Alvin Ailey
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Alvin Ailey was a pioneering African American choreographer and founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, renowned for blending modern dance, ballet, jazz, and African diasporic traditions to celebrate Black cultural expression.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alvin Ailey canonical | 8 |
| Ailey | 1 |
| Alvin Ailey Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6770894 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alvin Ailey Context triple: [Katherine Dunham, influenced, Alvin Ailey]
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A.
Pearl Primus
Pearl Primus was a pioneering Trinidadian-American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist renowned for bringing African and African American dance traditions to the concert stage and using her work to confront racial injustice.
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B.
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham was a pioneering African American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist who revolutionized modern dance by integrating Caribbean and African diasporic movement into concert performance and founded one of the first Black modern dance companies in the United States.
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C.
Duwayne Dunham
Duwayne Dunham is an American film editor and director known for his work on major films and television series, including contributions to the Star Wars franchise.
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D.
Martha Graham
Martha Graham was a pioneering American modern dancer and choreographer whose innovative techniques and emotionally driven works revolutionized 20th-century dance.
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E.
José Limón
José Limón was a pioneering Mexican-American modern dancer and choreographer renowned for his powerful, humanistic works and for founding the influential Limón Dance Company.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alvin Ailey Target entity description: Alvin Ailey was a pioneering African American choreographer and founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, renowned for blending modern dance, ballet, jazz, and African diasporic traditions to celebrate Black cultural expression.
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A.
Pearl Primus
Pearl Primus was a pioneering Trinidadian-American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist renowned for bringing African and African American dance traditions to the concert stage and using her work to confront racial injustice.
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B.
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham was a pioneering African American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist who revolutionized modern dance by integrating Caribbean and African diasporic movement into concert performance and founded one of the first Black modern dance companies in the United States.
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C.
Duwayne Dunham
Duwayne Dunham is an American film editor and director known for his work on major films and television series, including contributions to the Star Wars franchise.
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D.
Martha Graham
Martha Graham was a pioneering American modern dancer and choreographer whose innovative techniques and emotionally driven works revolutionized 20th-century dance.
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E.
José Limón
José Limón was a pioneering Mexican-American modern dancer and choreographer renowned for his powerful, humanistic works and for founding the influential Limón Dance Company.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artistic director
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choreographer ⓘ dancer ⓘ founder ⓘ human ⓘ modern dance company ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Kennedy Center Honors
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Spingarn Medal ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | AIDS-related complications ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-01-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1989-12-01 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
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linked to:
Black Americans
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| familyName |
Ailey
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linked to:
Alvin Ailey
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| founded | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Alvin Ailey Jr.
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linked to:
Alvin Ailey
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | concert dance ⓘ |
| givenName | Alvin ⓘ |
| grewUpIn | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| hasNationality | American ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| influenced |
African American concert dance
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contemporary modern dance ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Lester Horton ⓘ |
| knownFor |
celebrating Black cultural expression through dance
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integrating modern dance, ballet, jazz, and African diasporic forms ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
African diasporic dance traditions
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ballet ⓘ jazz dance ⓘ modern dance ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Blues Suite
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Revelations ⓘ |
| occupation |
artistic director
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choreographer ⓘ dancer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rogers, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City, New York, United States
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linked to:
New York City
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| receivedHonor |
Kennedy Center Honors 1988
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linked to:
Kennedy Center Honors
Spingarn Medal 1976 ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City, New York, United States
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linked to:
New York City
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| studiedWith | Lester Horton ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (company history and archives)
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linked to:
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alvin Ailey Description of subject: Alvin Ailey was a pioneering African American choreographer and founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, renowned for blending modern dance, ballet, jazz, and African diasporic traditions to celebrate Black cultural expression.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Alvin Ailey