Alvin Ailey

Could chipmunks and squirrels be the same animal? Well alvin and the chipmunks were great dancers and singers do you think these hamsters do? Well chipmunks might not dance but they do communicate by making noises. Chipmunks are small mammals, that live all around the world, with a diet that is important for Earth, and intriguing lifestyle. They are cute small animals that can do much, just like squirrels. But their are some interesting facts about them that you probably didn’t know about them.…

religious beliefs caused him to attempt exemption, but his plea was not granted (“Commentary on Alvin C. York”). While on a mission in the Argonne Forest, Alvin was assigned to take down one of the german armies machine gun bases. While meandering through the forest behind enemy lines his squadron was attacked by machine gun fire and lost half of their men. The entire squadron took up defensive positions (“Alvin York” 9 Aug.…

mountains of East Tennessee. While only a thousand people call Pall Mall home they seem to embraces the roots that it offers as such with it being the birthplace of Sergeant Alvin C. York and the sight of his post-war homestead with his wife Miss Gracie. The Wolf River flows through the middle of Pall Mall and onto the burial site of Alvin York and his relatives. Being flanked…

Moonlight is a 2016 film directed by Barry Jenkins, based on In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, an unpublished play by Tarell Alvin McCraney. The story follows a Chiron, a black boy growing up in Miami, through three distinct vignettes. These vignettes, spaced about ten years apart, depict Chiron’s childhood through young adulthood, as he struggles with poverty, trauma, bullies, and his own crystalizing sense of sexuality and masculinity. From a sociological perspective, the film is…

Alvin Ailey’s Legacy in Modern Dance Alvin Ailey was one of the greatest choreographers of his time and his legacy still lives on through his techniques and his preeminent dance company. Despite racial issues growing up, he overcame them by building a successful career based on expressing his emotions of the life he lived as a child. After graduating high school, he learned from one of the greatest modern choreographers who came before him, later landed a job on Broadway, and then created his…

and then it molded into postmodern and finally, postmodern contemporary. Choreographers like Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, and David Parsons have impacted the way modern has changed by their movement,…

dancers and choreographers, we have studied so far, I believe that they have broken out of traditional representations and stereotypes of black bodies. Examples of this are seen through major figures such as Katherine Dunham, Pearl Primus, and Alvin Ailey. Katherine Dunham was one of the major figures that helped break traditional representations. She was known as the “Matriarch and Queen Mother of Black Dance.” She was the director and founder of Katherine Dunham Dance Company that opened in…

the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance. He has also written multiple books such as Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey’s Embodiment of African American Culture, which includes both of the previously stated articles. This book was published in 2004. In his article “Black Modernism” and “Situating Revelations”, DeFrantz addresses Black Modernism in dance and analyzes Revelations by Alvin Ailey. He begins by writing about how African aspects are utilized by many choreographers and dancers. However,…

choreographed by Alvin Ailey which in his words, "is dedicated to all black women everywhere, especially our mothers." Ailey 's subject matter or work is greatly reinforced by his use of space. Spatial elements such as levels, planes, shapes and paths are used commonly. This dance was meant to be a birthday present for Ailey 's mother Lula who is the subject matter, it 's inspired by the events of his childhood and his mother 's life such as his mother 's rape and their abandonment by Ailey 's…

was a master of body movement, and was considered a living breathing institution of information. The Dunham company helped launch the career of many African American performers, such as Alvin Ailey, Rosalie King, Eartha Kitt, and Walter Nicks. They then used her teaches to further their lives in dance. Alvin Ailey even uses the teachings he learned for Katherine Dunham in his own school. Katherine Dunham was a magnificent women who left behind a huge impact on the world and revolutionized dance…