © Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution

#EdgesOfAiley #BlackArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks #AlvinAileyExhibit #ArtExhibit #TheWhitneyMuseum

[tubbsmccracken]

The fabulous Alvin Ailey Dance Company.

[listening2images]

#MovementMeditation in to the new 👁 @alvinailey dance company 1990s —— #ListeningToImages #Archives #HapticImages #BlackGaze #BlackArchives #BlackAndWhitePhotos #Afrofuturism #AfricanArchives #Listening2Images #CathodeRayStudio #AlvinAiley #Dancers #BlackDancers #Movement #JackMitchell (at 2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYO6sCUI0WV/?utm_medium=tumblr

[larsfredriksvedberg]

#carlvanvechten #alvinailey #1955 https://www.instagram.com/p/CYaCBAgqPPn/?utm_medium=tumblr