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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Alvin Ailey Video Archive

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Title
Rocka my soul
Additional title: Revelations (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Additional title: Blues suite (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Additional title: Road of the Phoebe Snow (Choreographic work : Beatty)
Names
Ailey, Alvin (Choreographer)
Abbott, Loretta (Dancer)
Faison, George, 1945- (Dancer)
Godreau, Miguel (Dancer)
Jamison, Judith (Dancer)
Miller, Sharron (Dancer)
Rotardier, Kelvin (Dancer)
Taylor, Lynne (Dancer)
Truitte, James (Dancer)
Williams, Dudley, 1938-2015 (Dancer)
Beatty, Talley (Choreographer)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Performer)
Ailey, Alvin (Interviewee)
Collection

Alvin Ailey Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1967
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8840
Topics
Dance companies -- United States
Dance, Black -- United States
Genres
Documentary films
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Interviews
Motion pictures
Notes
Statement of responsibility: produced and directed by Gordon Kelly.
Creation/production credits: Scenery, David Weber ; lighting, Dan Jones.
Performers: Interviewer: Yvonne Barkley (?). Interviewee: Alvin Ailey.
Performers: Danced by Loretta Abbott, Enid Aytch, George Faison, Miguel Godreau, Consuelo Houston, Judith Jamison, Sharron Miller, Elbert Morris, Kelvin Rotardier, Lynne Taylor, James Truitte, and Dudley Williams.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (30 min., 38 sec.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Made-for-television documentary on the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Alvin Ailey discusses the company and the excerpts performed, which come from Talley Beatty's The Road of the Phoebe Snow and Ailey's own Revelations ("I been buked," "Take me to the water," "You may run home"/"Rocka my soul") and Blues suite ("House of the rising sun," "Yancey Special").
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY896038619-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12167885
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0c5fdbd0-9a0e-0138-7e84-4dde95aa2bb5
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1967: Issued
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Rocka my soul" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1967. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/feb081bd-2c2a-45eb-99d3-256549c2eddb

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Rocka my soul" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/feb081bd-2c2a-45eb-99d3-256549c2eddb

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1967). Rocka my soul Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/feb081bd-2c2a-45eb-99d3-256549c2eddb

Wikipedia Citation

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