The deal also mentions that Fox will be working with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater company, “which granted full cooperation from the organization that controls the rights to Ailey’s choreography.” The package also includes the rights to Jennifer Dunning’s biography “Alvin Ailey: A Life In Dance.” Screenwriter Julian Breece (“Buppies,” “When They See Us”) has been hired to pen the screenplay. As per IndieWire: “Ailey, who passed away in 1989, was a celebrated African-American choreographer and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (which is still going strong in NYC) and the Ailey School in New York City. Ailey helped popularize modern dance, and his “Revelations” is widely considered to be best known modern dance piece in history.” Contribute Hire me
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