Ailey was a quiet boy, but he found that dance was a way for him to express his emotions and to express his thoughts.

艾利是一个安静的男孩，但他发现舞蹈是他表达情感和表达思想的一种方式。

In the next year, 1954, Ailey moved from Los Angeles to New York City and began dancing in some of the shows and performances in New York.

第二年，也就是 1954 年，艾莉从洛杉矶搬到了纽约市， 并开始在纽约的一些演出和表演中跳舞。

Despite the focus being on the African American experience, Ailey made sure that his own dance company was always racially integrated, always had both whites and blacks and those of other races as part of the dance performances.

尽管重点放在非裔美国人的体验上，但艾利确保他自己的舞蹈团始终具有种族融合性，始终将白人和黑人以及其他种族的人作为舞蹈表演的一部分。