My Feelings About Myself Have Been Terrible.

But The Dance Speaks To Everyone. Otherwise It Wouldn't Work.

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.

The Creative Process Is Not Controlled By A Switch You Can Simply Turn On Or Off; It's With You All The Time.

My Dancers Must Be Able To Do Anything, And I Don't Care If They Are Black Or White Or Purple Or Green. I Want To Help Show My People How Beautiful They Are. I Want To Hold Up The Mirror To My Audience That Says This Is The Way People Can Be, This Is How Open People Can Be.

My Lasting Impression Of Truman Capote Is That He Was A Terribly Gentle, Terribly Sensitive, And Terribly Sad Man.