| Description |
1 online resource (43 min.) |
| Series |
Dance in video.
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| Summary |
For the American dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey (1931 -1989) dance is an international art which discloses itself to all people because it doesn't require any spoken language. Everywhere that the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre appeared, the audiences greeted the harmonic beauty, the dynamic movements, and the dance-like expression of the soloists with great enthusiasm. Ailey choreographed 79 ballets and developed his own style using modern dance, jazz and classical ballet. His pieces relate amusing and earnest stories of the black inhabitants of North America. His choreographs are an expression of their deep faith as well as their grace, their sorrow and their joy of living. And of course they have a special energy and sensuality because Ailey mainly choreographed his pieces to "black" music by using elements of blues, spirituals, jazz, and soul |
| Notes |
Previously released on DVD |
| Credits |
Directed by Masazumi Chaya; composed by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Jerome Kern and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1984); choreographed by Alvin Ailey |
| Cast |
Performed by Gary De Loach, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre |
| Event |
Recorded 1990 |
| Subject |
Dance -- Performances
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Modern dance.
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Dance -- Performances.
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Modern dance.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Ailey, Alvin, choreographer (expression)
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Barceló, Randy, 1946- costume designer.
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Basie, Count, 1904-1984, composer (expression)
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Chaya, Masazumi, director.
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De Loach, Gary, dancer.
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Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993, composer (expression)
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Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945, composer (expression)
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Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955, composer (expression)
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Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor, composer (expression)
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, performer.
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