Research Catalog

Title

Blood memories [videorecording] / choreography, Donald McKayle ; music, Howard Roberts ; lyrics, Maureen Meloy.

Publication

[1976?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Jamison, Judith
• Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015
• Allen, Sarita
• Thompson, Clive, 1935-
• Britten, Enid
• Wood, Donna, 1954-
• Spurlock, Estelle
• Paris, Carl
• Kajiwara, Mari
• Littleman, Anita
• Shorter, Beth
• Yuan, Tina
• Dove, Ulysses
• Spears, Warren
• Jones, Melvin
• Adams, Charles
• Roberts, Howard A., 1924-2011.
• McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018
• Meloy, Maureen.
• Moody, Naomi.
• Sneed, Sherman.
• Niemann, Henry P.
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (112 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Blood memories (Choreographic work : McKayle)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Rehearsal onstage in rehearsal clothes.
• Recorded simultaneously by close-up and long-shot cameras. Disc 1 (55 min.): Close-up view. Disc 2 (52 min.): Long-shot view. At the end of the tapes, Britten, Spurlock, and Kajiwara repeat a brief section of Tributaries.

Funding (note)

• This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-781

OCLC

NYPY896039217-F

Title

Blood memories [videorecording] / choreography, Donald McKayle ; music, Howard Roberts ; lyrics, Maureen Meloy.

Imprint

[1976?]

Performer

Performed by members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: The Nile--Tributaries: Sarita Allen, Enid Britten, Mari Kajiwara, Anita Littleman, Beth Shorter, Estelle Spurlock, Tina Yuan, Donna Wood ; Fecundity: Judith Jamison ; We two: Clive Thompson and Britten, with Spurlock, Yuan, Kajiwara, Allen, Wood, Littleman ; Ceremony: Charles Adams, Masazumi Chaya, Ulysses Dove, Carl Paris, Warren Spears, Melvin Jones ; How wonderful is God: Dudley Williams with Wood, Spurlock, Yuan, Shorter, Kajiwara, Littleman, Allen, Britten ; The Mississippi--Estuary: Jamison ; River holler: Adams, Chaya, Dove, Paris, Spears, Jones ; A hand of cotch and a hock of ham: Williams, Thompson, Spurlock and company ; Delta flood: Allen, Britten, Kajiwara, Littleman, Shorter, Spurlock, Yuan, Wood ; Levee blues: Williams, Jamison ; Migration: Kajiwara, Adams, Dove, Chaya, Jones ; The Harlem--Captured waters: Jamison with Spurlock, Britten, Littleman ; Tar beach: Paris, Wood; Epilogue: Jamison, Thompson, Allen, Shorter, Yuan ; Moving: Adams, Chaya, Dove, Paris, Spears, Jones, Allen, Shorter, Yuan, Wood ; Blood memories--Williams and company. Vocalists: Naomi Moody (soprano), Sherman Sneed (baritone), Henry P. Niemann (tenor), and others.

Funding

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details

DVD.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-1458.

Added Author

Jamison, Judith, dancer.

Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015, dancer.

Allen, Sarita, dancer.

Thompson, Clive, 1935- dancer.

Britten, Enid, dancer.

Wood, Donna, 1954- dancer.

Spurlock, Estelle, dancer.

Paris, Carl, dancer.

Kajiwara, Mari, dancer.

Littleman, Anita, dancer.

Shorter, Beth, dancer.

Yuan, Tina, dancer.

Dove, Ulysses, dancer.

Spears, Warren, dancer.

Jones, Melvin, dancer.

Adams, Charles, dancer.

Roberts, Howard A., 1924-2011. Composer

McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018, choreographer.

Meloy, Maureen. Lyricist

Moody, Naomi. Singer

Sneed, Sherman. Singer

Niemann, Henry P. Singer

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Added Title

Blood memories (Choreographic work : McKayle)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-781