Content And Context - Alvin Ailey

Question 1

What happened in 1960

Answer 1

Revelations was choreographed and first performed

Question 2

When did the company go on their 2 1/2 month 10 country tour of Africa funded by the state department?

Answer 2

1967

Question 3

In what year did Ballet Folklorico perform revs and why did they?

Answer 3

1968 and for Olympic opening ceremony in Mexico City

Question 4

What happened in 1974?

Answer 4

The company got its first full touring schedule to show off best dancers of school and company

Question 5

When did the AAADT move into their custom built studios?

Answer 5

1980

Question 6

When did Jamison premiere ‘divining’?

Answer 6

1984

Question 7

In what year was the company the first co to go on a government sponsored tour of China

Answer 7

1985

Question 8

When did Ailey die?

Answer 8

1989 December 1st aged 58

Question 9

What happens in 1995?

Answer 9

Two more studios added to building to expand capacity of AAADC for more rehearsal space

Question 10

What happened in 1991?

Answer 10

Masazumi Chaya now artistic director

Question 11

What year was JJ awarded a Bessie award for lifetime commitment to the arts?

Answer 11

2007

Question 12

When is the 50th anniversary of the company?

Answer 12

2008

Question 13

When is Robert Battle named artistic director?

Answer 13

2010

Question 14

In what year did Jamison celebrate 50 years with the company??

Answer 14

2015

Question 15

When did the company do an international tour?

Answer 15

2016

Question 16

When was Robert Battle born?

Answer 16

August 1972

Question 17

What happened to Robert Battle three weeks after his birth?

Answer 17

He was adopted by his great-uncle Willie Horne

Question 18

When did Robert Battle graduate The Julliard School?

Answer 18

1994

Question 19

What is Robert Battles company called and when was it founded?

Answer 19

Battleworks Dance Company - 2001

Question 20

When did Battle choreograph The Hunt?

Answer 20

2001

Question 21

When did Battle become artistic director of the AAADT?

Answer 21

2011

Question 22

When did Ailey die?

Answer 22

1989

Question 23

When was ‘Blues Suite’ first performed?

Answer 23

1958 on 92nd Street, dedicated to Lester Horton

Question 24

When was the company’s first international tour and where did they go?

Answer 24

1962
Far east
South East
Asia
Australia

Question 25

When did Jamison watch the AAADT for the first time?

Answer 25

1964

Question 26

When did Jamison dance with the AAADT for the first time?

Answer 26

1965

Question 27

When was the 2 1/2 month, 10 country tour of Africa?

Answer 27

1967

Question 28

When was Revelations performed by Ballet Folklorico?

Answer 28

In 1968 for the Mexico City Olympics

Question 29

When did the company receive a grant from the Rockerfellar Foundation?

Answer 29

1968

Question 30

When did the AAADT move to the Brooklyn Academy of Music?

Answer 30

1969

Question 31

What award did JJ receive in 1972?

Answer 31

The dance magazine award

Question 32

When did the AAADT go from stage to screen?

Answer 32

1974 in the show 'memories and visions'

Question 33

In what year did Ailey receive a dance magazine award?

Answer 33

1975

Question 34

When did the financial crisis hit the company?

Answer 34

1970

Question 35

What statement did Ailey issue when the company hit a financial crisis?

Answer 35

The company may have to be dissolved due to insufficient funds

Question 36

How did the AAADT work through the financial crisis?

Answer 36

The Dance Theater Foundation Inc. was set up. It is a non-profit organisation to sustain funds and keep the company going through the financial crisis

Question 37

When did Ailey choreograph Cry?

Answer 37

1971 on Jamison, as a birthday present for his mum

Question 38

What happened in 1977?

Answer 38

Ailey performs for President Carter at the opening of studio 54

Question 39

What happened in 1978?

Answer 39

It was the 20th anniversary of the AAADT

Question 40

What happened in 1980?

Answer 40

The company relocated to four new studios built to their specifications on Broadway.

Question 41

When did JJ choreograph Divining?

Answer 41

1984

Question 42

When did Masazumi Chaya accept the role of assistant rehearsal director?

Answer 42

1986

Question 43

When was the company's 30th anniversary and what award did Ailey receive in the same year?

Answer 43

1988, Ailey received The Kennedy Center Honour for a lifetime contribution to american culture through performing arts

Question 44

When did JJ become artistic director of the company?

Answer 44

1989

Question 45

Where did the company move to in 1989?

Answer 45

The upper west side of Manhattan

Question 46

How old was Ailey when he died?

Answer 46

58

Question 47

Where did the company travel to in 1990?

Answer 47

Russia

Question 48

What happened to Masazumi Chaya's career in 1991?

Answer 48

He accepts the role of Associate Artistic Director at the request of JJ

Question 49

What did JJ create in 1993?

Answer 49

Hymn, her powerful tribute to Ailey

Question 50

In which year was JJ's autobiography released?

Answer 50

1994

Question 51

What happened to the studio location in 1995?

Answer 51

Two more studios are built to expand the Dance Center

Question 52

Which olympic games did the AAADT perform at in 1996?

Answer 52

Atlanta Olympic Games

Question 53

In what year did the AAADT return to South Africa?

Answer 53

1998

Question 54

What award did JJ get in 1999?

Answer 54

Her first prime time Emmy Award for outstanding choreography

Question 55

In what year did the AAADT perform on Sesame Street with Big Bird and Elmo?

Answer 55

2001

Question 56

What happened in 2002?

Answer 56

Masazumi Chaya celebrates his 30th anniversary with the AAADT

Question 57

When does the AAADT open the Joan Weill Center for dance?

Answer 57

2004, it is their first permanent home in Manhattan

Question 58

In what year does Ailey II celebrate its 30th anniversary?

Answer 58

2005

Question 59

When was the Ailey School founded?

Answer 59

1969