Edges of Ailey

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Edges of Ailey offers a revelatory look at the life, work, and legacy of the legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey. "A rich, multitudinous window into the world of the choreographer Alvin Ailey. . . . It does everything but dance."—Leah Greenblatt, New York Times Alvin Ailey is... Read More

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Edges of Ailey

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A revelatory look at the life, work, and legacy of the legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey

Description

Edges of Ailey offers a revelatory look at the life, work, and legacy of the legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey.

"A rich, multitudinous window into the world of the choreographer Alvin Ailey. . . . It does everything but dance."—Leah Greenblatt, New York Times

Alvin Ailey is one of the most celebrated choreographers of the twentieth century. The creator of iconic works such as Blues Suite, Revelations, and Cry, he is widely recognized for the dance company he founded in 1958 when he was just twenty-seven years old. Ailey imagined and cultivated a platform for modern dance through his innovative repertoire, interdisciplinary sensibility, and support of dancers and choreographers. This expansive volume situates Ailey within a broader social, creative, and cultural context, looking at the artists who influenced and collaborated with him, the spaces and scenes he frequented, the dynamic themes within his dances, and how his vision and work changed contemporary dance.

Essays by artists, scholars, and critics cover topics ranging from the Black church, the South, and the Great Migration to nightclubs, musical influences, and queerness. With more than four hundred images including photographs of works Ailey choreographed, archival materials such as notebooks, sketches, letters, and never-before-published behind-the-scenes photos, and conversations about the legacy of the company with Sylvia Waters, Judith Jamison, and Masazumi Chaya, as well as several contemporary dancers and scholars, this study offers an unprecedented full picture of one of the twentieth century's leading artists and the way his work continues to inspire today's generation of dancers.

Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Exhibition Schedule:

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

(September 25, 2024–February 9, 2025)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300278842

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 January 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 259 color + 167 b-w illus.

Contributors:

Contributions by Kate Elswit
Edited by Adrienne Edwards
Contributions by Harmony Bench
Contributions by Thomas F. DeFrantz
Contributions by Malik Gaines
Contributions by Jasmine Johnson
Contributions by Aimee Meredith Cox
Edited by Adrienne Edwards
Contributions by Horace D. Ballard
Contributions by Harmony Bench
Contributions by Kate Elswit
Contributions by Aimee Meredith Cox
Contributions by Thomas F. DeFrantz
Contributions by Malik Gaines
Contributions by Jasmine Johnson
Contributions by Joshua Lubin-Levy

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 235.0mm

Height: 311.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 388

Collections

Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Adrienne Edwards is Engell Speyer Family Senior Curator and Associate Director of Curatorial Programs.