#alvinailey — Public Fediverse posts

Towards the end of his life, Duke Ellington became both close friends and collaborators with Alvin Ailey. A fan since his teenage years, Ailey felt it was one of his life’s missions to do whatever he could to honor his musical idol especially in the light of his spring 1974 passing due to complications of Lung Cancer. This CBS special would form the foundations of 2 new Ailey ballets: “The Mooche” and “Night Creature”.
#LaEsoterica #AlvinAiley #DukeElllington #Jazz #dance

Next up we have excerpts from 1974’s “CBS Special: Ailey Celebrates Ellington” (https://youtu.be/wSsu-owfz2w?si=0GRRD2sPo8omYG84) which features dance pieces choreographed by Alvin Ailey-dancer, choreographer, activist and founder of The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in honor of the life and works of Jazz legend Duke Ellington.
#LaEsoterica #AlvinAiley #DukeElllington #Jazz #dance

#WMPG honors #BlackHistoryMonth

"WMPG recognizes Black History Month with special programming throughout the month of February, highlighting the voices, music, history, and lived experiences of Black artists, activists, and storytellers.

Tune in to hear programs that celebrate Black creativity and resilience across genres and generations, from music that shaped movements to conversations that deepen our understanding of the past and present."

Segments include:
#MarshaPJohnson, #RobertLewis, #EarthaKitt, #MalcomX, #AlvinAiley, #BobGreen, #ChadwickBoseman, #DukeEllington, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLord, #ATribeCalledQuest, #OtisRedding, #NelsonMandela, #GarzaCullorsTometi, #LeslieOdomJr, #NinaSimone, #AudraMcDonald #BelHooks, #Beyonce, #FlorencePrice, #JamesBaldwin, #MuhammadAli, #ScottJoplin, #GraceVenuzaRogers, #BobTheDragQueen, #GordonParks, #KobeBryant, #WEBDubois, #BarackObama, #AudreLorde, #Lizzo, #KatherineJohnson, #ClaudetteColvin, #RhiannonGiddens, #TaranaBurke, #TeresaKachindamoto, #ShirleyChisholm, #ThurgoodMarshall, #HarrietTubman, #JohnBrownRusswurm, #StevieWonder, #LeadBelly, #MaryMcleodBethune, #ShirleyChisolm, #LeonardCummings, #MaeJemison, #BadBrains, #CornelWest, #MaconBollingAllen, #SpikeLee, #BeverlyGlennCopeland, #AngelaDavis, #SojournerTruth, #HankAaron, #BillieHoliday, #GeraldTalbot, #TrevorNoah, #JosephineBaker, #JackieRobinson, #ArethaFranklin, #ToniMorrison, #RobertLewis, #IndigoArts

Listen:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-honors-black-history-month/

#BlackHistory #BlackArtists #BlackMusicians #BlackActivists #CommunityRadio #CollegeRadio

#WMPG honors #BlackHistoryMonth

"WMPG recognizes Black History Month with special programming throughout the month of February, highlighting the voices, music, history, and lived experiences of Black artists, activists, and storytellers.

Tune in to hear programs that celebrate Black creativity and resilience across genres and generations, from music that shaped movements to conversations that deepen our understanding of the past and present."

Segments include:
#MarshaPJohnson, #RobertLewis, #EarthaKitt, #MalcomX, #AlvinAiley, #BobGreen, #ChadwickBoseman, #DukeEllington, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLord, #ATribeCalledQuest, #OtisRedding, #NelsonMandela, #GarzaCullorsTometi, #LeslieOdomJr, #NinaSimone, #AudraMcDonald #BelHooks, #Beyonce, #FlorencePrice, #JamesBaldwin, #MuhammadAli, #ScottJoplin, #GraceVenuzaRogers, #BobTheDragQueen, #GordonParks, #KobeBryant, #WEBDubois, #BarackObama, #AudreLorde, #Lizzo, #KatherineJohnson, #ClaudetteColvin, #RhiannonGiddens, #TaranaBurke, #TeresaKachindamoto, #ShirleyChisholm, #ThurgoodMarshall, #HarrietTubman, #JohnBrownRusswurm, #StevieWonder, #LeadBelly, #MaryMcleodBethune, #ShirleyChisolm, #LeonardCummings, #MaeJemison, #BadBrains, #CornelWest, #MaconBollingAllen, #SpikeLee, #BeverlyGlennCopeland, #AngelaDavis, #SojournerTruth, #HankAaron, #BillieHoliday, #GeraldTalbot, #TrevorNoah, #JosephineBaker, #JackieRobinson, #ArethaFranklin, #ToniMorrison, #RobertLewis, #IndigoArts

Listen:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-honors-black-history-month/

#BlackHistory #BlackArtists #BlackMusicians #BlackActivists #CommunityRadio #CollegeRadio

#WMPG honors #BlackHistoryMonth

"WMPG recognizes Black History Month with special programming throughout the month of February, highlighting the voices, music, history, and lived experiences of Black artists, activists, and storytellers.

Tune in to hear programs that celebrate Black creativity and resilience across genres and generations, from music that shaped movements to conversations that deepen our understanding of the past and present."

Segments include:
#MarshaPJohnson, #RobertLewis, #EarthaKitt, #MalcomX, #AlvinAiley, #BobGreen, #ChadwickBoseman, #DukeEllington, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLord, #ATribeCalledQuest, #OtisRedding, #NelsonMandela, #GarzaCullorsTometi, #LeslieOdomJr, #NinaSimone, #AudraMcDonald #BelHooks, #Beyonce, #FlorencePrice, #JamesBaldwin, #MuhammadAli, #ScottJoplin, #GraceVenuzaRogers, #BobTheDragQueen, #GordonParks, #KobeBryant, #WEBDubois, #BarackObama, #AudreLorde, #Lizzo, #KatherineJohnson, #ClaudetteColvin, #RhiannonGiddens, #TaranaBurke, #TeresaKachindamoto, #ShirleyChisholm, #ThurgoodMarshall, #HarrietTubman, #JohnBrownRusswurm, #StevieWonder, #LeadBelly, #MaryMcleodBethune, #ShirleyChisolm, #LeonardCummings, #MaeJemison, #BadBrains, #CornelWest, #MaconBollingAllen, #SpikeLee, #BeverlyGlennCopeland, #AngelaDavis, #SojournerTruth, #HankAaron, #BillieHoliday, #GeraldTalbot, #TrevorNoah, #JosephineBaker, #JackieRobinson, #ArethaFranklin, #ToniMorrison, #RobertLewis, #IndigoArts

Listen:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-honors-black-history-month/

#BlackHistory #BlackArtists #BlackMusicians #BlackActivists #CommunityRadio #CollegeRadio

#WMPG honors #BlackHistoryMonth

"WMPG recognizes Black History Month with special programming throughout the month of February, highlighting the voices, music, history, and lived experiences of Black artists, activists, and storytellers.

Tune in to hear programs that celebrate Black creativity and resilience across genres and generations, from music that shaped movements to conversations that deepen our understanding of the past and present."

Segments include:
#MarshaPJohnson, #RobertLewis, #EarthaKitt, #MalcomX, #AlvinAiley, #BobGreen, #ChadwickBoseman, #DukeEllington, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLord, #ATribeCalledQuest, #OtisRedding, #NelsonMandela, #GarzaCullorsTometi, #LeslieOdomJr, #NinaSimone, #AudraMcDonald #BelHooks, #Beyonce, #FlorencePrice, #JamesBaldwin, #MuhammadAli, #ScottJoplin, #GraceVenuzaRogers, #BobTheDragQueen, #GordonParks, #KobeBryant, #WEBDubois, #BarackObama, #AudreLorde, #Lizzo, #KatherineJohnson, #ClaudetteColvin, #RhiannonGiddens, #TaranaBurke, #TeresaKachindamoto, #ShirleyChisholm, #ThurgoodMarshall, #HarrietTubman, #JohnBrownRusswurm, #StevieWonder, #LeadBelly, #MaryMcleodBethune, #ShirleyChisolm, #LeonardCummings, #MaeJemison, #BadBrains, #CornelWest, #MaconBollingAllen, #SpikeLee, #BeverlyGlennCopeland, #AngelaDavis, #SojournerTruth, #HankAaron, #BillieHoliday, #GeraldTalbot, #TrevorNoah, #JosephineBaker, #JackieRobinson, #ArethaFranklin, #ToniMorrison, #RobertLewis, #IndigoArts

Listen:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-honors-black-history-month/

#BlackHistory #BlackArtists #BlackMusicians #BlackActivists #CommunityRadio #CollegeRadio

#WMPG honors #BlackHistoryMonth

"WMPG recognizes Black History Month with special programming throughout the month of February, highlighting the voices, music, history, and lived experiences of Black artists, activists, and storytellers.

Tune in to hear programs that celebrate Black creativity and resilience across genres and generations, from music that shaped movements to conversations that deepen our understanding of the past and present."

Segments include:
#MarshaPJohnson, #RobertLewis, #EarthaKitt, #MalcomX, #AlvinAiley, #BobGreen, #ChadwickBoseman, #DukeEllington, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLord, #ATribeCalledQuest, #OtisRedding, #NelsonMandela, #GarzaCullorsTometi, #LeslieOdomJr, #NinaSimone, #AudraMcDonald #BelHooks, #Beyonce, #FlorencePrice, #JamesBaldwin, #MuhammadAli, #ScottJoplin, #GraceVenuzaRogers, #BobTheDragQueen, #GordonParks, #KobeBryant, #WEBDubois, #BarackObama, #AudreLorde, #Lizzo, #KatherineJohnson, #ClaudetteColvin, #RhiannonGiddens, #TaranaBurke, #TeresaKachindamoto, #ShirleyChisholm, #ThurgoodMarshall, #HarrietTubman, #JohnBrownRusswurm, #StevieWonder, #LeadBelly, #MaryMcleodBethune, #ShirleyChisolm, #LeonardCummings, #MaeJemison, #BadBrains, #CornelWest, #MaconBollingAllen, #SpikeLee, #BeverlyGlennCopeland, #AngelaDavis, #SojournerTruth, #HankAaron, #BillieHoliday, #GeraldTalbot, #TrevorNoah, #JosephineBaker, #JackieRobinson, #ArethaFranklin, #ToniMorrison, #RobertLewis, #IndigoArts

Listen:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-honors-black-history-month/

#BlackHistory #BlackArtists #BlackMusicians #BlackActivists #CommunityRadio #CollegeRadio

In case you didn't already know it, or had forgotten, Alvin Ailey Dance Company is fabulous! So lucky to have seen them Friday.

https://www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/alvin-ailey-american-dance-company-returns-to-the-academy-of-music

#Dance #Philadelphia #AlvinAiley

[Thread] So, it took having to do a search on the website, but I managed to find the #BlackHistoryMonth audio archives on the #WMPG website. Hopefully, the ones from 2025 will also be posted on their website (and the ones already posted won't disappear...).

Black History month - daily short history audio features

Posted February 3, 2021 by 'mpger

"Everyday in the month of February (Black history month), WMPG is airing a short audio feature about an influential Black man or woman in history. We’ll hear about people from Maine to Malawi. We celebrate scientists, radicals, teachers, preachers, musicians, athletes, and those who fought to followed their dreams. You can hear them all again right here: #BillieHoliday , #LeonardCummings , #MaconBollingAllen , #HarrietTubman , #NelsonMandela , #ShirleyChisholm , #MarshaPJohnson , #GordonParks , #JackieRobinson, #AngelaDavis , #ThurgoodMarshall , #StevieWonder , #Lizzo , #CornellWest , #TrevorNoah , #MaeJemison , #TaranaBurke , #AlvinAiley , #JosephineBaker, #RhiannonGiddens, #SunRa, and #LaverneCox."

Link to mp3 audio files:
https://www.wmpg.org/black-history-month-daily-short-history-audio-features/
#BlackHistory #BlackMusicians #BlackHistoricalFigures #CommunityRadio #WMPGFM

The Way to the Promised Land, Benny Andrews. From Edges of Ailey exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art. #art #AlvinAiley #WhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt https://offtheleash.net/2025/01/26/edges-of-ailey/

The Whitney's tribute to Alvin Ailey #art #dance #AlvinAiley #museums

http://offtheleash.net/2025/01/26/edges-of-ailey/

Alvin Ailey Dance Company at the Whitney:

Majestic...

https://youtu.be/L4QL5M42gtc?si=j8Hrhdm2io7dgOdM

#alvinailey #AlvinAileyAmericanDanceTheater

Exciting new director for Alvin Ailey, inspiring story.

#AlvinAiley #AliciaGraf

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/arts/dance/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater-alicia-graf-mack.html

#RIPJudithJamison #JudithJamison

Photo: Jack Mitchell/Getty
#Dance #AlvinAiley

This one hits deep & personally

#JudithJamison, #AlvinAiley #Dancer of ‘#PowerAndRadiance,’ Dies at 81

She became an international star as a member of the company & later directed it, guiding it out of debt & boosting its popularity.

[personal note, I grew up studying #dance; 1st in my park district community center, then with the #Chicago City #Ballet - #CCB, then my beloved #HubbardStreet, & last stop -- Alvin Ailey. This loss is near unbearable]

#NeverStopDancing
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/arts/dance/judith-jamison-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Alvin Ailey: new exhibition celebrates the life and legacy of a dance icon https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/oct/17/alvin-ailey-new-exhibition-whitney-new-york #Artanddesign #Exhibitions #AlvinAiley #Culture #Stage #Dance #Art

Song of the Day January 5 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Alvin Ailey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Ailey

Brut America - The Life of Alvin Ailey

https://youtu.be/Uj_qoMzTgpY?si=OLhGm4SvmMFvOYsG

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #January5 #AlvinAiley #AlvinAileyDanceTheater #Dancer #CivilRightsLeader #Choreographer #Iconoclast #Activist #1950s #1960s #1970s #1980s #Biography

Song of the Day January 5 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Alvin Ailey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Ailey

Brut America - The Life of Alvin Ailey

https://youtu.be/Uj_qoMzTgpY?si=OLhGm4SvmMFvOYsG

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #January5 #AlvinAiley #AlvinAileyDanceTheater #Dancer #CivilRightsLeader #Choreographer #Iconoclast #Activist #1950s #1960s #1970s #1980s #Biography

Song of the Day January 5 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Alvin Ailey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Ailey

Brut America - The Life of Alvin Ailey

https://youtu.be/Uj_qoMzTgpY?si=OLhGm4SvmMFvOYsG

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #January5 #AlvinAiley #AlvinAileyDanceTheater #Dancer #CivilRightsLeader #Choreographer #Iconoclast #Activist #1950s #1960s #1970s #1980s #Biography

#sadlerswells #ballet #alvinailey Finished off with the Alvin Ailey warhorse: Revelations! Lovely event!

#sadlerswells #ballet #alvinailey A truly breathtaking (for both audience and dancers!) performance of Ronald Brown’s Dancing Spirit as the second piece.

#sadlerswells #ballet #alvinailey Back at Sadler’s Wells for the second time in a week to see the wonderful dancers of the Alvin Ailey Dsnce company perform 😊

#BlackFriday #AlvinAiley #Dancer #Choreographer #AlvinAileyAmericanDanceTheater

"One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody."

— Alvin Ailey
Dancer, choreographer, and director #AlvinAiley died of complications from AIDS on December 1st, 1989.

On #WorldAIDSDay I honor the legacy of every artist, dancer, writer, musician, parent, bricklayer, sex worker, office drone, nurse, and activist whose lives were stolen by this disease.

We remember you.