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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Title: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2012 December 19 / artistic director, Robert Battle.
Publication: 2013.

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Description

1 streaming video file (73 min.) : sound, color.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation

Uniform Title

From before (Choreographic work : Fagan)
Strange humors (Choreographic work : Battle)
Grace (Choreographic work : Brown)
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation.

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.

Note

Widescreen.
The Artists of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, members of the American Guild of Musical Artists AFL-CIO, have graciously donated their services for this very special project.
The New York Public Library expresses its appreciation to the following for their cooperation with the Dance Division porject: New York City Center, American Guild of Musical Artists (A.G.M.A.), and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E), Local One.
The recording of this work was made possible by the cooperation of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York City Center, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Access (note)

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

Credits (note)

Video production, Bobby Shepard ; editor, François Bernadi ; camera operators, Jonathan Weaver, Michael Chin.

Funding (note)

The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.

Contents

From Before (1978) (19 min.) / choreography and costumes by Garth Fagan ; restaged by Natalie Rogers-Cropper ; music by Ralph MacDonald ; original lighting by C.T. Oakes ; lighting by Al Crawford ; dancers, Jamar Roberts, Linda Celeste Sims, Glenn Allen Sims, Kelly Robotham, Marcus Jarrell Willis, Yannick Lebrun, Belen Pereyra, Rachael McLaren, Vernard J. Gilmore, Hope Boykin, Michael Francis McBride, Alicia Graf Mack, Jermaine Terry, Sarah Daley, Michael Jackson, Jr., Jacqueline Green.
Strange Humors (1998) / choreography by Robert Battle ; music by John Mackey ; costumes by Missoni ; costumes reconstructed by Jon Taylor ; lighting by Burke Wilmore ; dancers, Kirven James Boyd, Samuel Lee Roberts.
Another Night (2012) (16 min.) / choreography by Kyle Abraham ; assistants to the choreographer, Rachelle Rafailedes & Chalvar Monteiro ; music, Dizzy Gillespie (A Night in Tunisia); performed by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ; costumes by Naoko Nagata ; lighting by Dan Scully ; dancers, Jacqueline Green, Jamar Roberts, Hope Boykin, Aisha Mitchell, Belen Pereyra, Yannick LeBrun, Samuel Lee Roberts, Kirven James Boyd, Antonio Douthit, Renaldo Gardner.
Grace (1999) (32 min.) / choreography by Ronald K. Brown ; assitant to the Choreographer, Arcell Cabuag ; music by Various Artists ; costumes by Omatayo Wunmi Olaiya ; lighting by William H. Grant III ; created for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ; dancers, Linda Celeste Sims, Demetia Hopkins, Matthew Rushing, Antonio Douthit, Vernard J. Gilmore, Glenn Allen Sims, Guillermo Asca, Kirven James Boyd, Belen Pereyra, Ghrai DeVore, Rachael McLaren.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 1342

OCLC

897478088

Title

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2012 December 19 / artistic director, Robert Battle.

Production

2013.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Series

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation.

Access

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

Event

Videotaped in performance at New York City Center, New York, N.Y. on 2012 December 19.

Performer

Danced by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Guillermo Asca, Kirven James Boyd, Hope Boykin, Sean A. Carmon, Sarah Daley, Ghrai DeVore, Antonio Douthit, Renaldo Gardner, Vernard J. Gilmore, Jacqueline Green, Daniel Harder, Demetia Hopkins, Michael Jackson, Jr., Megan Jakel, Yannick Lebrun, Alicia Graf Mack, Michael Francis McBride, Rachael McLaren, Aisha Mitchell, Akua Noni Parker, Belen Pereyra, Briana Reed, Jamar Roberts, Samuel Lee Roberts, Kelly Robothan, Kanji Segawa, Glenn Allen Sims, Linda Celeste Sims, Jernaine Terry, Marcus Jarrell Willis; Matthew Rushing (guest artist).

Credits

Video production, Bobby Shepard ; editor, François Bernadi ; camera operators, Jonathan Weaver, Michael Chin.

Funding

The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.

This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.

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Added Author

Battle, Robert, artistic director.

Battle, Robert, choreographer.

Fagan, Garth, choreographer.

Fagan, Garth, costume designer.

Abraham, Kyle, 1977- choreographer.

Brown, Ronald K., 1966- choreographer.

Rogers-Cropper, Natalie, choreographer.

MacDonald, Ralph, composer.

Crawford, Al, lighting designer.

Mackey, John, composer.

Wilmore, Burke J., lighting designer.

Rafailedes, Rachelle, production personnel.

Monteiro, Chalvar, production personnel.

Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993, composer.

Nagata, Naoko, costume designer.

Scully, Dan, lighting designer.

Cabuag, Arcell, production personnel.

Olaiya, Wunmi, costume designer.

Grant, William H., III, lighting designer.

Asca, Guillermo, dancer.

Boykin, Hope, dancer.

Carmon, Sean A., dancer.

Daley, Sarah, dancer.

DeVore, Ghrai, dancer.

Douthit, Antonio, dancer.

Boyd, Kirven J., dancer.

Gardner, Renaldo, dancer.

Gilmore, Vernard J., dancer.

Green, Jacqueline (Dancer), dancer.

Harder, Daniel, dancer.

Hopkins, Demetia, dancer.

Jackson, Michael, dancer.

Jakel, Megan, dancer.

Lebrun, Yannick, dancer.

Graf, Alicia J., dancer.

McBride, Michael Francis, dancer.

McLaren, Rachael, dancer.

Mitchell, Aisha, dancer.

Parker, Akua Noni, dancer.

Pereyra, Belen, dancer.

Reed, Briana, dancer.

Roberts, Jamar, dancer.

Roberts, Samuel L., dancer.

Robotham, Kelly, dancer.

Segawa, Kanji, dancer.

Sims, Glenn A. (Glenn Allen), dancer.

Sims, Linda Celeste, dancer.

Terry, Jermaine, dancer.

Willis, Marcus Jarrell, dancer.

Rushing, Matthew, 1973- dancer.

Bernadi, François, editor of moving image work.

Shepard, Bobby, videographer.

Weaver, Jonathan, videographer.

Chin, Michael, videographer.

Missoni (Firm), costume designer.

Jazz Messengers, musicians.

New York City Center, presenter.

New York Public Library. Dance Division, presenter.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, performer.

Container of (work): Abraham, Kyle, 1977- Another night.

Added Title

Container of (work): From before (Choreographic work : Fagan)

Container of (work): Strange humors (Choreographic work : Battle)

Container of (work): Grace (Choreographic work : Brown)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 1342

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