Praise God (modern dance) - Alvin Ailey (choreographer) (1984)
Title
Praise God (modern dance) - Alvin Ailey (choreographer) (1984)
Subject
Modern dance
Sacred dramatic music
URL
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Description
Content description from YouTube.com
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvxn8IBJTX8&feature=youtu.be):
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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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.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvxn8IBJTX8&feature=youtu.be):
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.
Ephemera: none available
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
Creator
Duke Ellington (composer)
Alvin Ailey (choreographer)
Date
1984
Citation
“Praise God (modern dance) - Alvin Ailey (choreographer) (1984),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/75.