Person · 1931–1989
Alvin Ailey
The choreographer who founded a world-renowned dance company and put the Black American experience at the center of modern dance.
A master of [[black-stage]].
Alvin Ailey's 1958 company and his signature work "Revelations", drawing on gospel and the blues, became one of the most beloved and widely toured in the world, opening modern dance to Black artists and audiences.