Alvin Ailey

On stage 4 productions, 8 years

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Worked with more than once3 names

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Also credited on2 works

Ambassador
La Strada

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In the literature8 passages

• Cast : Harry Belafonte (The Prophet, He), Margaret Tynes (She), Mary Hinkson (Dancing She), Alvin Ailey (Dancing He), Michael Evans (The Observer), Art Dilks (The Buddy); They: Joe Boatner, Doryce Brown, Betty Chretien, William Glover, Peg Hadley, Neal Kenyon, Cynthia Misrock, Vicki Panvini, Howard Roberts, Greta Wolff, Ken Clifford; The…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act One: The Beginning: “Creation” (Harry Belafonte); “I Need She” (Harry Belafonte; danced by Alvin Ailey); “We’ll Call It Love” (Harry Belafonte, Margaret Tynes; danced by Mary Hinkson and Alvin Ailey); “Man Smart” (Harry Belafonte, Male Chorus, Margaret Tynes, Female Chorus; danced by Mary Hinkson and Alvin Ailey); “(I Got) Contagious”…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act Three: Much Later: “Jump Down, Spin Around” (Harry Belafonte, Chorus; danced by Mary Hinkson and Alvin Ailey); “There Is a Sound” (Harry Belafonte, Ensemble); “The Blues Is Man” (Harry Belafonte; danced by Mary Hinkson); “I Found Me” (Harry Belafonte, Margaret Tynes, Ensemble)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Cast: Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Juanita Hall, Ray Walston, Dino DiLuca, Geoffrey Holder, Rawn Spearman, Frederick O’Neal, Carmen De Lavallade, Alvin Ailey, Arthur Mitchellebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Cast: Lena Horne, Ricardo Montalban, Josephine Premice, Adelaide Hall, Ossie Davis, Erik Rhodes, Joe Adams, Alvin Ailey, Billy Wilsonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• The supporting cast was distinguished. It included Adelaide Hall, Ossie Davis, Erik Rhodes, Josephine Premice and, as lead male dancer, Alvin Ailey. But ten days before rehearsals were to begin, there was still not a name big enough to carry the show.ebooks/Kissel, Howard/David Merrick - The Abominable Showman_ The Unauthorized Biography (Applause Books) - Howard Kissel.txt

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