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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Title: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater [videorecording] / artistic director, Judith Jamison.
Publication: c2001, 2000.

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Description

2 videocassettes (99 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Uniform Title

Memoria (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Double exposure (Choreographic work : Jamison)

Note

Format: 16:9 letterboxed for 4:3.
Accompanied by house program.
Recording made possible by the cooperation of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, City Center, American Guild of Musical Artists (A.G.M.A.), International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.), Local One, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at City Center, New York, N.Y., on December 22, 2000 ; video documentation by Robert Shepard ; editing, Joe Cultrera, Fanny Lee.

Funding (note)

This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Contents

Cassette 1. Memoria (1979) (ca. 30 min.) / subtitled: In memory--in celebration ; choreography, Alvin Ailey ; music, Keith Jarrett ("Runes--Solara march") ; costumes, A. Christina Giannini ; lighting, Chenault Spence ; danced by Bahiyah Sayyed, Clifton Brown, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Rosalyn Sanders, Jeffrey Gerodias, Venus Hall, Vernard J. Gilmore, Cheryl Ann Rowley, Kristofer Storey, Hope Boykin, Tina Williams, Laura Rossini, Samuel Deshauteurs, Anthony Burrell, Jeremiah Tatum ; with students of the Ailey School, under the direction of Kelvin Rotardier and Tina Bush.
Double exposure (2000) (ca. 29 min.) / choreography, Judith Jamison ; music, Robert Ruggieri ; costumes, Emilio Sosa ; lighting, Al Crawford III ; media concept and creation, Art in Commerce ; electronic environment design, The Company "V" ; technical advisory, Mark Coniglio ; danced by Jeffrey Gerodias, Clifton Brown, Briana Reed, Rosalyn Sanders, Tina Williams.
Cassette 2. Revelations (1960) (ca. 40 min.) / choreography, Alvin Ailey ; music, traditional ; decor and costumes, Ves Harper ; costumes for "Rocka my soul" redesigned by Barbara Forbes ; lighting, Nicola Cernovitch ; cast: Pilgrim of sorrow: "I been 'buked" (arr. Hall Johnson) / danced by the Company -- "Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel" (arr. James Miller) / danced by Samuel Deshauteurs, Rosalyn Sanders, Wendy White Sasser -- "Fix me, Jesus" (arr. Johnson) / danced by Briana Reed, Amos J. Machanic, Jr. -- Take me to the water: "Processional/Honor, honor" (adapted & arr. Howard A. Roberts) / danced by Kevin E. Boseman, Cheryl Ann Rowley, Jeremiah Tatum, Kristofer Storey -- "Wade in the water" (adapted & arr. Roberts ; "Wade in the water" sequence by Ella Jenkins ; "A man went down to the river" is an original composition by Jenkins) / danced by Dwana Adiaha Smallwood, Vernard J. Gilmore, Renee Robinson -- "I wanna be ready" (arr. Miller) / danced by Guillermo Asca -- Move, members, move: "Sinner man" (adapted & arr. Roberts) / danced by Kristofer Storey, Clifton Brown, Troy O'Neil Powell -- "The day is past and gone" (arr. Roberts and Brother John Sellers) / danced by the Company -- "You may run on" (arr. Roberts & Sellers) / danced by the Company -- "Rocka my soul in the bosom of Abraham" (adapted & arr. Roberts) / danced by the Company. Includes encore.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5420

OCLC

NYPY02-F363

Title

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater [videorecording] / artistic director, Judith Jamison.

Imprint

c2001, 2000.

Event

Videotaped in performance at City Center, New York, N.Y., on December 22, 2000 ; video documentation by Robert Shepard ; editing, Joe Cultrera, Fanny Lee.

Performer

Danced by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Funding

This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Added Author

Sayyed, Bahiyah, dancer.

Brown, Clifton, dancer.

Pouffer, Benoit-Swan, dancer.

Sanders, Rosalyn, dancer.

Gerodias, Jeffrey, dancer.

Hall, Venus, dancer.

Gilmore, Vernard J., dancer.

Rowley, Cheryl, dancer.

Storey, Kristofer, dancer.

Boykin, Hope, dancer.

Williams, Tina, dancer.

Rossini, Laura, dancer.

Deshauteurs, Samuel, dancer.

Burrell, Anthony, dancer.

Tatum, Jeremiah, dancer.

Reed, Briana, dancer.

Sasser, Wendy White, dancer.

Machanic, Amos J., Jr., dancer.

Boseman, Kevin, dancer.

Smallwood, Dwana, dancer.

Robinson, Renée, dancer.

Asca, Guillermo, dancer.

Powell, Troy, dancer.

Ailey, Alvin, choreographer.

Jarrett, Keith, composer.

Giannini, Christina, costume designer.

Spence, Chenault.

Jamison, Judith, choreographer.

Ruggieri, Robert, composer.

Sosa, Emilio, costume designer.

Crawford, Al, lighting designer.

Coniglio, Mark.

Harper, Ves, designer, costume designer.

Forbes, Barbara, costume designer.

Cernovich, Nicola.

Shepard, Bobby.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Center.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Ailey, Alvin. Revelations.

Added Title

Memoria (Choreographic work : Ailey)

Double exposure (Choreographic work : Jamison)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5420

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