Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robert Battle.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Battle, Robert, 1972-
• Crowe, Larry F.
• Hickey, Matthew
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (2 video files (1 hr., 17 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

Dancer and choreographer Robert Battle was born on August 28, 1972 in Jacksonville, Florida. He graduated from the New World School of Arts in Miami, Florida and attended college at The Julliard School in New York City, where he graduated in 1994. Battle joined Parsons Dance Company and performed with them for the next seven years. He also began choreographing professionally for the first time with Parsons. Battle went on to choreograph Mood Indigo, his first piece for the Ailey II dance company, in 1999. In 2001, Battle left Parsons and founded Battleworks Dance Company. During his time there, Battle developed a close relationship with the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, serving as a choreographer for Ailey II and teaching at The Ailey School. In 2010, HistoryMaker Judith Jamison, artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, announced that Battle would succeed her as the company's artistic director in 2011.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with Robert Battle
• Robert Battle

Subject

• Battle, Robert, 1972- > Interviews
• Battle, Robert, 1972-
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans
• Dancer Choreographer

Genre/Form

• Internet videos.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.
• Oral histories.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

OCLC

994208932

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robert Battle.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States. naf

Playing Time

010017

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Performer

Larry Crowe, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

Event

Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2010 August 27.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

Dancer Choreographer.

Added Author

Battle, Robert, 1972- interviewee.

Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.

Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.