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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2013 December 20

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Title

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2013 December 20

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
McGregor, Wayne (Choreographer)
White, Jack, 1975- (Composer)
Talbot, Joby (Composer)
Pawson, John, 1949- (Set designer)
Junge, Mortiz, 1975- (Costume designer)
Carter, Lucy, (Lighting designer) (Lighting designer)
Vereecken, Antoine (Associated name)
Jones, Bill T. (Choreographer)
Wong, Janet (Restager)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 (Composer)
Prince, Liz, 1961- (Costume designer)
Taylor, Jon (Costume designer)
Wierzel, Robert (Lighting designer)
Barton, Aszure (Choreographer)
Alsberry, Jonathan E. (Associated name)
Briscoe, William (Creator)
Masten, Fritz (Costume designer)
Brown, Burke (Lighting designer)
Boykin, Hope (Dancer)
Bozeman, Jeroboam (Dancer)
Carmon, Sean A. (Dancer)
Clark, Elisa (Dancer)
Daley, Sarah (Dancer)
DeVore, Ghrai (Dancer)
Douthit, Antonio (Dancer)
Boyd, Kirven J. (Dancer)
Gardner, Renaldo (Dancer)
Gilmore, Vernard J. (Dancer)
Green, Jacqueline, (Dancer) (Dancer)
Harder, Daniel (Dancer)
Hopkins, Demetia (Dancer)
Jakel, Megan (Dancer)
Lebrun, Yannick (Dancer)
Graf, Alicia J. (Dancer)
McBride, Michael Francis (Dancer)
McLaren, Rachael (Dancer)
Parker, Akua Noni (Dancer)
Pereyra, Belen (Dancer)
Reed, Briana (Dancer)
Roberts, Jamar (Dancer)
Roberts, Samuel L. (Dancer)
Robotham, Kelly (Dancer)
Segawa, Kanji (Dancer)
Sims, Glenn A. (Glenn Allen) (Dancer)
Sims, Linda Celeste (Dancer)
Terry, Jermaine (Dancer)
Tesfagiorgis, Fana (Dancer)
Willis, Marcus Jarrell (Dancer)
Rushing, Matthew, 1973- (Dancer)
Rushing, Matthew, 1973- (Director)
Bernadi, François (Videographer)
Bernadi, François (Editor)
Weaver, Jonathan (Videographer)
Chi, Michael (Videographer)
New York City Center (Event place)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2013-12-20

Table Of Contents

Chroma (2006, Ailey premiere 2013) (25 min.) / choreography by Wayne McGregor ; music by Jack White and Joby Talbot ; set by John Pawson ; costumes by Moritz Junge ; lighting by Lucy Carter ; restaged by Antoine Vereecken ; danced by Sean A. Carmon, Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Kirven Douthit-Boyd, Vernard J. Gilmore, Yannick Lebrun, Alicia Graf Mack, Rachael McLaren, Akua Noni Parker, Jamar Roberts, Linda Celeste Sims. |||| D-Man in the Waters (Part 1) (1989, Ailey premiere 2013) (17 min.) / choreography by Bill T. Jones ; restaged by Janet Wong ; music by Felix Mendelssohn ; costumes by Liz Prince ; costumes re-created for Ailey by Jon Taylor ; lighting by Robert Wierzel ; danced by Hope Boykin, Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Vernard J. Gilmore, Alicia Graf Mack, Michael Francis McBride, Rachael McLaren, Belen Pereyra, Jamar Roberts, Glenn Allen Sims. |||| Lift (2013) (29 min.) / choreography by Aszure Barton ; choreographic assistance, Jonathan Emanuell Alsberry with William Briscoe ; original music by Curtis MacDonald ; costumes by Fritz Masten ; lighting by Burke Brown ; danced by The Company.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2039

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: artistic director, Robert Battle.
Content: Widescreen.
Content: The Artists of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, members of the American Guild of Musical Artists AFL-CIO, have graciously donated their services for this very special project.
Content: The New York Public Library expresses its appreciation to the following for their cooperation with the Dance Division porject: New York City Center, American Guild of Musical Artists (A.G.M.A.), and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E), Local One.
Content: 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: Video production, François Bernadi ; editor, François Bernadi ; camera operators, Jonathan Weaver, Michael Chin ; camera PA, Glenmore Legister.
Performers: Danced by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Hope Boykin, Jeroboam Bozeman, Sean A. Carmon, Elisa Clark, Sarah Daley, Ghrai DeVore, Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Kirven Douthit-Boyd, Renaldo Gardner, Vernard J. Gilmore, Jacqueline Green, Daniel Harder, Demetia Hopkins, Megan Jakel, Yannick Lebrun, Alicia Graf Mack, Michael Francis McBride, Rachael McLaren, Akua Noni Parker, Belen Pereyra, Briana Reed, Jamar Roberts, Samuel Lee Roberts, Kelly Robothan, Kanji Segawa, Glenn Allen Sims, Linda Celeste Sims, Jernaine Terry, Fana Tesfagiorgis, Marcus Jarrell Willis.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at New York City Center, New York, N.Y. on 2013 December 20.
Funding: This archival recording is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Art Works.
Funding: This program is made possible by 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

Extent: 1 video file (71 min.) : sound, color

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20282662
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 549a38c0-3149-0132-636d-3c075448cc4b

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2013 December 20" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2013. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/549a38c0-3149-0132-636d-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2013). Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2013 December 20 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/549a38c0-3149-0132-636d-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2013 December 20" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/549a38c0-3149-0132-636d-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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