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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 18 min. 58 sec.) ; 479460560 bytes |
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American artists, Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder stepped forward in the 1950s to play a vital part in the newly energised worlds of modern dance and have enjoyed a 47-year marriage and creative partnership that has sustained their accomplishments.Over the past three years, Linda Atkinson (a student of Carmen's) and Nick Doob have filmed the virtually uninterrupted creativity of this couple, now in their 70s. The film's style is spontaneous, intimate and revealing, showing Carmen and Geoffrey's natural penchant for uncommon good humour.Born in New Orleans, Carmen won a scholarship at 16 to study in Los Angeles with the pioneering choreographer, Lester Horton. She brought her high school classmate, Alvin Ailey to his first dance class. Choreographer Herbert Ross invited her and Ailey to dance in the Broadway production of Truman Capote's House of Flowers. Soon after, Carmen married another member of the cast, Geoffrey Holder.Geoffrey came from Trinidad to debut in House of Flowers, which he also co-choreographed with Herbert Ross. Later he directed and designed the costumes for The Wiz winning two Tonys in the process.Shot in New York, Texas, Trinidad and Paris, the film contains rare dance footage of Carmen and Geoffrey from the 50s and 60s, both solo and together. It also includes their work with Ailey, Ross, Horton, Joe Layton, Duke Ellington and Josephine Baker in Paris.This film is a celebration of lives boldly lived, that set a paradigm for survival and accomplishment in one of the toughest professions to which anyone can aspire.PRODUCTION DETAILS:A film by Linda Atkinson and Nick Doob. Three Wheel Productions. LLC |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-08-15 at 19:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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African American dancers.
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De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931-.
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Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-2014.
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United States.
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Streaming video
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Atkinson, Linda, director
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Baker, Josephine, cast
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Doob, Nick, director
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Holder, Geoffrey, cast
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Jamison, Judith, cast
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Lavallade, Carmen De, cast
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