Research Catalog

Title

A memorial tribute [videorecording] : the life and legacy of Salvatore Aiello, February 26, 1944-October 14, 1995.

Publication

1995.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Kumery, Jerri.
• Maloy, Heather.
• Abbit, Bat.
• Tomlinson, Mel.
• Connerton, Martha.
• Hanlon, Kati.
• Cavanaugh, Jennifer.
• Crowder, Kimberly.
• Biondolino, William.
• Aiello, Salvatore
• North Carolina Dance Theatre.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (86 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Jerri Kumery/North Carolina Dance Theatre.

Uniform Title

Carmina burana (Choreographic work : Aiello)

Subject

• Aiello, Salvatore
• Memorial service
• Dancers > United States > 20th century
• Choreographers > United States > 20th century

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Special event coverage and commentary.
• Video.

Note

• Additional information, including program, provided by Jerri Kumery, North Carolina Dance Theatre.

Event (note)

• Videotaped at the Belk Theater, North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Charlotte, N.C., on November 20, 1995.

Contents

• Prelude: Serenade in C major for string orchestra [first movement] / music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; instrumental work.
• Reading / by Jerri Kumery, associate artistic director, North Carolina Dance Theatre.
• Retrospective / by Heather Maloy, Daniel L. Kirsch, Amy Blumenthal, Bat Abbit. A look back at Salvatore Aiello's career as performer, choreographer, and artistic director, combining biographical data, his own words, and quotations from critics and others.
• Artistic images: String quartet in G minor, Op. 10, andantino doucement expressif / music, Claude Debussy ; instrumental work accompanying slide show.
• Remarks / by Susan Cabot McKeithen, chairman of the board, North Carolina Dance Theatre.
• Sal dances / video presentation introduced by Kathy Bateson ; includes brief interviews with Salvatore Aiello and members of North Carolina Dance Theatre; rehearsal and performance footage of various works by Aiello, particularly The rite of spring; and excerpts from Norbert Vesak's The ecstasy of Rita Joe, danced by Aiello and Ana Maria de Gorriz. For a copy of this video, see *MGZIA 4-3255 Salvatore Aiello's memorial tape.
• Remembrances / by Liz Hair, Mel A. Tomlinson, Martha Connerton, Kati Hanlon.
• "When I must leave you" / poem read by Jennifer Cavanaugh.
• Memories of Carmina burana / by Kimberly Crowder and William Biondolino ; descriptions and reminiscences of the last ballet choreographed by Salvatore Aiello.
• Light the lights / by Jerri Kumery ; candlelight ceremony by members of North Carolina Dance Theatre ; accompanied by excerpts from Carl Orff's Carmina burana.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3277

OCLC

NYPY99-F116

Title

A memorial tribute [videorecording] : the life and legacy of Salvatore Aiello, February 26, 1944-October 14, 1995.

Imprint

1995.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Videotaped at the Belk Theater, North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Charlotte, N.C., on November 20, 1995.

Added Author

Kumery, Jerri. Speaker

Maloy, Heather. Speaker

Abbit, Bat. Speaker

Tomlinson, Mel. Speaker

Connerton, Martha. Speaker

Hanlon, Kati. Speaker

Cavanaugh, Jennifer. Speaker

Crowder, Kimberly. Speaker

Biondolino, William. Speaker

Aiello, Salvatore, choreographer, dancer. Interviewee

North Carolina Dance Theatre.

DHCA.

Added Title

Carmina burana (Choreographic work : Aiello)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3277