Alvin Ailey's `Revelations'

Alvin Ailey's `Revelations'.

Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) was a world-class choreographer and pioneer in the world of dance. His signature masterpiece, "Revelations" may well have been seen by more people than any other ballet created in the 20th century.

Two years before his death in 1989, Ailey personally selected A. Peter Bailey to help him tell his story, after a chance meeting on a New York street. The result is "revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey" by Alvin Ailey with A. Peter Bailey and a...