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"Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey" interviews collection : 13 items.

Title
"Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey" interviews collection : 13 items.
Author
Bailey, A. Peter
Publication
[1995]

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Additional Authors
  • Ailey, Alvin
  • Burnett, Clarence
  • Clark, Ivy
  • Faison, George, 1945-
  • Haizlip, Ellis B., 1929-1991
  • Nash, Joe, 1919-2005
  • Pleasant, Stanely
  • Sellers, John, 1924-1999
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
Description
13 audiocassettes
Summary
The collection consists of 13 interview audio recordings. Interviewees include Alvin Ailey, producer Ellis Haizlip, dance historian Joe Nash, choreographer George Faison, Ivy Clark, musician Brother John Sellers, Clarence Burnett, Stanley Pleasant, and Ailey's mother, Mrs. Lula Cooper.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Sound recordings.
  • Biographies.
Note
  • Alvin Ailey was a dancer, choreographer, and founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Shortly before his death in 1989, Ailey and several of his contemporaries granted interviews to journalist and author A. Peter Bailey, who used these interviews in his work to create the book "Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey," published in 1995.
Call Number
Sc MIRS Revelations
OCLC
1193995813
Author
Bailey, A. Peter, creator.
Title
"Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey" interviews collection : 13 items.
Publisher
[1995]
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Added Author
Ailey, Alvin, interviewee.
Burnett, Clarence, interviewee.
Clark, Ivy, interviewee.
Faison, George, 1945- interviewee.
Haizlip, Ellis B., 1929-1991, interviewee.
Nash, Joe, 1919-2005, interviewee.
Pleasant, Stanely, interviewee.
Sellers, John, 1924-1999, interviewee.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
Related To
Related work: Ailey, Alvin. Revelations.
Research Call Number
Sc MIRS Revelations
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