Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Jamison, Judith
2. Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015
3. Allen, Sarita
4. Thompson, Clive, 1935-
5. Britten, Enid
6. Wood, Donna, 1954-
7. Spurlock, Estelle
8. Paris, Carl
9. Kajiwara, Mari
10. Littleman, Anita
11. Shorter, Beth
12. Yuan, Tina
13. Dove, Ulysses
14. Spears, Warren
15. Jones, Melvin
16. Adams, Charles
17. Roberts, Howard A., 1924-2011.
18. McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018
19. Meloy, Maureen.
20. Moody, Naomi.
21. Sneed, Sherman.
22. Niemann, Henry P.
23. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (112 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform title

1. Blood memories (Choreographic work : McKayle)

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-781

Note

1. Rehearsal onstage in rehearsal clothes.
2. Recorded simultaneously by close-up and long-shot cameras. Disc 1 (55 min.): Close-up view. Disc 2 (52 min.): Long-shot view. At the end of the tapes, Britten, Spurlock, and Kajiwara repeat a brief section of Tributaries.

Funding (note)

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Blood memories [videorecording] / choreography, Donald McKayle ; music, Howard Roberts ; lyrics, Maureen Meloy.

Imprint

1. [1976?]

Performer

1. Performed by members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: The Nile--Tributaries: Sarita Allen, Enid Britten, Mari Kajiwara, Anita Littleman, Beth Shorter, Estelle Spurlock, Tina Yuan, Donna Wood ; Fecundity: Judith Jamison ; We two: Clive Thompson and Britten, with Spurlock, Yuan, Kajiwara, Allen, Wood, Littleman ; Ceremony: Charles Adams, Masazumi Chaya, Ulysses Dove, Carl Paris, Warren Spears, Melvin Jones ; How wonderful is God: Dudley Williams with Wood, Spurlock, Yuan, Shorter, Kajiwara, Littleman, Allen, Britten ; The Mississippi--Estuary: Jamison ; River holler: Adams, Chaya, Dove, Paris, Spears, Jones ; A hand of cotch and a hock of ham: Williams, Thompson, Spurlock and company ; Delta flood: Allen, Britten, Kajiwara, Littleman, Shorter, Spurlock, Yuan, Wood ; Levee blues: Williams, Jamison ; Migration: Kajiwara, Adams, Dove, Chaya, Jones ; The Harlem--Captured waters: Jamison with Spurlock, Britten, Littleman ; Tar beach: Paris, Wood; Epilogue: Jamison, Thompson, Allen, Shorter, Yuan ; Moving: Adams, Chaya, Dove, Paris, Spears, Jones, Allen, Shorter, Yuan, Wood ; Blood memories--Williams and company. Vocalists: Naomi Moody (soprano), Sherman Sneed (baritone), Henry P. Niemann (tenor), and others.

Funding

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-1458.

Added author

1. Jamison, Judith, dancer.
2. Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015, dancer.
3. Allen, Sarita, dancer.
4. Thompson, Clive, 1935- dancer.
5. Britten, Enid, dancer.
6. Wood, Donna, 1954- dancer.
7. Spurlock, Estelle, dancer.
8. Paris, Carl, dancer.
9. Kajiwara, Mari, dancer.
10. Littleman, Anita, dancer.
11. Shorter, Beth, dancer.
12. Yuan, Tina, dancer.
13. Dove, Ulysses, dancer.
14. Spears, Warren, dancer.
15. Jones, Melvin, dancer.
16. Adams, Charles, dancer.
17. Roberts, Howard A., 1924-2011. Composer
18. McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018, choreographer.
19. Meloy, Maureen. Lyricist
20. Moody, Naomi. Singer
21. Sneed, Sherman. Singer
22. Niemann, Henry P. Singer
23. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Added title

1. Blood memories (Choreographic work : McKayle)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-781