That was the magic of Alvin Ailey.

这就是 Alvin Ailey 的魔力。

We're going to talk about Alvin Ailey.

我们要谈谈阿尔文·艾利。

Alvin Ailey was one of the most famous choreographers of the twentieth century.

阿尔文·艾利 (Alvin Ailey) 是二十世纪最著名的编舞家之一。

In 1958, Ailey started his own dance company, calling it the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

1958年， 艾利创办了自己的舞蹈团，取名为阿尔文·艾利美国舞蹈剧院。

Here in Los Angeles, Alvin Ailey saw dance for the first time.

在洛杉矶，Alvin Ailey 第一次看到了舞蹈。

The importance of this theater, and the importance of Alvin Ailey, in part, is that he was an African American.

这个剧院的重要性， 以及 Alvin Ailey 的重要性，部分在于他是一个非裔美国人。

Even though he was still young when he died, Alvin Ailey left a definite legacy to American culture.

尽管阿尔文艾利去世时还很年轻，但他为美国文化留下了明确的遗产。

Three days later, that man called me and asked me, would I like to join the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

三天后， 那个人打电话问我，我愿意加入阿尔文·艾利美国舞蹈剧院。

Alvin Ailey's American Dance Theater group began to go to other cities and give performances and eventually to other countries.

阿尔文·艾利的美国舞蹈剧团开始前往其他城市演出，并最终走向其他国家。

The owner of this dance theater, Lester Horton, died in 1953, just a few years after Alvin Ailey began to take lessons there.

这家舞蹈剧院的老板莱斯特·霍顿 (Lester Horton) 于 1953 年去世，就在阿尔文·艾利 (Alvin Ailey) 开始在那里上课几年后。

In addition to his dance company, Alvin Ailey was very involved in education, especially education in what we might describe as " underserved communities."

除了他的舞蹈团， Alvin Ailey 还积极参与教育，尤其是我们称之为“服务欠缺社区” 的教育。

Now, if you're like me, you probably don't know a lot about modern dance, but the story of Alvin Ailey is quite interesting.

现在，如果你像我一样， 可能对现代舞知之甚少，但阿尔文艾利的故事非常有趣。

The second influence is that of Alvin Ailey, one of the great modern dancers in the United States during the twentieth century and the founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

第二个影响是阿尔文·艾利，他是二十世纪美国最伟大的现代舞家之一， 也是艾尔文·艾利美国舞蹈剧院的创始人。

ALICE WINKLER: The jobs she did go on to have, by the 1950s, included singing in a nightclub, acting in the European tour of Porgy and Bess, dancing with Alvin Ailey on television, and recording an album called Calypso Lady.

到20世纪50年代，她的工作包括在夜总会唱歌，在欧洲巡回演出《波姬与贝丝》，在电视上与艾尔文·艾莉共舞，以及录制名为《卡里普索夫人》的专辑。