Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater Poster: Museum Object and Cultural History
Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater Poster: date made: 1974. Object Name: poster. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
Poster for the Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater at the City Center 55 Street Theater from May 14 to June 2, 1974. The artist for the poster is Michael Hampton. Alvin Ailey was an African-American choreographer who is credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing African-American participation in concert dance.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1974
- Object Name: poster
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 41 in x 27 in; 104.14 cm x 68.58 cm
- Subject: Dance
- ID Number: 2008.0119.05
- accession number: 2008.0119
- catalog number: 2008.0119.05
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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