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An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Directed by Thomas Grimm

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In this brilliant studio recording, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the country's boldest and most exciting dance company, brings its distinctive style home to you--dazzling, brash and dynamic, yet graceful and poetic. Included on this DVD are two stunning dance pieces. "Diving" was Judith Jamison's first major work as a choreographer for Alvin Ailey. The dance evokes a strong feeling for African tribal ritual and is set to hauntingly rhythmic drum music. "Revelations" expresses Ailey's intense feelings for his roots in the South. Here you'll see Ailey's vivid "blood memories"of the blues, spirituals, gospel music, ragtime and folk songs, as well as the hard life of the Southern black during the Depression. 61 minutes.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #61649 in DVD
  • Released on: 2001-01-23
  • Rating: NR (Not Rated)
  • Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  • Formats: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
  • Original language: English
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Running time: 61 minutes

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A Remarkable Peice of Work5
As a dancer I admirer companies such as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and to be able to veiw the companies greatest pices of work when ever I want to is wonderful. It is also a special treat to see the dacers dance when the company really made a name for itself, when everyone was able to see the work of Mr. Ailey. My two most favorite pieces Cry and Revelations are what I call masterpieces and when I veiw them I feel the same spirit as if Ailey was there with me.

The great black choreographer.5
This is a great DVD, it is very caracteristic of Alvin Ailey's works. It is an inspiration for many young Black-American Dancers.

Enjoy the DVD.

very entertaining4
i must warn you im not a dancing or video buff, but i found this dvd very entertaining. judith jamison's divining is very atheletic, and innovative from the ballets i have seen. and i cant stop watching ailey's revelations because it not only good ballet but the gospel songs are fun to listen too. other than that the dvd only offers a lil clip of how ailey started the alvin ailey company, and the special features only have the last three songs done w/o interruptions, meaning w/ no credts scrolling over the performance. hope you likey

j.b.