Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: 50 Years Cultural Ambassador to the World
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- Eric N. Hong, photographer; hand coloring by Midori Fujioka. Alvin Ailey, founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (009.00.00) Digital ID # aa0009.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Jack Mitchell, photographer. Lester Horton Dance Theater members (left to right): James Truitte, Joyce Trisler, Alvin Ailey, and Lelia Goldoni in Ailey’s first choreographic work, According to St. Francis, 1954. Lester Horton Dance Theater Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Photograph © Jack Mitchell (001.00.00) [Digital ID #aa0001.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Photographer unknown. Members of the Lester Horton Dance Theater (left to right): Alvin Ailey, Misaye Kawasumi, Roland Goldwater, and Lelia Goldoni in an early Ailey work, La Creation du Monde, 1954. Lester Horton Dance Theater Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (002.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0002.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Alvin Ailey. Handwritten teaching notebook with notes on exercises based on the dance technique of Lester Horton, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (006.00.00, 006.00.01) [Digital ID # aa0006.jpg; aa0006_1.jpg] These images used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Photographer unknown. Ailey in a studio portrait, 1955. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (005.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0005.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Erick Smith, photographer. Carmen de Lavallade and Alvin Ailey in an early production of Blues Suite, ca. 1960. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (013.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0013.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Costas, photographer. Masazumi Chaya in Blues Suite, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0029.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Jack Mitchell, photographer. Masazumi Chaya (bottom) and Ralph Glenmore in Jennifer Muller’s Speeds, 1974. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Photograph © Jack Mitchell (030.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0030.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Photographer unknown. Alvin Ailey, Ella Thompson Moore, and Myrna White in Revelations, ca. 1960. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (014.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0014.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Photographer unknown. Alvin Ailey in Revelations, ca. 1960. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (019.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0019.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
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- Raimund Vogel and Hady Müller, photographers. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Revelations, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division. Library of Congress (020.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0020.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Paul Kolnik, photographer. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Revelations, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Photograph © Paul Kolnik (021.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0021.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Paul Kolnik, photographer. Briana Reed and Amos J. Machanic, Jr. in Revelations, 2000. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Photograph © Paul Kolnik (015.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0015.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Photographer unknown. Alvin Ailey and Carmen de Lavallade with the celebrated modern dancer Ruth St. Denis at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (003.00.00, 004.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0003.jpg, aa0004.jpg] These images used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Photographer unknown. Judith Jamison, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Alvin Ailey, ca. 1976. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (011.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0011.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Susan Cook, photographer. Alvin Ailey with Coretta Scott King, 1977. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (012.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0012.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Mario Ruiz, photographer. Alvin Ailey with John Travolta, 1978. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (010.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0010.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Fred Fehl, photographer. Clover Mathis, Hector Mercado, Christa Mueller, Kenneth Pearl, Estelle Spurlock, Clive Thompson, Dudley Williams, and Sara Yarborough in Ailey’s Streams, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Courtesy of Gabriel Pinski (024.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0024.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Bill Hilton, photographer. Sara Yarborough and Clive Thompson in Ailey’s The Lark Ascending, 1972. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Courtesy of Bill Hilton (025.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0025.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Bill Hilton, photographer. AAADT in Ailey’s Night Creature, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Courtesy of Bill Hilton (026.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0026.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
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- Johan Elbers, photographer. Judith Jamison in Ailey’s The Mooche, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (023.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0023.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Kenn Duncan, photographer. Maxine Sherman in Ailey’s Memoria, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0022.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Photographer unknown. AAADT in Ailey’s For Bird—With Love, ca. 1984. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (027.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0027.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Jack Mitchell, photographer. Gary DeLoatch in Ailey’s For Bird—With Love (1984). Poster. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress Photograph © Jack Mitchell (062.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0062.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- The Magic of Katherine Dunham, 1987. Poster. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (007.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0007.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Coreen Simpson, photographer. Alvin Ailey with Katherine Dunham, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Photograph © Coreen Simpson (008.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0008.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Louis Johnson, costume designer. Design for the Chorus Boys in Fontessa and Friends, ca. 1981. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Courtesy of Louis Johnson (036.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0036.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Jack Vartoogian, photographer. Men from AAADT as Chorus Boys in Louis Johnson’s Fontessa and Friends, ca. 1981. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Photograph © Jack Vartoogian/FrontRowPhotos (037.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0037.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Louis Johnson, costume designer. Design for the character Ragtime in Fontessa and Friends, ca. 1981. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Courtesy of Louis Johnson (040.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0040.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Jack Mitchell, photographer. Desmond Richardson as Ragtime in Louis Johnson’ s Fontessa and Friends, ca. 1981. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Photograph © Jack Mitchell (041.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0041.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
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- Louis Johnson, costume designer. Design for Fontessa in Fontessa and Friends, 1981. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Courtesy of Louis Johnson (038.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0038.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Bill Hilton, photographer. Donna Wood as Fontessa and Gary DeLoatch as Ragtime in Louis Johnson’s Fontessa and Friends, ca. 1981. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Courtesy of Bill Hilton (039.00.00)
[Digital ID # aa0039.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Carol Vollet (Garner) Kingston, costume designer. Design for Ailey’s Au Bord du Precipice, created for the Paris Opera Ballet, ca. 1983. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (042.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0042.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Rodolphe Torette, photographer. The Paris Opera Ballet’s principal dancer Patrick Dupond in Ailey’s Au Bord du Precipice. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (043.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0043.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- R. Faligant. Judith Jamison in Cry, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (028.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0028.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Official White House photograph, 1999. AAADT’s Artistic Director, Judith Jamison, receives the Kennedy Center Honor from President Bill Clinton. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (032.00.00)
[Digital ID # aa0032.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Paul Kolnik, photographer. Clifton Brown in Love Stories, choreographed by Judith Jamison with Robert Battle and Rennie Harris in 2004. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Photograph © Paul Kolnik (031.00.00)
[Digital ID # aa0031.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Andrew Eccles, photographer. Glenn Allen Sims in Hans van Manen’s Solo, 2005. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Photograph © Andrew Eccles (033.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0033.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Paul Kolnik, photographer. Richard Witter in Geoffrey Holder’s The Prodigal Prince, 1968. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Photograph © Paul Kolnik (035.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0035.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Fifth Annual Formosa (Taiwan) Arts Festival (1990). Poster. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (063.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0063.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Selected programs from international and national productions. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (045.00.00, 046.00.00, 048.00.00, 049.00.00, 050.00.00, 051.00.00, 052.00.00, 054.00.00, 056.00.00, 057.00.00, 060.00.00, 061.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0045.jpg, aa0046.jpg, aa0048, aa0049, aa0050-52, aa0054, aa0056, aa0057, aa0060, aa0061] These images used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
- Andrew Eccles, photographer. Studio portrait of Jamar Roberts, Amos J. Machanic, Jr., and Olivia Brown, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Photograph © Andrew Eccles (034.00.00) [Digital ID # aa0034.jpg] This image used by permission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
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