And finally today, few people have had a more improbable career in the arts than Alvin Ailey, a Black boy born into deep poverty in the segregated South at the height of the Great Depression. Yet ...

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Judith Jamison, a renowned performer and choreographer who devoted most of her dance career to the trailblazing Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, has died. Jamison died Saturday after a brief ...

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“A scene ends in blackout and suddenly the stage is ablaze with a burnished, orange sun. Out come the women, in white frocks and wide hats, their hands aflutter in a desperate, probably losing battle ...

Alvin James Bourgeois, age 90, passed away peacefully on April 19, 2018 from congestive heart failure. He had lived in his home on Goosehaven Drive in Lafayette, CO for about 13 years. During the last ...

Alvin Charles Robertson died November 24, 2018 at Good Samaritan Loveland Village at the age of 98. Alvin was born on August 7, 1920 in Ft. Collins, Colorado, the son of Charles and Elsie (Neumeyer) ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Robert Battle, artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, about the company's 2023 tour, which explores themes of love and joy. And finally today, few ...