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Ailey celebrates Ellington. [Unedited footage, takes 401-411]

Title
  1. Ailey celebrates Ellington. [Unedited footage, takes 401-411] [videorecording] / CBS-TV ; directed by Joshua White ; produced by Robert Weiner ; choreography by Alvin Ailey ; music by Duke Ellington.
Published by
  1. 1974.

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Additional authors
  1. Ailey, Alvin
  2. Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
  3. Greenwood, Jane
  4. Barcelo, Randy.
  5. White, Joshua.
  6. Weiner, Robert.
  7. Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble.
  8. CBS Television Network.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (61 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Unedited footage, with time code and slate. For the completed telecast, see *MGZIC 9-461 Ailey celebrates Ellington.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Uniform title
  1. Such sweet thunder (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
  3. Television.
  4. Unedited footage.
Contents
  1. Takes [401, 402], 403-407. Sonnet to Caesar (ca. 16 min.) / no slate on frame for Takes 401 and 402. The title of this work is given as Sonnet to Caesar in the slate announcement and in its introduction in the completed telecast, but it is written on the slate as Sonnet for Caesar, as in the title of Ellington's musical composition.
  2. Takes 408-411 (ca. 33 min.) / visual effects, no audio, no dance footage.
  3. Take 411. Such sweet thunder (ca. 5 min.) / close-ups of dancers' feet.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-6781
Note
  1. Time code at bottom of frame.
  2. Original container labeled Reel IV-a, Part 1.
Credits (note)
  1. Costumes, Jane Greenwood (for Sonnet to Caesar), Randy Barcelo (for Such sweet thunder).
Event (note)
  1. Recorded for the CBS-TV telecast Ailey celebrates Ellington, first aired in 1974.
Title
  1. Ailey celebrates Ellington. [Unedited footage, takes 401-411] [videorecording] / CBS-TV ; directed by Joshua White ; produced by Robert Weiner ; choreography by Alvin Ailey ; music by Duke Ellington.
Imprint
  1. 1974.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Event
  1. Recorded for the CBS-TV telecast Ailey celebrates Ellington, first aired in 1974.
Credits
  1. Costumes, Jane Greenwood (for Sonnet to Caesar), Randy Barcelo (for Such sweet thunder).
Performer
  1. Danced by the Repertory Workshop Dancers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center.
Added author
  1. Ailey, Alvin, choreographer.
  2. Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, composer.
  3. Greenwood, Jane, costume designer.
  4. Barcelo, Randy. Costume designer
  5. White, Joshua. Director
  6. Weiner, Robert. Producer
  7. Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble.
  8. CBS Television Network.
Added title
  1. Such sweet thunder (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-6781
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