Alvin Ailey
The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000
The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1965-uu-uu.
Host: Marian Horosko. Recorded in 1965 at Clark Center YWCA, New York.
Ailey discusses his dance training and career; the influence of his black heritage on his choreography for the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre; choreographing for the Harkness Ballet Company; his jazz training with Jack Cole; the concept of a repertory dance company; teaching at Clark Center where his company is based; his general orientation toward dance as theater.
WNYC archives id: 46118
