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Alvin Ailey California interviews

Title
Alvin Ailey California interviews [videorecording]
Publication
1984.

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Additional Authors
  • Ailey, Alvin.
  • Wood, Donna, 1954-
  • Manning, Deborah
  • De Loatch, Gary
  • Griffin, Merv, 1925-2007
  • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Description
1 videocassette (17 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Three television interviews with Alvin Ailey, recorded in California during the 25th anniversary tour of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The anniversary tour is a major topic in all of the interviews, as are Ailey's reflections on the changes he has observed in the dance scene and in his company over the years.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Interviews.
  • Television.
Note
  • Title and date from original container.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewee: Alvin Ailey.
Event (note)
  • Recorded and/or telecast in February 1984.
Contents
  • Ailey anniversary (ca. 4 min.) / telecast by Channel 7, San Francisco; reporter/interviewer, Valerie Coleman; includes performance and rehearsal excerpts of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley.
  • [Interview with Alvin Ailey and his mother] (ca. 5 min.) / recorded and/or telecast in Los Angeles for the Sunday show, February 12, 1984; includes Ailey's reminiscences of his youth in California and his early dance career.
  • The Merv Griffin show (ca. 8 min.) / recorded and/or telecast in Los Angeles on February 28, 1984; host, Merv Griffin; includes Ailey's descriptions of his company's many tours abroad, including their season as the first modern dance company to visit the Soviet Union. Wading in the water, an excerpt from Ailey's Revelations, is performed in the television studio by Donna Wood, Deborah Manning, and Gary De Loatch of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6698
OCLC
NYPY03-F89
Title
Alvin Ailey California interviews [videorecording]
Imprint
1984.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Event
Recorded and/or telecast in February 1984.
Performer
Interviewee: Alvin Ailey.
Added Author
Ailey, Alvin. ive, choreographer.
Wood, Donna, 1954- dancer.
Manning, Deborah, dancer.
De Loatch, Gary, dancer.
Griffin, Merv, 1925-2007, host.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Ailey, Alvin. Revelations
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6698
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