African Holiday / by Peter Long in association with Vivienne Stenson ; directed by Alvin Ailey, 1960 - house program. 1960.

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African Holiday / by Peter Long in association with Vivienne Stenson ; directed by Alvin Ailey, 1960 - house program. 1960.

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Crest Theatre Foundation.

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Long, Peter B.

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Crest Theatre.

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Stenson, Vivienne.

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Ailey, Alvin, 1931-1989

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Alvin Ailey (b. Jan. 5, 1931, Rogers, TX–d. Dec. 1, 1989, New York, NY) 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. In 1977, Ailey was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP. He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1988. In 2014, President Barack Obama selected Ailey to be a posthumous recip...