Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Ailey, Alvin
2. Abbott, Loretta
3. Faison, George, 1945-
4. Godreau, Miguel
5. Jamison, Judith
6. Miller, Sharron
7. Rotardier, Kelvin
8. Taylor, Lynne
9. Truitte, James
10. Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015
11. Beatty, Talley
12. Ailey, Alvin
13. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
14. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (30 min., 38 sec.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Made-for-television documentary on the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Alvin Ailey discusses the company and the excerpts performed, which come from Talley Beatty's The Road of the Phoebe Snow and Ailey's own Revelations ("I been buked," "Take me to the water," "You may run home"/"Rocka my soul") and Blues suite ("House of the rising sun," "Yancey Special").

Uniform title

1. Blues suite (Choreographic work : Ailey)
2. Road of the Phoebe Snow (Choreographic work : Beatty)

Subject

1. Dance companies > United States
2. Dance, Black > United States

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 8840

Access (note)

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

Credits (note)

1. Scenery, David Weber ; lighting, Dan Jones.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Yvonne Barkley (?).
2. Interviewee: Alvin Ailey.

Title

1. Rocka my soul [videorecording] / produced and directed by Gordon Kelly.

Imprint

1. [1967?].

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Credits

1. Scenery, David Weber ; lighting, Dan Jones.

Performer

1. Interviewer: Yvonne Barkley (?).
2. Interviewee: Alvin Ailey.
3. Danced by Loretta Abbott, Enid Aytch, George Faison, Miguel Godreau, Consuelo Houston, Judith Jamison, Sharron Miller, Elbert Morris, Kelvin Rotardier, Lynne Taylor, James Truitte, and Dudley Williams.

Restricted access

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

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-1492.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Television. Rocka my soul.

Added author

1. Ailey, Alvin, choreographer.
2. Ailey, Alvin, interviewee.
3. Abbott, Loretta, dancer.
4. Faison, George, 1945- dancer.
5. Godreau, Miguel, dancer.
6. Jamison, Judith, dancer.
7. Miller, Sharron, dancer.
8. Rotardier, Kelvin, dancer.
9. Taylor, Lynne, dancer.
10. Truitte, James, dancer.
11. Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015, dancer.
12. Beatty, Talley, choreographer.
13. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
14. DHCA.
15. Ailey, Alvin. Revelations

Added title

1. Blues suite (Choreographic work : Ailey)
2. Road of the Phoebe Snow (Choreographic work : Beatty)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 8840