Ailey's company was one of America's most popular dance troupes. The company continued touring around the world, with U.S. State Department backing. AAADT were the first modern dancers to visit the former Soviet Union since the 1920s. In the 1970s Ailey slowed his choreographic assignments to attend to the administrative and fund-raising operations associated with his ever expanding company Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The school relocated to 229 East 59th Street in Manhattan to share a renovated church building with Pearl Lang. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Pearl Lang Dance Company shared rehearsal
Ailey's company was one of America's most popular dance troupes. The company continued touring around the world, with U.S. State Department backing. AAADT were the first modern dancers to visit the former Soviet Union since the 1920s. In the 1970s Ailey slowed his choreographic assignments to attend to the administrative and fund-raising operations associated with his ever expanding company Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The school relocated to 229 East 59th Street in Manhattan to share a renovated church building with Pearl Lang. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Pearl Lang Dance Company shared rehearsal