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Additional authors

1. Ailey, Alvin
2. Burnett, Clarence
3. Clark, Ivy
4. Faison, George, 1945-
5. Haizlip, Ellis B., 1929-1991
6. Nash, Joe, 1919-2005
7. Pleasant, Stanely
8. Sellers, John, 1924-1999
9. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Description

1. 13 audiocassettes

Summary

1. The collection consists of 13 interview audio recordings. Interviewees include Alvin Ailey, producer Ellis Haizlip, dance historian Joe Nash, choreographer George Faison, Ivy Clark, musician Brother John Sellers, Clarence Burnett, Stanley Pleasant, and Ailey's mother, Mrs. Lula Cooper.

Subject

1. Ailey, Alvin
2. African American dancers
3. African American choreographers
4. African American dance
5. Dancers > United States
6. Choreographers > United States

Genre/Form

1. Sound recordings.
2. Biographies.

Call number

1. Sc MIRS Revelations

Note

1. Alvin Ailey was a dancer, choreographer, and founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Shortly before his death in 1989, Ailey and several of his contemporaries granted interviews to journalist and author A. Peter Bailey, who used these interviews in his work to create the book "Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey," published in 1995.

Author

1. Bailey, A. Peter, creator.

Title

1. "Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey" interviews collection : 13 items.

Publisher

1. [1995]

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1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Ailey, Alvin, interviewee.
2. Burnett, Clarence, interviewee.
3. Clark, Ivy, interviewee.
4. Faison, George, 1945- interviewee.
5. Haizlip, Ellis B., 1929-1991, interviewee.
6. Nash, Joe, 1919-2005, interviewee.
7. Pleasant, Stanely, interviewee.
8. Sellers, John, 1924-1999, interviewee.
9. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Related to

1. Related work: Ailey, Alvin. Revelations.

Research call number

1. Sc MIRS Revelations