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Ailey celebrates Ellington. [Unedited footage, takes 401-411]

Title
Ailey celebrates Ellington. [Unedited footage, takes 401-411] [videorecording] / CBS-TV ; directed by Joshua White ; produced by Robert Weiner ; choreography by Alvin Ailey ; music by Duke Ellington.
Publication
1974.

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Additional Authors
  • Ailey, Alvin
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
  • Greenwood, Jane
  • Barcelo, Randy.
  • White, Joshua.
  • Weiner, Robert.
  • Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble.
  • CBS Television Network.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (61 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Unedited footage, with time code and slate. For the completed telecast, see *MGZIC 9-461 Ailey celebrates Ellington.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Uniform Title
Such sweet thunder (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Television.
  • Unedited footage.
Note
  • Time code at bottom of frame.
  • Original container labeled Reel IV-a, Part 1.
Credits (note)
  • Costumes, Jane Greenwood (for Sonnet to Caesar), Randy Barcelo (for Such sweet thunder).
Event (note)
  • Recorded for the CBS-TV telecast Ailey celebrates Ellington, first aired in 1974.
Contents
  • Takes [401, 402], 403-407. Sonnet to Caesar (ca. 16 min.) / no slate on frame for Takes 401 and 402. The title of this work is given as Sonnet to Caesar in the slate announcement and in its introduction in the completed telecast, but it is written on the slate as Sonnet for Caesar, as in the title of Ellington's musical composition.
  • Takes 408-411 (ca. 33 min.) / visual effects, no audio, no dance footage.
  • Take 411. Such sweet thunder (ca. 5 min.) / close-ups of dancers' feet.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6781
OCLC
NYPY03-F181
Title
Ailey celebrates Ellington. [Unedited footage, takes 401-411] [videorecording] / CBS-TV ; directed by Joshua White ; produced by Robert Weiner ; choreography by Alvin Ailey ; music by Duke Ellington.
Imprint
1974.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Event
Recorded for the CBS-TV telecast Ailey celebrates Ellington, first aired in 1974.
Credits
Costumes, Jane Greenwood (for Sonnet to Caesar), Randy Barcelo (for Such sweet thunder).
Performer
Danced by the Repertory Workshop Dancers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center.
Added Author
Ailey, Alvin, choreographer.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, composer.
Greenwood, Jane, costume designer.
Barcelo, Randy. Costume designer
White, Joshua. Director
Weiner, Robert. Producer
Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble.
CBS Television Network.
Added Title
Such sweet thunder (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6781
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