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Rocka my soul

Title
Rocka my soul [videorecording] / produced and directed by Gordon Kelly.
Publication
[1967?].

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Ailey, Alvin
  • Abbott, Loretta
  • Faison, George, 1945-
  • Godreau, Miguel
  • Jamison, Judith
  • Miller, Sharron
  • Rotardier, Kelvin
  • Taylor, Lynne
  • Truitte, James
  • Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015
  • Beatty, Talley
  • Ailey, Alvin
  • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
  • DHCA.
Description
  • 1 streaming video file (30 min., 38 sec.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
  • 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (31 min.) : sd., col. ;
Summary
Made-for-television documentary on the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Alvin Ailey discusses the company and the excerpts performed, which come from Talley Beatty's The Road of the Phoebe Snow and Ailey's own Revelations ("I been buked," "Take me to the water," "You may run home"/"Rocka my soul") and Blues suite ("House of the rising sun," "Yancey Special").
Uniform Title
  • Blues suite (Choreographic work : Ailey)
  • Road of the Phoebe Snow (Choreographic work : Beatty)
Subject
  • Dance companies > United States
  • Dance, Black > United States
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Scenery, David Weber ; lighting, Dan Jones.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewer: Yvonne Barkley (?).
  • Interviewee: Alvin Ailey.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 8840
OCLC
NYPY896038619-F
Title
Rocka my soul [videorecording] / produced and directed by Gordon Kelly.
Imprint
[1967?].
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Credits
Scenery, David Weber ; lighting, Dan Jones.
Performer
Interviewer: Yvonne Barkley (?).
Interviewee: Alvin Ailey.
Danced by Loretta Abbott, Enid Aytch, George Faison, Miguel Godreau, Consuelo Houston, Judith Jamison, Sharron Miller, Elbert Morris, Kelvin Rotardier, Lynne Taylor, James Truitte, and Dudley Williams.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-1492.
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Local Subject
Television. Rocka my soul.
Added Author
Ailey, Alvin, choreographer.
Ailey, Alvin, interviewee.
Abbott, Loretta, dancer.
Faison, George, 1945- dancer.
Godreau, Miguel, dancer.
Jamison, Judith, dancer.
Miller, Sharron, dancer.
Rotardier, Kelvin, dancer.
Taylor, Lynne, dancer.
Truitte, James, dancer.
Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015, dancer.
Beatty, Talley, choreographer.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
DHCA.
Ailey, Alvin. Revelations
Added Title
Blues suite (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Road of the Phoebe Snow (Choreographic work : Beatty)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 8840
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