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Blues suite

Title
Blues suite [videorecording] / choreography, Alvin Ailey.
Publication
[1985?]

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Additional Authors
  • Ailey, Alvin
  • Sellars, John.
  • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (43 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The first two songs, "Good morning blues" and "I cried," are performed twice, first with the women only, then with the men only. After the end of the work the songs "Yancey special," "Slow drag," "Sham," and "Good morning blues" (reprise) are repeated with partial casts.
Uniform Title
Blues suite (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • Rehearsal in the studio, in rehearsal clothes, Jan. 14, 1985 (?).
Credits (note)
  • Music, Traditional, arranged by Brother John Sellers.
Funding (note)
  • This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-786
OCLC
NYPY896038594-F
Title
Blues suite [videorecording] / choreography, Alvin Ailey.
Imprint
[1985?]
Credits
Music, Traditional, arranged by Brother John Sellers.
Performer
Performed by members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.
Funding
This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
System Details
DVD.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-1469.
Added Author
Ailey, Alvin, choreographer.
Sellars, John. Arranger
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Added Title
Blues suite (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-786
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