Ailey

[ ey-lee ]

noun

1. Alvin, Jr., 1931–1989, U.S. dancer and choreographer.

Example Sentences

Yet, across the world, people connected with Ailey because of how he embedded memories and storytelling into the medium.

From Essence.com

Despite all of his success, Wignot makes it clear that Ailey’s journey was not a glamorous one.

From Essence.com

Ailey also struggled to navigate his personal life, keeping his private relationships under wraps until the very end.

From Essence.com

Instead of starting from the beginning, Wignot unpacks Ailey’s legacy as it stands now and how his spirit and mark on the dance world continue to evolve and thrive today.

From Essence.com

Also scheduled is the premiere of resident choreographer Jamar Roberts’s “A Jam Session for Troubling Times,” inspired by jazz great Charlie Parker, and “Ailey & Ellington,” a showcase of ballets Ailey set to scores by Duke Ellington.

From Washington Post

He is at Alvin Ailey studios to teach a packed master class.

From The Daily Beast

She and the president have gone to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to watch the Alvin Ailey Dance Company.

From The Daily Beast