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    Revelations-Alvin Ailey

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    Revelations Lighting – in ‘I been buked’ the stage is dark and there is only a yellow spot light on all the dancers who are in centre stage. This Symbolises the pain and the mood of the dancers. The lighting in Pilgrim Of Sorrow is much darker than In Move‚ Members‚ Move. This could be because there is a lot more hope in the third section. At the beginning of the dance there is little hope and pain is shown. In the second section the lighting is a blue wash across the stage and it is brighter than

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    Alvin Ailey – ‘Cry’ Give a chronological account of Ailey’s background‚ training and influences up to the time he made ‘Cry’. Discuss how this may have informed the narrative of the dance in the work ‘CryAlvin Ailey used his culture and countless childhood memories to base his choreography. His background‚ training and influences have informed and influenced the narrative of his work ‘Cry. The concept of cry was devised by Alvin Ailey. ‘Cry’ took its inspiration and stimulus from the suffering

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    effective from January 2011. Contents  [hide]  1 Career 2 Choreographic works 3 Prizes and Awards 4 References 5 External links [edit]Career Nacho Duato studied at the Rambert School of London‚[1] Maurice Béjart’s Mudra School in Brussels and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City alongside professional ballet dancer Shaylee Keith. He started his dancing career in Stockholm ’s Cullberg Ballet[2] and one year later he joined‚ Nederlands Dans Theater‚[3] with artistic director Jiří Kilián

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    Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey was a dancer‚ choreographer‚ and teacher whose vision and leadership lead him to create one of the major art institutes of our time. The famous Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. A choreographer is a person who creates dance compositions and plans and arranges dance movements and patterns for dances. Movement is a language as rich and expressive as written or spoken language. We understand and use movement language so naturally‚ we are often unaware of the many ways we use it

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    Maya Angelou Maya Angelou paved the way for many of today’s black poets. She is famous for her poems and series of autobiographies. Angelou has had an interesting life filled with many accomplishments. Maya Angelou was born as Marguerite Johnson on April 4‚ 1928‚ in St. Louis‚ Missouri. (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ 2nd Ed.) Her parents divorced when she was 3‚ she then lived with her mother. (Shaw‚ Taylor) At age 8 her mother’s boyfriend‚ Mr. Freeman‚ raped her. Angelou hid her dirty

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    Name: _______________________________________ Class: _______________ Date: _________________ “The Horton Technique” By Diana Dinerman Directions: Please read the attached article about Horton Technique and answer the following questions using complete sentences‚ proper grammar‚ punctuation‚ and capitalization. Modern Dance innovator Lester Horton (1906-1953) pioneered dance in Los Angeles from 1928-1953.  Today‚ Horton’s technique is taught in varying versions at numerous institutions

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    Hi! I am Alvin Ailey and I am a famous dancer and choreographer who in 1958that created the Alvin Ailey Dance Center in New York. I was born January 5‚ 1931 and sadly died December 1‚ 1989 of HIV/AIDS. I grew up during Racial Segregation so I pretty much had a hard time. I attended George Washington Carver High School and Later‚ Thomas Jefferson High School. I also attended a dance school called Horton’s School that thought us Classical ballet‚ jazz‚ and Native American dance. This school was the

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    went to was called Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The place of the performance is 131 W 55th Street between 6th and 7th avenues. The date and time of the performance was Saturday‚ Dec 16‚ 2017 at 2:00pm. I was 20 minutes late to the first performance because of the heavy traffic‚ but i did see a portion of the first dance. Heysel and I both saw this dance performance together. The order of the dances were The winter in Lisbon choreographed by Billy Wilson‚ Night Creature ‚ Cry and Revelations

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    Maya Angelou: Poet‚ Author‚ Actress and Dancer Maya Angelou: Poet‚ Author‚ Actress and Dancer Noel Alford University of Phoenix Maya Angelou: Poet‚ Author‚ Actress and Dancer On April 4th‚ 1928 an extraordinary woman was born in St. Louis Missouri to the late Bailey Johnson and Vivian Baxter Johnson when they seen her gorgeous face she was given a beautiful name Marguerite Ann Johnson. At the time of her birth no one knew how great she would be in our history of poetry‚ novels‚ movies‚

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    Alvin Ailey Research Paper

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    and Choreographers Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey‚ Jr. was an African American modern dancer‚ dance teacher and choreographer‚ who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Ailey was a gifted creator of dance expressing the African American cultural experience and history. His choreographic works live on in performances by the company he founded. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater toured extensively and regularly in Europe and Asia during Ailey’s lifetime‚ making Ailey a familiar name worldwide

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