"“I’m a choreographer. I create movement and I’m searching for truth in movement.” American Masters PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/alvin-ailey-quotes-on-life-dance-and-the-black-experience/19654/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=American Masters |language=en-US}}"
Alvin Ailey Jr. was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). He created AAADT and its affiliated Alvin Ailey American Dance Center as havens for nurturing Black artists and expressing the universality of the African-American experience through dance.
"Making dances is an act of progress; it is an act of growth, an act of music, an act of teaching, an act of celebration, an act of joy." Dance Education for NYC Schools AILEY |url=https://ailey.org/community/aileydance-kids |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=AileyDance Kids Dance Education for NYC Schools AILEY |language=en}}"