What is Alvin Ailey?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} [[File:Alvin Ailey Ellington career.jpg|thumb|200px|Alvin Ailey in 1955]] '''Alvin Ailey''' (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an [[Americans|American]] [[ballet]] [[dancer]] and [[choreographer]]. He was born in [[Rogers, Texas]]. == Awards received == * [[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship]] * [[Spingarn Medal]] (1976) * [[Kennedy Center Honors]] (1988) * [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] * [[Capezio Dance Award]] (1997) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ailey, Alvin}} [[Category:American choreographers]] [[Category:LGBT African-Americans]] [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:1989 deaths]] [[Category:LGBT people from Texas]] {{us-bio-stub}}