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Abby.S. Alvin Ailey

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ALVIN ALIEY

BY:ABBY SCHMITT
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Alvin

  • He was born on January 5,1931
  • He died on 1,1989 NYC
  • Age 58
  • From AIDS
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WHAT IS AIDS

  • AIDS is a disease that mostly gay people get.
  • You can get it by sharing blood with someone or sleeping with them.
  • Most people die when they get the disease.

Family

  • Mother: Lula Elizabeth Ailey.
  • Father Alvin ____.
  • His mom was 17 when he was born.
  • When he was 6 months his father left the family
  • When he was 5 his mother 22 was raped
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Early Years

  • After his mother was raped it left him afraid of whites
  • But earlier experiences in southern baptist church,
  • Installed some fierce black pride in him
  • That would later figure prominently in Ailey's works
  • He was very poor growing up and till he was about 34

Obsticales

  • He was growing uo during segregation.
  • He didnt tell his mom he was a dancer for the first two years
  • Dad left family when he was only 6 months old!
  • He was gay and many people didnt except that
  • He was a very poor could not pay taxes

His company is

Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre

Qualities=sucess "examples"

  • Alvin Ailey struggled with segregation
  • He didnt get excepted
  • But they were wrong he made it in life

Types of dance

Classic Ballet,Jazz,Tap,Contemporary
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What we can learn

We can learn to work hard,you may not just get things

Refrences

Wikipedia,ChaCha
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Rest In Peace Alvin Ailey

Your dancing is shared around the world today:)
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Thanks for watching

Hope you enjoyed :)
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