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Alvin Ailey and a group of black modern dancers perform for the first time as members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York’s 92nd Street YM-YWHA.
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The Alvin Ailey Dance Theather becomes a resident of YWCA
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs in a Chicago program entitled “My People: First Negro Centennial,” a collaboration between Duke Ellington and Talley Beatty.
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater participates in the first Negro Arts Festival in Dakar, Senegal.
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater embarks on a two-and-a-half month, 10 country tour of Africa for the State Department.
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater appears for the first time at New York’s City Center.
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On November 15, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater gives a special performance for President Jimmy Carter at the White House.
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On February 8, a ceremony in Washington, DC commemorates the donation of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Archives to the Library of Congress.
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Robert Battle became Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in July 2011
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For the first time in over a decade, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performed at Lincoln Center.
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After two decades of transformative leadership, Joan H. Weill retires as Chairman of the Board of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation.