- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 streaming video files (102 min.) : sound, color.
- Summary
- In Reel 1, Carmen De Lavallade discusses her childhood and when she started dancing at the Thomas Jefferson High School, in East Los Angeles, around 1948; story of Ronald Gaffney partnering her at a school assembly; studying and performing with Lester Horton; attending junior high and high school with Alvin Ailey; Alvin Ailey taking over Lester Horton's studio/theater after Horton's death; her experience dancing with Jack Cole in a movie; participating in the film Carmen Jones and performing in House of Flowers by Herbert Ross; shown Camera 3 film of Lester Horton Dancers in Sarong Paramaribo; performing with John Butler at the Metropolitan Opera in New York; dancing with her mentor and actress Mildred Dunnock in the John Bulter film, Touch of Loss; the film Porgy and Bess for the Gershwin Years TV program; joining and teaching at the Yale Repertory Theatre. Reel 2 continues with De Lavallade's talk about the Yale Repertory Theatre and its performance of Midsummer Night's Dream; Yale drama students she worked with included Henry Winkler, Meryl Streep, and Sigourney Weaver; working with Sarah Caldwell in a German opera at the Boston Opera; getting acting work in Seattle as mother in Blood Wedding and at the Guthrie Theater with Peter Sellar's Hang on to me; experience being part of a bus tour; choreographing at the Metropolitan Opera; being head of the Dance Dept. for three years at Adelphi University; acting in several movies including John Sayle's Lone Star and Adam Sandler's Big Daddy; brief Question & Answer session with talk of the Carmen Jones film, her feelings about Hip Hop dance; her experiences with racism on the Ed Sullivan Show and being arrested for attending a racially mixed party.
- Series Statement
- Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive
- Uniform Title
- Touch of loss (Choreographic work : Butler)
- Estilo de tù (Choreographic work : Horton)
- Sweet Bitter Love (Choreographic work : De Lavallade)
- Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive.
- Alternative Title
- Alan Powell #1 and #2
- Subjects
- Nonfiction films
- Interviews
- Filmed dance
- Video
- Dance
- Racism and the arts > United States
- Carmen Jones (Motion picture)
- Estilo de tù (Choreographic work : Horton)
- Touch of loss (Choreographic work : Butler)
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Midsummer night's dream
- Ed Sullivan show (Television program)
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Lester Horton Dancers
- Adelphi University
- Yale Repertory Theatre
- Powell, Alan, > videographer
- Butler, John, 1920-1993
- Ailey, Alvin
- Horton, Lester, 1906-1953
- De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931-
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Filmed dance.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Note
- Title taken from Introduction during video; additional titles from original cassette label and Introduction during video.
- Poor visual quality during films; dark.
- Reel 1 (59 min.) ; Reel 2 (43 min.).
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Credits (note)
- Presented by Susan Hess Modern Dance; videographer, Alan Powell.
- Source (note)
- Contents
- Reel 1. Introduction and Tribute (14 min.) / by Jermaine Ingram (master of ceremonies) ; honorees, Painted Bride Art Center and Susan Hess -- Carmen De Lavallade [ends abruptly] (45 min.).
- Reel 2. Carmen De Lavallade (conclusion) (34 min.) -- Conclusion with Sweet Bitter Love film (9 min.)
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 1471
- OCLC
- 890478988
- Title
Six American Dance Pioneers : A Look Back, A Leap Forward: Carmen De Lavallade [Close shot].
- Production
2000.
- Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
video
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Series
Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive
Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive.
- Original Version
Original format: 2 videocassettes (Mini DV).
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Credits
Presented by Susan Hess Modern Dance; videographer, Alan Powell.
- Performer
Master of ceremonies, Jermaine Ingram.
- Event
Videotaped during talk at Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pa. 2000 October 29.
- Source
Gift; Susan Hess; 2010.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Ingram, Jermaine, moderator.
Powell, Alan, videographer.
De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- speaker.
Hess, Susan, speaker.
Hess, Susan, director.
Hess, Susan, honouree.
Painted Bride Art Center, honoree.
Painted Bride Art Center, presenter.
Hess, Susan, donor.
- Added Title
Container of (work): Touch of loss (Choreographic work : Butler)
Container of (work): Estilo de tù (Choreographic work : Horton)
Container of (work): Sweet Bitter Love (Choreographic work : De Lavallade)
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1471