![]() ![]() As a schoolboy, he took dance lessons, and became especially good at tap dancing (which was popular at the time), but he did not take it that seriously. His parents separated when he was young, and Ailey was a lonely child who began to write poetry at an early age. His 17-year-old mother was so poor and malnourished that she was unable to nurse him. I didn’t want all the same bodies, or all the same color, in my company.I want my dancers to feel that they were not just black dancers, that they were part of society."Īlvin Ailey Carl Van Vechten Īlvin Ailey was born in 1931 in Rogers, Texas. When he came to the Broadway stage, he found the perfect combination of people and opportunities to realize his dreams.Īiley, explaining why he wanted to create an integrated dance company, said: "I’ve always felt that I wanted to celebrate differences in people. ![]() Ailey was a pioneer who started his own company. "Modern Dance" is a phrase that refers to a wide range of nonballetic dance forms. ![]()
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