Some of Ailey 's works include  sokolow's quotations.

In her book "Alvin Ailey - A life in dance"  Jennifer Dunning writes about the strong hold that Sokolow's Rooms had on Alvin,.."He had not had the
courage to ask Sokolow directly for such a major and difficult work, instead' he wrote to her about acquiring another dance, adding that he felt it would be too much to ask for Rooms. She immediately proposed staging that signature piece for Ailey company".