Product Details

• Actors: Talley Beatty, Judith Jamis
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Kultur Video
• VHS Release Date: October 28, 1997
• Run Time: 140 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 156127075X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #250,275 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A personally moving experience, March 4, 1999

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ejp "Absurdist" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Four by Ailey: An evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The four ballets presented on this tape show not just the Ailey company at its best, but serve as a sort of testament to Ailey himself. Two of the works ("Divining" and "The Stack-Up") are works by two choreographers among many Ailey made a "home" for; the former work is by former Ailey dancer and current Artistic Director Judith Jamison, the latter by the late Katherine Dunham protege Talley Beatty. The whole reason I bought the tape though, was for "Cry," Ailey's 1971 tour-de-force orginally created for Judith Jamison. Though the soloist recorded here (Deborah Manning) is more than equal to the task, I will still always wish I had had the opportunity to see Jamison dance it in person.