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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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Title

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Collection

Alvin Ailey Video Archive

Names

Trisler, Joyce, 1934-1979 (Choreographer)
Ailey, Alvin (Choreographer)
Koner, Pauline (Choreographer)
Nyro, Laura (Composer)
Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981 (Composer)
Schiller, David (Videographer)
Ives, Charles, 1874-1954 (Composer)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Production company)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1969-12-19 - 1969-12-23
Place: United States

Table Of Contents

Journey (ca. 5 min.) / choreography, Joyce Trisler ; music, Charles Ives ; danced by female soloist. |||| Quintet: December's boudoir (ca. 5 min.) / choreography, Alvin Ailey ; music, Laura Nyro ; danced by female soloist. |||| Blues suite: duet (ca. 6 min.) / choreography, Alvin Ailey ; music, traditional ; danced by a man and a woman. |||| Poème (ca. 8 min.) / choreography, Pauline Koner ; music, Samuel Barber ; danced by a man and a woman.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6501
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 7-546 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Content: Title from information provided by donor.
Performers: Danced by members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Venue: Videotaped in stage rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, at the Dance Channel, New York, on December 19-23, 1969, by David Schiller.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videotape reel (24 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY827012307-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12159470
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 73e494e0-08f2-0135-d571-69be5544e2eb

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" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1969 - 1969. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/73e494e0-08f2-0135-d571-69be5544e2eb

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1969 - 1969). Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/73e494e0-08f2-0135-d571-69be5544e2eb

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/73e494e0-08f2-0135-d571-69be5544e2eb

Wikipedia citation

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