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Suleiman Rifai

Title
Suleiman Rifai [videorecording]
Publication
1989-1993.

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Moving imageUse in library *MGZIA 4-4664Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Rifai, Suleiman
  • Ailey, Alvin.
  • NBC Television Network.
Description
1 videocassette (20 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Compilation of a television program about and two dance performances by Suleiman Rifai, a Tanzanian-born dancer who lost his sight at age 13.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Estate of Bessie Schönberg.
Alternative Title
  • Sunday today. Suleiman's dream
  • Road
  • Winter
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Titles and program data for second and third segments, the dance works The road and Winter, from cassette label.
Contents
  • Sunday today. Suleiman's dream (ca. 9 min.) / telecast by NBC-TV on Sept. 24, 1989 ; reporter, Michele Marsh ; interviewees, Suleiman Rifai, Alvin Ailey, Wendy Amos. News story on Suleiman Rifai, then 28 years old, focusing on his dance experience at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center in New York, where he first studied dance in Ailey's innovative "New visions" class for the blind. Rifai, who progressed to classes with sighted students and subsequently won a scholarship at the school, discusses how dance has changed his life. He is seen performing a solo he choreographed. Alvin Ailey and Wendy Amos, instructor of the "New visions" class, discuss Rifai's achievements.
  • The road (ca. 4 min.) / recorded in studio performance, in rehearsal clothes, in 1990 ; choreography, S. Swenson ; danced by Suleiman Rifai and female dancer.
  • Winter (ca. 7 min.) / recorded onstage on April 21, 1993 ; choreography, S. Swenson ; danced by Suleiman Rifai and female dancer.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4664
OCLC
NYPY00-F928
Title
Suleiman Rifai [videorecording]
Imprint
1989-1993.
Local Subject
Blind dancers.
Dance for the blind.
Added Author
Rifai, Suleiman, choreographer, dancer. Interviewee
Ailey, Alvin. Interviewee
NBC Television Network.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4664
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