Robert Battle was around 13 years old when he first saw dancers perform a work by the pioneering Black choreographer Alvin Ailey. “It was a revelation,” he recalls. As a bullied child with artistic ...

Hinton Battle, who won Tony Awards (featured actor in a musical) for his performances in “Miss Saigon,” “Sophisticated Ladies” and “The Tap Dance Kid,” has died at 67. No cause of death was mentioned.

In a time of unchecked racial discrimination and segregation, dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey created an unprecedented platform for the silenced: the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Founded ...