Identify the aural setting in Ailey’s revelations 1960. How does the music help to communicate the themes found in the work and enhance movement content? Alvin Ailey uses traditional gospel and spirituals as his accompaniment. The music is reflective of the themes within Revelations in that they are working songs of oppressed African Americans‚ sad and joyful‚ but all the while hopeful. This mirrors the attitudes of African Americans when racism was accepted. The dance has 3 sections and 10 sub-sections
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Bibliography Primary Sources Ailey‚ Alvin‚ and A. Peter. Bailey. Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey. Bridgewater. NJ: Replica‚ 1999. Print. This book is about the life of Alvin Ailey and his successes and his struggles. This book contributes to my final product because it gives me pre-knowledge so that I can accurately grasp his style of dance. Alvin Ailey’s REVELATIONS. Dir. Alvin Ailey. Perf. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Alvin. Ailey’s REVELATIONS. Vimeo
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Alvin Aliey Like many great dance choreographers‚ Alvin Ailey is one of the greatest and well known choreographers there is. I chose to to do my research on this man because i am very familiar with his name and know current dancers and choreographers who attend his dance school. Hearing about Ailey since i was twelve years old‚ i always wanted to know more about him but never took the initiative to do so. So here‚ in this biography i will explain to you what i have learned and researched
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Contextualization of Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey used his culture and many childhood memories to base his choreography on. Church and worship played a huge role in the lives of black Americans and was the center of Ailey’s community. “The exuberance and poignancy of the black experience are well served in Ailey ’s splendid [dance pieces] Revelations‚ Blues Suite‚ and Cry." (www.answers.com/topic/alvin-ailey#ixzz1mIqCJyxf) “The church was always very important‚ very theatrical‚ very intense. The life
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2013 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Home Alvin Ailey was born January 5‚ 1931 to a teenage mother in Texas and grew up without his father in their lives. The name of the town was Navasota where he and his mother lived‚ at around 12 years of age they moved to Los Angeles where he learned to speak fluently in different languages. Ailey was inspired in the art of dance after seeing the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo perform; from that point on‚ dance was his passion. In 1949‚ Ailey studied
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Alvin Ailey Jr. was born January 5‚ 1931 in Roger‚ Texas. His parents were Alvin and Lula Elizabeth Ailey. Alvin Jr. was no more than one year old‚ when his father left him and wife. Both he and his mom moved to Los Angeles‚ California in 1942. At the age of five‚ his mother was raped by a white man. Ailey and many other black dancers were prevented from joining many dance companies due to racism. He felt agonized about having to be so guarded about his homosexuality. Ailey died of a rare blood
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the 5 dancers‚ through a baptism. In ‘wade in the water’ the dancers are placed between blue material sheets which are like a river. The music also talks about the river. In ‘I wanna be ready’ a solo male is dancing in a spot of white light. Aural Setting- Gospel music including
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Alvin Ailey Born on January 5th 1931‚ in Rogers‚ Texas USA. Alvin grew up in a small town of Navasota. When he was 5yrs of age his mother was raped by a group of white men‚ after that Alvin didn’t trust white people. Alvin as a young boy always had to fend for himself as his mother was working all the time to support them both in that economy (the recession). When Alvin’s school went on a school excursion to see the ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performed‚ Ailey was inspired to pursue dance. Ailey’s
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He also acted and danced in various productions. He created the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater in 1958 where he combined ballet‚ jazz‚ modern‚ and African dance techniques. He choreographed Revelations in 1960. It is considered his signature work and is the most popular critically acclaimed work. Ailey wrote Revelations as a representation of the faith of African Americans in the 1960’s‚ set to spirituals and blues music (Dunning‚ 1996)
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Question 1: Give an account of the socio-historic context of the work Cry In the early 17th Century‚ European settlers in North America turned to African slaves as a cheaper‚ more plentiful labour source than indentured servants. After 1619‚ when a Dutch ship brought 20 African ashore at the British colony of Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ slavery spread throughout the American colonies. Though it is impossible to give accurate figures‚ some historians have estimated that 6 to 7 million slaves were imported
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