Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Weinstock, Steven
2. Cosgrove, Kevin
3. Wilk, Andrew Carl
4. Ailey, Alvin
5. Kajiwara, Mari
6. Parks, John
7. Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015
8. Wood, Donna, 1954-
9. De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931-
10. Jamison, Judith
11. Polk, Robert
12. Thompson, Clive, 1935-
13. Angelou, Maya
14. Hammond, William
15. Dinkins, David N.
16. Ailey, Alvin
17. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
18. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
19. Ashford & Simpson (Musical group). Remember me

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Tribute to Alvin Ailey. The memorial service includes addresses by mayor-elect of New York City, David Dinkins; poet Maya Angelou; Carmen de Lavallade; Judith Jamison; and Rev. Dr. Robert Polk. Ashford and Simpson perform their song "Remember me"; the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs excerpts from Ailey's Revelations ("Fix me," "I've been buked," "The day is past and gone," "Rocka my soul"), Love songs ("A song for you"), and Cry. In addition to excerpts from the memorial service, there are tributes by Clive Thompson, William Hammond (executive director of the Ailey company), de Lavallade, Jamison, and Wood, plus historical footage of Ailey in an interview and in performance.

Uniform title

1. Cry (Choreographic work : Ailey)
2. Love songs (Choreographic work : Ailey)

Alternative title

1. Alvin Ailey remembered

Subject

1. Ailey, Alvin
2. Memorial service

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-804

Performer (note)

1. Dances performed by members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ; dancers include: Mari Kajiwara, John Parks, Dudley Williams, and Donna Wood ; Ashford and Simpson, performers.

Event (note)

1. Recorded at a memorial service for Alvin Ailey at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York, on Dec. 8, 1989.

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. Going home : Alvin Ailey remembered [videorecording] / a production of WNET/Thirteen ; director, Andrew Carl Wilk ; producers, Steven Weinstock, Kevin Cosgrove, Andrew Carl Wilk.

Imprint

1. 1989.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Performer

1. Dances performed by members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ; dancers include: Mari Kajiwara, John Parks, Dudley Williams, and Donna Wood ; Ashford and Simpson, performers.

Event

1. Recorded at a memorial service for Alvin Ailey at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York, on Dec. 8, 1989.

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 9-2129.

Added author

1. Weinstock, Steven, producer.
2. Cosgrove, Kevin, producer.
3. Wilk, Andrew Carl, producer.
4. Wilk, Andrew Carl, director.
5. Ailey, Alvin, choreographer. ive, dancer.
6. Kajiwara, Mari, dancer.
7. Parks, John, dancer.
8. Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015, dancer.
9. Wood, Donna, 1954- dancer.
10. De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- speaker.
11. Jamison, Judith. Speaker
12. Polk, Robert. Speaker
13. Thompson, Clive, 1935- speaker.
14. Angelou, Maya, speaker.
15. Hammond, William. Speaker
16. Dinkins, David N. Speaker
17. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
18. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
19. Ashford & Simpson (Musical group). Remember me.
20. Ailey, Alvin. Revelations

Added title

1. Cry (Choreographic work : Ailey)
2. Love songs (Choreographic work : Ailey)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-804