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Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

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Title
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater [edited version]
Additional title: Hymn (Choreographic work : Jamison)
Additional title: Winter in Lisbon (Choreographic work : Wilson)
Additional title: N.Y. export, opus jazz (Choreographic work : Robbins)
Names
New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Jamison, Judith (Choreographer)
Smith, Anna Deavere (Author)
Smith, Anna Deavere (Performer)
Allen, Sarita (Dancer)
Williams, Dudley, 1938- (Dancer)
Chaya, Masazumi (Dancer)
Gee, Danielle (Dancer)
Thomas, Michael, active 1990 (Dancer)
Robinson, Renée (Dancer)
Meek, Leonard (Dancer)
Roxas, Elizabeth (Dancer)
Richardson, Desmond (Dancer)
Plantadit, Karine (Dancer)
Powell, Troy (Dancer)
Banks, Marilyn (Dancer)
Phelps, Jonathan (Dancer)
Gaddis, Bernard (Dancer)
Joy, Michael (Dancer)
Tyson, Andre (Dancer)
Rhoden, Dwight (Dancer)
Hash, Dana (Dancer)
Vlad, Desire (Dancer)
Roberts, Lydia (Dancer)
Bellamy, Roger (Dancer)
Manning, Deborah (Dancer)
Pierce-Sands, Toni (Dancer)
Cyrus, Duane (Dancer)
Rushing, Matthew, 1973- (Dancer)
Inman, Tracy (Dancer)
Oberpriller, Donald J. (Designer)
Ruggieri, Robert (Composer)
Wilson, Billy, 1935-1994 (Choreographer)
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (Composer)
Bonitsky, Daniel (Designer)
Anderson, Toyce (Costume designer)
Hunter, Tim (Designer)
Robbins, Jerome (Choreographer)
Prince, Robert, 1929-2007 (Composer)
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969 (Designer)
Klotz, Florence (Costume designer)
Tipton, Jennifer (Lighting designer)
Forbes, Barbara (Costume designer)
Spence, Chenault (Lighting designer)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Performer)
Camera Group (Videographer)
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Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1993-12-17
Table of Contents
CONTENTS: Cassette 1: The winter in Lisbon (approx. 26 min.). Chor: Billy Wilson. Mus: Dizzy Gillespie. Cos: Barbara Forbes. Lighting: Chenault Spence. Cast: Opening theme: Sarita Allen, Dana Hash, Desiree Vlad, Lydia Roberts, Danielle Gee, Dudley Williams, Andre Tyson, Dwight Rhoden, Jonathan Phelps, Roger Bellamy, Michael Joy. San Sebastian: Michael Thomas, Leonard Meek, Desmond Richardson, Deborah Manning, Elizabeth Roxas. Lisbon: Toni Pierce, Meek. Manteca: Company. -- Cassette 2: Hymn (approx. 39 min.). Chor: Judith Jamison. Mus: Robert Ruggieri. Text conceived, written, and perf. by Anna Deavere Smith. Scen: Timothy Hunter, Daniel Bonitsky, and Donald J. Oberpriller. Cos: Toyce Anderson. Lighting: Hunter. Cast: Prologue. Head of state: Allen, company. Spiritual walking: Company. Never spoken: Williams. I have nothing: Troy Powell, Marilyn Banks, Phelps, Bernard Gaddis, Thomas. Dance: Company. Survivor: Masazumi Chaya, company. Cathedral: Gee and Thomas. The search for perfection: Renee Robinson, company. Cathedral: Meek. Black dress: Roxas. Whores in the whore house comin' to church: Richardson. The mask: Karine Plantadit. A message: Thomas. Epilogue. -- Cassette 3: N.Y. export: op. jazz [close shot only] (approx. 31 min.). Chor: Jerome Robbins, assisted by Wilma Curley and Edward Verso. Mus: Robert Prince. Original scen: Ben Shahn. Original cos: Shahn and Florence Klotz. Lighting: Jennifer Tipton. Cast: 1. |||| Entrance: Roxas, Pierce, Robinson, Roberts, Hash, Plantadit, Tyson, Rhoden, Richardson, Duane Cyrus, Meek, Matthew Rushing. 2. Statics: Hash, Tyson, Tracy Inman, Rhoden, Rushing, Cyrus. 3. Improvisations: Company. 4. Passage for two: Roxas, Rhoden. 5. Theme, variation and fugue: Company.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2314
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4166 (former)
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in performance for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image by the Camera Group, with the assistance of New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, at City Center, New York, on December 17, 1993. For a wide shot version, see: *MGZIC 9-4167.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 3 videocassettes (U-matic) (96 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY946078727-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12176273
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 17618a90-90c5-0135-3125-0d3536828d23
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  • 2017: Digitized
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater [edited version]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1993. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/17618a90-90c5-0135-3125-0d3536828d23

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater [edited version]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/17618a90-90c5-0135-3125-0d3536828d23

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1993). Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater [edited version] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/17618a90-90c5-0135-3125-0d3536828d23

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater [edited version]