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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Alvin Ailey Video Archive

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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Title
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Additional title: Choros [and] Love songs [and] Cry [and] How long have it been
Additional title: Choros (Choreographic work : Dunham)
Additional title: Love songs (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Additional title: Cry (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Additional title: How long have it been (Choreographic work : Furtick)
Names
Dunham, Katherine (Choreographer)
Williams, Dudley, 1938- (Dancer)
Jamison, Judith (Dancer)
Yarborough, Sara (Dancer)
Wood, Donna, 1954- (Dancer)
Oka, Michihiko (Dancer)
Ailey, Alvin (Choreographer)
Furtick, Marleane (Choreographer)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Production company)
Collection

Alvin Ailey Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1973 (Questionable)
Place: United States
Table of Contents
Choros [excerpts] (ca. 5 min.) / recorded in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes; choreography, Katherine Dunham; music, Vadico Gogliano; short takes of a rehearsal supervised by Dunham. |||| Choros (ca. 12 min.) / recorded in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, in the studio of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York, N.Y.; choreography, Katherine Dunham; music, Vadico Gogliano; danced by Sara Yarborough, Christina Kimball, Donna Wood, Michihiko Oka, and Clover Mathis. |||| Love songs (ca. 17 min.) / recorded in rehearsal onstage, in rehearsal clothes; choreography, Alvin Ailey; music/lyrics, Leon Russell, Jeremy Wind, Leonard Bleecher, Bobby Scott, and Bobby Russell; danced by Dudley Williams. |||| Cry (ca. 16 min.) / recorded in rehearsal onstage, in rehearsal clothes; choreography, Alvin Ailey; music, Alice Coltrane, Laura Nyro, and The Voices of East Harlem; danced by Judith Jamison. |||| How long have it been (ca. 5 min.) / recorded in rehearsal onstage, in rehearsal clothes; choreography, Marleane Furtick; music, Lightnin' Hopkins; danced by Judith Jamison.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6222
Shelf locator: *MGZIA 4-6777 (former)
Topics
Dance rehearsals
Rehearsals
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Performers: Performed by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Physical Description
Videotape reel
Extent: 1 videotape reel (55 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY896038506-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12167876
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c111bce0-b983-0134-7b5b-00505686a51c
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

  • 1973: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1973. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f0d60240-ef96-0133-a83d-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f0d60240-ef96-0133-a83d-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1973). Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f0d60240-ef96-0133-a83d-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater