Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Alvin Ailey Dancer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Jan 5, 1931
  • Died: Dec 1, 1989

Alvin Ailey was an African-American choreographer and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City. He is credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing African-American participation in 20th-century concert dance. His company gained the nickname "Cultural Ambassador to the World" because of its extensive international touring. Ailey's choreographic masterpiece Revelations is believed to be the best known and most often seen modern dance performance. In 1977, Ailey was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP. He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1988, just one year before his death. In 2014, President Barack Obama selected Ailey to be a posthumous recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work. work

Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music. music

My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man. sadness

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 more quotes from John Millington Synge

3 more quotes from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 wisdom & wit from William Butler Yeats

28 wisdom & wit from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 quotes from Dave Barry

27 quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 other quotes from Winston Churchill

74 other quotes from Winston Churchill