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Continuing Revelations

Title: Continuing Revelations [electronic resource]
Publication: 1992.

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3 streaming video files (NTSC) (161 min.) : sd., col.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Dance Theater Foundation and the Exhibition Program of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
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Videotaped by Character Generators/Video for the Exhibition Program of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and for Dance Theater Foundation at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, on May 11, 1992, with the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts. A symposium of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and Dance Theater Foundation in conjunction with the exhibition Body and soul: the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding (note)

Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Contents

CONTENTS: Reel 1: Greetings by Madeleine Nichols, curator of the Dance Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts; Michael Kaiser of Dance Theater Foundation; Judith Jamison, artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; and Barbara Stratyner, curator of exhibitions, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. -- Panel I: The making of Revelations. Moderator: Zita Allen. Panelists: Carmen de Lavallade, Ves Harper, Dorene Richardson, Ella Thompson Moore, and Liz Williamson. Panelists recall their first contacts with Alvin Ailey and their experiences in working with him on the choreography for Revelations and Blues suite. -- Reel 2: Panel I, continued. Panelists trace the evolution of Revelations over the years and share their perceptions of Ailey as an artist and an individual. -- Panel II: The survival of Revelations. Moderator: Sally R. Sommer. Panelists: Roger Bellamy, Masazumi Chaya, Hope Clarke, Linda Kent, Sylvia Waters, Dudley Williams, and Donna Wood Sanders. Later productions of Revelations, and the transmission of its choreography from dancer to dancer are discussed. -- Reel 3: Panel II, continued. Panelists recall memorable performances of Revelations in the U.S. and abroad.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 8857

OCLC

NYPY936029354-F

Title

Continuing Revelations [electronic resource]

Imprint

1992.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding

Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3527.

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Local Subject

Television. Continuing Revelations.

Added Author

Nichols, Madeleine M. Speaker

Kaiser, Michael M. Speaker

Jamison, Judith. Speaker

Cohen-Stratyner, Barbara Naomi, speaker.

Allen, Zita D. Moderator

De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- speaker.

Harper, Ves. Speaker

Richardson, Dorene. Speaker

Moore, Ella Thompson. Speaker

Williamson, Liz. Speaker

Sommer, Sally R. Moderator

Bellamy, Roger. Speaker

Chaya, Masazumi. Speaker

Clarke, Hope, 1941- Speaker

Kent, Linda. Speaker

Waters, Sylvia. Speaker

Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015, speaker.

Wood, Donna, 1954- Speaker

Dance Theater Foundation.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 8857

*MGZIC 9-3527 (former)

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