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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Beyond The Steps
This dazzling cinema verité documentary follows the extraordinary dancers and renowned choreographers of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater as they do everything it takes to keep American modern dance fresh and a legacy alive. Award-winning [...]
Ancient Ink
From a tattooed pig to a secret Masonic code hidden in a tattoo to the baffling concept of invisible tattoos, this is the shocking world of ANCIENT INK. Tattoos are an ancient ritual practiced around [...]
Where the Green Ants Dream
“Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.” – Werner Herzog. In the wilds of Australia, aboriginal tribes observe their ancient legends and laws evolved over 40,000 [...]
Quest For Dragons
A spirited exploration of the history, science, and legend of the world’s most notorious beast — the dragon, the best-known creature that never was. Throughout history, dragons influenced wars, science, art, and religion. They appear [...]
The First Olympics
Return to ancient Greece and witness the Bacchanalian excess and raw competition of THE FIRST OLYMPICS. While the gods looked down, brutal contests of boxing, wrestling, chariot racing, and an early form of no-holds-barred fighting [...]
Aztec Empire, The
When explorer Hernando Cortés arrived in the New World in 1519, he found the present-day nation of Mexico dominated by the Aztecs. Highly skilled farmers, builders, and merchants, they were also savage warriors who practiced [...]
Skin Deep: The Business of Beauty
Today’s youth obsessed culture has spawned an estimated 50 billion dollar a year cosmetic industry and half a billion cosmetic surgeries are performed every year in this country alone. But this fervor to be ever-young [...]
Peter The Great: The Tyrant Reformer
Towering over his people, he was a physical giant determined to shatter tradition and force his nation into the modern world. By the time Peter the Great was finished building cities and conquering nations, Russia [...]
The Inked Best of Season One
EVERY BODY HAS A STORY A&E® is pleased to present eight of the best episodes from the debut season of their latest hit reality series INKED, an inside, up-close look at the art of tattoo [...]
