Edges of Ailey - Hardcover

Edwards, Adrienne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300278845 ISBN 13: 9780300278842

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

A revelatory look at the life, work, and legacy of the legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey
 
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 Chayathis 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 2, 2025)

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Adrienne Edwards is Engell Speyer Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0300278845
• ISBN 13: 9780300278842
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Whitney Museum of American Art; https://whitney.org/; ; 99 Gansevoort Street; New York; NY; 10014; USA
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar