Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2014 December 18

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Title
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2014 December 18
Additional title: Uprising (Choreographic work : Shechter)
Additional title: Suspended women (Choreographic work : Buglisi)
Additional title: Odetta (Choreographic work : Rushing)
Names
New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Battle, Robert (Artistic director)
Shechter, Hofesh (Choreographer)
Shechter, Hofesh (Composer)
Guillore, Bruno (Choreographer)
Curran, Lee (Lighting designer)
Buglisi, Jacqulyn (Choreographer)
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937 (Composer)
Roumain, Daniel Bernard (Composer)
Giannini, Christina (Costume designer)
Taylor, Clifton (Lighting designer)
French, Helen Hansen (Teacher)
Rushing, Matthew, 1973- (Choreographer)
Cowans, Russell J (Sound designer)
Baylor, Dante (Costume designer)
Vasquez, Andre (Lighting designer)
George, Travis (Set designer)
Alcorn, Stephen (Designer)
Bozeman, Jeroboam (Dancer)
Douthit, Antonio (Dancer)
Boyd, Kirven J. (Dancer)
Lebrun, Yannick (Dancer)
Roberts, Jamar (Dancer)
Terry, Jermaine (Dancer)
Willis, Marcus Jarrell (Dancer)
Sims, Linda Celeste (Dancer)
McLaren, Rachael (Dancer)
Jakel, Megan (Dancer)
Pereyra, Belen (Dancer)
Boykin, Hope (Dancer)
Daley, Sarah (Dancer)
Green, Jacqueline, (Dancer) (Dancer)
Clark, Elisa (Dancer)
Harris, Jacquelin (Dancer)
Parker, Akua Noni (Dancer)
Hopkins, Demetia (Dancer)
DeVore, Ghrai (Dancer)
Paulos, Danica (Dancer)
Sims, Glenn A. (Glenn Allen) (Dancer)
Roberts, Samuel L (Dancer)
Gardner, Renaldo (Dancer)
Segawa, Kanji (Dancer)
McBride, Michael Francis (Dancer)
Bernadi, François (Editor)
Bernadi, François (Producer)
Weaver, Jonathan (Videographer)
Reuter, Paul (Videographer)
Vexed (Musical group) (Composer)
New York City Center (Presenter)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Performer)
Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2014-12-18
Place: New York, NY
Table of Contents
Uprising (2006, Ailey premere 2014) (27 min.) / choreography by Hofesh Shechter ; music by Hofesh Shechter and Vex'd ; restaging by Bruno Guillore ; lighting by Lee Curran ; danced by Jeroboam Bozeman, Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Kirvin [Kirven] Douthit-Boyd, Yannick Lebrun, Jamar Roberts, Jermaine Terry, Marcus Jarrell Willis. |||| Suspended Women (2000, Ailey premiere 2014) (18 min.) / choreography by Jacqulyn Buglisi ; music by Maurice Ravel ; music interpolations composed and performed by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) ; costumes by A. Christina Giannini ; lighting by Clifton Taylor ; rehearsal director, Helen Hansen French ; danced by Linda Celeste Sims, Rachael McLaren, Megan Jakel, Belen Pereyra, Hope Boykin, Sarah Daley, Jacquelin Harris, Akua Noni Parker, Demetia Hopkins Greene, Ghrai Devore, Danica Paulos, Glenn Allen Sims, Jamar Roberts, Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Samuel Lee Roberts. |||| Odetta (2014) (42 min.) / choreography by Matthew Rushing ; assistants to the choreographer, Renee Robinson, Michael Jackson, Jr. ; music by various artists ; music performed by Odetta ; sound design by Russell J. Cowans IV ; costumes by Dante Baylor ; lighting by Andre Vasquez ; scenic design by Travis George ; original artwork by Stephen Alcorn ; dancers, Hope Boykin the company (This little light of mine) ; Belen Pereyra the company (Ox driver song) ; Renaldo Maurice (John Henry) ; Rachael McLaren, Marcus Jarrell Willis (A hole in the bucket) ; Hope Boykin the company (Motherless children) ; Kanji Segawa (Sometimes I feel like a motherless child) ; Sarah Daley, Jermaine Terry (Cool water) ; Michael Francis McBride, Danica Paulos and the company (Masters of war) ; Megan Jakel (Glory, Glory) ; Hope Boykin, Sarah Daley, Megan Jakel, Renaldo Maurice, Michael Francis McBride, Rachael McLaren, Danica Paulos, Belen Pereyra, Kanji Segawa, Jermaine Terry, Marcus Jarrell Willis (Freedom trilogy).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4104
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Creation/production credits: artistic director, Robert Battle.
Content: Widescreen.
Content: Title from opening video credits.
Funding: The recording of this work was made possible by the cooperation of ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER, NEW YORK CITY CENTER, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Creation/production credits: Founder, Alvin Ailey ; Artistic Director Emerita, Judith Jamison ; video producer, François Bernadi ; camera operators, Jonathan Weaver, Paul Reuter ; editor, François Bernadi.
Performers: Dancers, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (company members): Hope Boykin, Jeroboam Bozeman, Sean Aaron Carmon, Elisa Clark, Sarah Daley, Ghrai DeVore, Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Kirvin [Kirven] Douthit-Boyd, Samantha Figgins, Vernard J. Gilmore, Jacqueline Green, Daniel Harder, Jacquelin Harris, Collin Heyward, Demetia Hopkins Greene, Megan Jakel, Yannick Lebrun, Alicia Graf Mack, Renaldo Maurice, Michael Francis McBride, Rachael McLaren, Akua Noni Parker, Danica Paulos, Belen Pereyra, Jamar Roberts, Samuel Lee Roberts, Kanji Segawa, Glenn Allen Sims, Linda Celeste Sims, Jermaine Terry, Fana Tesfagiorgis, Marcus Jarrell Willis ; rehearsal director and guest artist, Matthew Rushing.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at New York City Center, New York, N.Y., 2014 December 18.
Funding: This archival recording is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Art Works.
Funding: The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Funding: The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.
Physical Description
Born digital
Extent: 1 video file (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 963977655
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21123739
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 80d55e80-c54d-0134-ec69-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2014 December 18