The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- ISBN-10
- 0688083048
- ISBN-13
- 9780688083045
- Category
- Choreographers
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1978
- Publisher
- New York : Morrow
- Author
- Joseph H. Mazo
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