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Hidden rites [and] Episodes

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Title

Hidden rites [and] Episodes

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Berry, April (Dancer)
Bellamy, Don (Dancer)
Manning, Deborah (Dancer)
Plantadit, Karine (Dancer)
Hiett, DeeAnna (Dancer)
Roberts, Lydia (Dancer)
Rhoden, Dwight (Dancer)
Lynch, Aubrey (Dancer)
Johnson, Wesley, III (Dancer)
Inman, Tracy (Dancer)
Clark, Danny (Dancer)
Hash, Dana (Dancer)
Chavis, Raquelle (Dancer)
Tyson, Andre (Dancer)
Roxas, Elizabeth (Dancer)
Robinson, Renée (Dancer)
Chase, Debora (Dancer)
Richardson, Desmond (Dancer)
St. Charles, David (Dancer)
Joy, Michael (Dancer)
Vlad, Desire (Dancer)
Ailey, Alvin (Choreographer)
Sciortino, Patrice (Composer)
Feitler, Bea (Costume designer)
Spence, Chenault (Lighting designer)
Kajiwara, Mari (Restager)
Dove, Ulysses (Choreographer)
Ruggieri, Robert (Composer)
Gallardo, Jorge (Costume designer)
Read, John B. (Lighting designer)
Melo, Niels (Videographer)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1991-04-02

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS: Hidden rites (approx. 28 min.). Choreography: Alvin Ailey, restaged by Mari Kajiwara. Music: Patrice Sciortino (Les cyclopes). Costumes: Bea Feitler. Lighting: Chenault Spence. Cast: Incantation: April Berry, Don Bellamy; Spirits known and unknown: The Company; Spirits descending: Desmond Richardson; Of women: Dana Hash, Deborah Manning, Karine Plantadit, Raquelle Chavis, DeeAnna Hiett-Washington, Lydia Roberts; Of men: Dwight Rhoden, Aubrey Lynch II, Tracy Inman, Michael Joy, Daniel Clark; Of love: Berry, Bellamy, Elizabeth Roxas, Andre Tyson; Of celebration and death: Hash, Manning, Roxas, Tyson, Rhoden, Richardson, and the Company; Spirits ascending: The Company. -- Episodes (approx. 22 min.). Choreography: Ulysses Dove. Music: Robert Ruggieri. Costumes: Jorge Gallardo. Lighting: John B. Read. Perf. by Richardson, Rhoden, David St. Charles, Johnson, Inman, Renee Robinson, Roxas, Desire Vlad, Debora Chase.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2254
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-2696 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in performance for the Jerome Robbins Archive on April 2, 1991, at Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley, California, by Niels Melo, with the assistance of grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Performers: Performed by members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (52 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY916056915-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12170875
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7cd48470-86a9-0135-924e-001f5d962b76

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. "Hidden rites [and] Episodes" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7cd48470-86a9-0135-924e-001f5d962b76

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). Hidden rites [and] Episodes Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7cd48470-86a9-0135-924e-001f5d962b76

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Hidden rites [and] Episodes" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7cd48470-86a9-0135-924e-001f5d962b76

Wikipedia citation

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