Research Catalog

Title

Going home : Alvin Ailey remembered [videorecording] / a production of WNET/Thirteen ; director, Andrew Carl Wilk ; producers, Steven Weinstock, Kevin Cosgrove, Andrew Carl Wilk.

Publication

1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Weinstock, Steven
• Cosgrove, Kevin
• Wilk, Andrew Carl
• Ailey, Alvin
• Kajiwara, Mari
• Parks, John
• Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015
• Wood, Donna, 1954-
• De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931-
• Jamison, Judith.
• Polk, Robert.
• Thompson, Clive, 1935-
• Angelou, Maya
• Hammond, William.
• Dinkins, David N.
• Ailey, Alvin.
• WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
• Ashford & Simpson (Musical group). Remember me.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Tribute to Alvin Ailey. The memorial service includes addresses by mayor-elect of New York City, David Dinkins; poet Maya Angelou; Carmen de Lavallade; Judith Jamison; and Rev. Dr. Robert Polk. Ashford and Simpson perform their song "Remember me"; the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs excerpts from Ailey's Revelations ("Fix me," "I've been buked," "The day is past and gone," "Rocka my soul"), Love songs ("A song for you"), and Cry. In addition to excerpts from the memorial service, there are tributes by Clive Thompson, William Hammond (executive director of the Ailey company), de Lavallade, Jamison, and Wood, plus historical footage of Ailey in an interview and in performance.

Uniform Title

• Cry (Choreographic work : Ailey)
• Love songs (Choreographic work : Ailey)

Alternative Title

Alvin Ailey remembered

Subjects

• Memorial service
• Video
• Dance
• Ailey, Alvin

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Performer (note)

• Dances performed by members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ; dancers include: Mari Kajiwara, John Parks, Dudley Williams, and Donna Wood ; Ashford and Simpson, performers.

Event (note)

• Recorded at a memorial service for Alvin Ailey at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York, on Dec. 8, 1989.

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 5-804

OCLC

NYPY906042495-F

Title

Going home : Alvin Ailey remembered [videorecording] / a production of WNET/Thirteen ; director, Andrew Carl Wilk ; producers, Steven Weinstock, Kevin Cosgrove, Andrew Carl Wilk.

Imprint

1989.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Performer

Dances performed by members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ; dancers include: Mari Kajiwara, John Parks, Dudley Williams, and Donna Wood ; Ashford and Simpson, performers.

Event

Recorded at a memorial service for Alvin Ailey at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York, on Dec. 8, 1989.

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 9-2129.

Added Author

Weinstock, Steven, producer.

Cosgrove, Kevin, producer.

Wilk, Andrew Carl, producer.

Wilk, Andrew Carl, director.

Ailey, Alvin, choreographer. ive, dancer.

Kajiwara, Mari, dancer.

Parks, John, dancer.

Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015, dancer.

Wood, Donna, 1954- dancer.

De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- speaker.

Jamison, Judith. Speaker

Polk, Robert. Speaker

Thompson, Clive, 1935- speaker.

Angelou, Maya, speaker.

Hammond, William. Speaker

Dinkins, David N. Speaker

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Ashford & Simpson (Musical group). Remember me.

Ailey, Alvin. Revelations

Added Title

Cry (Choreographic work : Ailey)

Love songs (Choreographic work : Ailey)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-804