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Ailey was born in the rural town of Rogers, Texas, USA. His childhood memories and experiences often informed his choreography; the most notable of his works was "Blues Suite", "Cry" (choreographed for Judith Jamison), and "Revelations", a ballet based on Ailey's observations and experiences in Black Baptist churches that was set to traditional Negro Spirituals. "Revelations" has the distinction of being one of the most performed ballets in the world. Beginning his dance career in 1953 with Lester Horton's dance company, Ailey assumed the artistic direction of Horton's company after Horton's death in 1953. In 1958, Ailey's seven member dance company, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, made its debut at the 92nd Street YMHA in New York City. Keeping a unique perspective about dance, he did not use his dance company merely as a vehicle to showcase his own choreography; he developed the Ailey American Dance Theater into a repertory company that provided art and entertainment while institutionalizing modern dances, helping preserve and develop old and new works by a variety of choreographers. Before his death in 1989, he had choreographed seventy-nine ballets, received New York's Handel Medallion, the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for lifetime contributions to modern dance, and in 1988, the Kennedy Center honored him for lifetime achievement in the performing arts. Additionally, Ailey's company was sent on several world tours by the U. S. State Department performing in the Soviet Union, France, Denmark, Finland, Morocco, and throughout South America to enthusiastic audiences and critics. After his death in 1989, his protege and former principal dancer Judith Jamison became artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater furthering the Ailey dance tradition and artistic mission that is applauded and acknowledged throughout the world.- Bill Stout was born on 4 September 1927 in Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ugly American (1963), The Candidate (1972) and Science Fiction Theatre (1955). He died on 1 December 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Joel Glickman was born on 29 July 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an assistant director and producer, known for For Love of Ivy (1968), Brother John (1971) and Last Summer (1969). He died on 1 December 1989.- Qenan Toro was born on 30 December 1931 in Tirana, Albania. He was an actor, known for Toka jonë (1964), The Discussion (1961) and Shpresa (1988). He died on 1 December 1989 in Tirana, Albania.
- Actor
Chief Thundersky was born on 14 November 1911 in Saint-Regis, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor. He died on 1 December 1989 in Hamilton, Ohio, USA.- Actress
Audrey changed her name to Audre when she embarked on her modelling and acting career in the early 1950's. She appeared mainly on the stage, running her own theatre company in Montreal Canada in the 1960's. She appeared in several movies filmed on location in Canada, including "Niagara" starring Marilyn Monroe (for which she was not credited) and "The Luck of Ginger Coffey" as Ms. Monture. She was an acting coach, and includes such actors as Michael Sarasin among her students. She later married and hosted her own radio talk show in Illinois as Audre Knecht.