Wade In The Water
At school we are learning/ about one of Alvin Ailey's most successful dances he has choreographed and this is my first time learning his dance which is so exciting to me.My class and I might go next year and watch the Alvin Ailey company perform which is amazing because I have never gone to see one. The costumes for our performance is going to be really cool because we the girls have these long swaying skirts that will really add and accent to the whole dance. When my mini group performs there will be many turn's so that the skirt will really move with our whole body movements. See you soon!!

Alvin Ailey ELA project

Alvin Ailey

I have been learning about Alvin Ailey for the past 3 weeks and he is very interesting. He grew up in a very poor family during The Great Depression. His father abandoned him and his mother when his was only 6 months old which is very sad because that means he practically never got to meet his dad/or will never remember him. Lester Horton was a gigantic part of Alvin's dancing life because when he died Alvin Ailey took over and became the director which is a part to take over from being a student to being a director. In the beginning of his dancing he used to dance at a night club in San Fransisco. When he started his own personal dance company it was made of only 8 african-americans.I hope you this made you want to read more about him!!

THANKYOU!!!