A Tribute to Alvin Ailey with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - Alvin Ailey (choreographer) (1990) (excerpt)
Subject
Choreographers--United States--Biography
Modern dance--United States
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Excerpt
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Alvin Ailey played a key role in the growth of modern dance in America and his company, founded in 1958, is one of the United States' oldest dance troupes as well as one of the most youthful and vital on the dance scene. In this two-part program, members of Ailey's dance company perform three works choreographed by Ailey himself, as well as a special ballet tribute choreographed by Ulysses Dove. Each piece is introduced by Judith Jamison, the dancer and choreographer whose career was nurtured to stardom by Ailey, and who is now Artistic Director of the company. The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater is uniquely eclectic in range, repertory, and style. As a choreographer, Ailey explored the black experience and went beyond, finding universal human truths in all his work.
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Praise God (modern dance) - Alvin Ailey (choreographer) (1984)
Subject
Modern dance
Sacred dramatic music
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This video clip is from a tribute to Duke Ellington that was broadcast on television in 1984. It's another discovery from the dusty crates at YouTube channel TheMotionDevotion, in this case a Betamax videocassette. Mercer Ellington, Duke's son, is conducting the orchestra which is augmented by the Boys' Choir of Harlem.
Content description from Wikipedia.org (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington%27s_Sacred_Concerts):
In the last decade of his life, Duke Ellington wrote three Sacred Concerts:
1965 - A Concert of Sacred Music
1968 - Second Sacred Concert
1973 - Third Sacred Concert
Ellington called these concerts "the most important thing I have ever done". He said many times that he was not trying to compose a "Mass" (liturgy). The critic Gary Giddins has characterized these concerts as Ellington bringing the Cotton Club revue to the church.
Content description from Wikipedia.org (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Ailey):
Alvin Ailey (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an African-American choreographer and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Ailey School in New York City. He is credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing African-American participation in 20th-century concert dance.
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Lark Ascending
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Revelation
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Description
Content description from Worldcat
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A ballet performance by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and other musical performances, recorded live at New York's City Center Theater.
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Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape