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Memoria: Ailey Celebrates the Life of Joyce Trisler
Kenn Duncan, photographer. Maxine Sherman in Ailey’s Memoria, n.d. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00)
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Charlie Parker, Legendary Saxophonist
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)
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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)
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Choreographic Inspiration from Katherine Dunham
The Magic of Katherine Dunham, 1987. Poster. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (007.00.00)
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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)
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AAADT Performs Louis Johnson’s Fontessa and Friends
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)
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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)
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Louis Johnson’s Fontessa and Friends
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)
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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)
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“A Glorious Mess of a Piece”: Fontessa and Friends
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)
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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)
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Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix: Influences for Au Bord du Precipice
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)
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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)
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Jamison Receives the Kennedy Center Honor
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)
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Judith Jamison: Choreographer
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)
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Hans van Manen’s Solo
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)
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Geoffrey Holder’s The Prodigal Prince
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)
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on Tour
Fifth Annual Formosa (Taiwan) Arts Festival (1990). Poster. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (063.00.00)
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AAADT Delights Audiences
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)
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AAADT at Fifty
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)
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