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Additional authors

1. Ailey, Alvin.
2. Wholey, Dennis, 1937-
3. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
4. WTVS-TV (Television station : Detroit, Mich.)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (32 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Interview with Alvin Ailey, who discusses the universal impulse to dance; the popularity of street dancing, and its use by choreographers; making dance more accessible to the general public; dance as a universal language; the dancer's training and daily routine; the rise of the male dancer; the contrast of modern dance and ballet; dancing and self-esteem; the dancer and aging. In response to phone-in questions and comments from listeners, he talks about dancers Patricia Dingle (then making her debut in Cry) and Carl Bailey (who later phones in a question); the influence of Honi Coles and Katherine Dunham; his works Cry and Revelations; the impact of Ronald Reagan's cuts in the arts budget; the activities of his school and apprentice company; dancing for children; his advice to young choreographers; weight problems among dancers; changes in ballet style. The program includes a brief performance excerpt from Ailey's Night creature.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Uniform title

1. Night creature (Choreographic work : Ailey)

Subject

1. Cry (Choreographic work : Ailey)
2. Dingle, Patricia
3. Ailey, Alvin > Revelations
4. Bailey, Carl
5. Interviews
6. Television
7. Choreographers > United States > 20th century > Interviews
8. Dance

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Interviews.
3. Television.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6692

Note

1. Date from original container.

Performer (note)

1. Host: Dennis Wholey.
2. Interviewee: Alvin Ailey.

Event (note)

1. Telecast by WTVS Detroit, a public television station, on March 8, 1985.

Title

1. Late night America. Alvin Ailey [videorecording] / WTVS Detroit.

Imprint

1. Detroit, Mich. : WTVS, 1985.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Event

1. Telecast by WTVS Detroit, a public television station, on March 8, 1985.

Performer

1. Host: Dennis Wholey.
2. Interviewee: Alvin Ailey.

Added author

1. Ailey, Alvin. ive, choreographer.
2. Wholey, Dennis, 1937- Interviewer
3. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
4. WTVS-TV (Television station : Detroit, Mich.)

Added title

1. Night creature (Choreographic work : Ailey)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6692