Solano Trindade's Gift to Alvin Ailey: New Evidence from the Black Archives of Mid-America.

The article discusses the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre company, founded by American choreographer and activist Alvin Ailey, which toured Brazil in 1963, allowing Ailey to encounter Afro-Brazilian culture as manifested in dance, music and spirituality. Explored is activist and dramaturge Solano...

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Published in:Black Scholar Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 6 - 21
Main Authors: Kabir, Ananya Jahanara, Negro, Francesca
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2019
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        Ailey, Alvin, 1931-1989
        Trindade, Solano
        African American choreographers
        African American dancers
        African American dance
        Afro-Brazilian mythology
        Brazil-United States relations
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          African American dancers
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          Brazil-United States relations
          Ailey, Alvin, 1931-1989
          Trindade, Solano
      ab: The article discusses the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre company, founded by American choreographer and activist Alvin Ailey, which toured Brazil in 1963, allowing Ailey to encounter Afro-Brazilian culture as manifested in dance, music and spirituality. Explored is activist and dramaturge Solano Trindade's gift to Ailey, a dossier of handwritten, typewritten and printed texts. Other topics discussed include how their is a lack of research on Ailey's Brazil tour of 1963 and details on Ailey's Afro-Brazilian encounter.
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