Alvin Ailey

Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) was a choreographic giant in the modern dance world and a champion of African-American talent and culture. This biography tells the moving story of a man who wove his life and culture into his dance. 27 illustrations.

* Busy As Soon As He Was Born * A Light And Shadowed Paradise * Love And Need And Growing Up * Approaching Center * Hard Times But The Best Times * Studio Days * Filling Lester Hortons Shoes * Coming Of Age In New York * The First Concept * Songs of Trouble, Songs of Love * Revelations * A New York Family * Back To Acting, On To Asia * Hot And Perfect * Prophets With Little Honor * Back On The Road Again * Threw All Dance Clothes Into Wastebasket * Back In Business, Several Times * African Odyssey * Budgets, Boards And Two Good-Byes * An Anger In The Air * Climbing * Family Matters * The Board Arrives * Daddy Wore Khaki Pants * Ellingtonia * None But My Calling * Breakdown * A Formal Feeling * Kansas CityAnd Beyond * Up And Down, Again * So Easy To Break, And Yet So Strong * Afterword