Defrantz's Study...is Not The First Book About The Protean Ailey, Who Was Born In Hardscrabble Texas In 1931 And Died In 1989 After Creating Close To 80 Works. But It Is Perhaps The Most Comprehensive, Combining Biography, Criticism, The Analysis Of Dance Criticism, And A Sort Of Corporate History, Siting The Now Firmly Established Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater In The International Cultural Landscape.
My Lasting Impression Of Truman Capote Is That He Was A Terribly Gentle, Terribly Sensitive, And Terribly Sad Man.
It Will Take Very Sophisticated Marketing To Achieve Our Aim Of Bringing More Black People Into The Theater.
We Still Spend More Time Chasing Funds Than We Do In The Studio In Creative Work.
Choreography Is Mentally Draining, But There's A Pleasure In Getting Into The Studio With The Dancers And The Music.
If You Live In The Elite World Of Dance, You Find Yourself In A World Rife With Racism. Let's Face It.