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Alvin Ailey
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Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey
(January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an African-American
choreographer
and
activist
who founded the
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
in
New York City
. He is credited with popularizing
modern dance
and revolutionizing African-American participation in
20th-century concert dance
. His company gained the nickname "Cultural Ambassador to the World" because of its extensive international touring. Ailey's choreographic masterpiece
Revelations
is believed to be the best known and most often seen modern dance performance. In 1977, Ailey was awarded the
Spingarn Medal
from the
NAACP
. He received the
Kennedy Center Honors
in 1988, just one year before his death. In 2014, President
Barack Obama
selected Ailey to be a posthumous recipient of the
Presidential Medal of Freedom
.
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