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Title

Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble [videorecording] / presented by the Riverside Dance Festival.

Publication

c1982.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Uchishiba, Kay
• Maroney, Dianne
• Beckles, Loris Anthony
• Klyvert-Lawson, Nina
• Amaro, Richard
• Nugent, Rodney
• Griffith, Marey
• Jacobs, Patricia
• Epps, Charles
• Pierce-Sands, Toni
• Barbaste, Wayne
• Armstrong, Adrienne
• Lane, Beth
• Askew, Carl
• Tyson, Andre
• Waters, Sylvia.
• Ailey, Alvin
• Frank, Penny (Dance teacher)
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
• Burd, William.
• Furtick, Marleen
• Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-
• Beatty, Talley
• Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015.
• Chaya, Masazumi.
• Kajiwara, Mari.
• Davis, Miles.
• Evans, Gil, 1912-1988.
• Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
• Cernovich, Nicola.
• Cohen, Ze'eva
• Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
• Graves, Mel, 1946-2008.
• Hudacko, George.
• Byers, Edward I.
• Gornel, William
• Vangelis.
• Cavallaro, Nicholas J.
• Brooks, Virginia Loring.
• Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble.
• Riverside Dance Festival.

Description

1 videocassette (85 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Virginia Brooks.

Uniform Title

• How long have it been (Choreographic work : Furtick)
• Come and get the beauty of it hot (Choreographic work : Beatty)
• Reflections in D (Choreographic work : Ailey)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Accompanied by house program.

Credits (note)

• Artistic director, Sylvia Waters ; artistic advisor, Alvin Ailey.

Event (note)

• Single camera record videotaped in performance at the Theater of the Riverside Church, New York, N.Y., as part of the Riverside Dance Festival, on September 9, 1982 ; videography, Virginia Brooks.

Contents

• In excelsis (ca. 15 min) / choreography, Penny Frank ; music, Johann Sebastian Bach (Concerto for violin and oboe in D minor) ; costumes, Irene Bunis ; lighting, Bill Burd ; cast: First movement danced by Kay Uchishiba and the Company ; Second movement danced by Charles Epps, Adrienne Armstrong, Carl Askew, Toni Pierce, Robert Smith, Beth Lane, Wayne Barbaste, Marey Griffith ; Third movement danced by Kay Uchishiba and the Company.
• How long have it been (ca. 6 min.) / choreography, Marleen Furtick ; music, Lightnin' Hopkins ; danced by Dianne Maroney.
• Congo tango palace (ca. 12 min.) / excerpt from Come and get the beauty of it hot ; choreography, Talley Beatty, restaged by Dudley Williams, Masazumi Chaya, Mari Kajiwara ; music, Miles Davis and Gil Evans (Sketches of Spain) ; women's costumes, Jean Hays ; lighting, Bill Burd ; danced by the Company ; first solo danced by Loris Anthony Beckles ; first duet danced by Nina Klyvert, Richard Amaro ; second duet danced by Rodney Nugent, Marey Griffith ; quartet danced by Pat Jacobs, Beth Lane, Carl Askew, Charles Epps.
• Reflections in D (ca. 7 min.) / choreography, Alvin Ailey ; music, Duke Ellington (Reflections in D) ; lighting, Nicola Cernovitch ; danced by Charles Epps.
• Summer dance I, Summer dance II (ca. 25 min.) / choreography, Ze'eva Cohen ; music, Claude Debussy (Sonata for flute, viola and harp), Mel Graves (Coral reef) ; costumes, George Hudacko ; lighting, Edward Byers ; Summer dance I danced by Toni Pierce, Wayne Barbaste ; Summer dance II danced by Adrienne Armstrong, Rodney Nugent.
• Colony (ca. 20 min.) / choreography, Bill Gornel ; music, Vangelis and Ashra ; costumes, Jean Hays ; lighting, Nicholas Cavallaro ; danced by Rodney Nugent, Toni Pierce, and Richard Amaro, Adrienne Armstrong, Beth Lane, Andre Tyson, Kay Uchishiba, Charles Epps, Loris Anthony Beckles.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5094

OCLC

NYPY01-F708

Title

Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble [videorecording] / presented by the Riverside Dance Festival.

Imprint

c1982.

Event

Single camera record videotaped in performance at the Theater of the Riverside Church, New York, N.Y., as part of the Riverside Dance Festival, on September 9, 1982 ; videography, Virginia Brooks.

Credits

Artistic director, Sylvia Waters ; artistic advisor, Alvin Ailey.

Performer

Danced by the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble: Richard Amaro, Adrienne Armstrong, Carl Askew, Wayne Barbaste, Loris Anthony Beckles, Charles Epps, Marey Griffith, Patricia Jacobs, Nina Klyvert, Beth Lane, Dianne Maroney, Rodney Nugent, Toni Pierce, Robert Smith, Andre Tyson, Kay Uchishiba.

Added Author

Uchishiba, Kay, dancer.

Maroney, Dianne, dancer.

Beckles, Loris Anthony, dancer.

Klyvert-Lawson, Nina, dancer.

Amaro, Richard, dancer.

Nugent, Rodney, dancer.

Griffith, Marey, dancer.

Jacobs, Patricia, dancer.

Epps, Charles, dancer.

Pierce-Sands, Toni, dancer.

Barbaste, Wayne, dancer.

Armstrong, Adrienne, dancer.

Lane, Beth, dancer.

Askew, Carl, dancer.

Tyson, Andre, dancer.

Waters, Sylvia. Director

Ailey, Alvin, choreographer.

Frank, Penny (Dance teacher), choreographer.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer

Burd, William.

Furtick, Marleen, choreographer.

Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912- Composer

Beatty, Talley, choreographer.

Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015.

Chaya, Masazumi.

Kajiwara, Mari.

Davis, Miles. Composer

Evans, Gil, 1912-1988. Composer

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Composer

Cernovich, Nicola.

Cohen, Ze'eva, choreographer.

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Composer

Graves, Mel, 1946-2008. Composer

Hudacko, George. Costume designer

Byers, Edward I.

Gornel, William, choreographer.

Vangelis. Composer

Cavallaro, Nicholas J.

Brooks, Virginia Loring.

Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble.

Riverside Dance Festival.

Added Title

How long have it been (Choreographic work : Furtick)

Come and get the beauty of it hot (Choreographic work : Beatty)

Reflections in D (Choreographic work : Ailey)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5094