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    Alvin Ailey - An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
    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.Divining 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.Set to Modern Jazz, The Stack-Up takes place in modern-day Harlem. You'll witness the cruel reality of urban street life as a young man is destroyed by drugs.Cry was choreographed by Alvin Ailey in 1971 for Judith Jamison and is one of his most famous pieces. Created as a birthday present for his mother, it is Ailey's tribute to black women. You can't help feeling being moved by the struggle, the anger and most importantly, the celebration.
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    Etoile-Solo Ballet Variations
    Etoile Solo Ballet Variations In the market for Classical Ballet Class CD's there is an absence of recordings featuring women's variations from the Pas de deux repertory, so often used in the training of young dancers. Teachers and dancers have been forced to seek out the few complete orchestral recordings of ballets in order to find the brief two-minute variations needed in teaching the classic repertory. Once they find those recordings, they might find tempi better suited for a professional dancer, or more likely may be recorded with no sense of an appropriate dance tempo, thereby being all but useless for the dancer. Nicola Conraths and Christian Matjias came up with the idea of recording selected women's variations at a variety of tempi so that teachers could use them for any level and any age of dancer. With the graded tempi, dancers could also use different versions to work on specific details, instead of always relying upon the same speed time and again. You may say 'well, I have a variable speed CD player'. Though a nice piece of hardware to own, a variable speed player adjusts the entire movement to whatever tempo you set. So often, as heard in our recording of the Le Corsaire variations, contrasts in tempi within sections is crucial, and could not easily be executed with the simple adjustment of a variable speed player. The variations selected for the Etoile CD: Don Quixote - Kitri's Variation, Act III - 8 versions Don Quixote - Coda, Act III - 6 versions Le Corsaire - Medora Variation - 2 versions Le Corsaire - Medora Alternate Variation - 3 versions Le Corsaire - Coda - 3 versions The Sleeping Beauty - "Bluebird Variation" - 2 versions The Sleeping Beauty - "Aurora's Variation" - 2 versions Swan Lake - Petite Swan Pas de quatre - 6 versions George Balanchine's Tchaikovsky Pas de deux - 8 versions The variations with 6 and 8 different tempi can be used not only to teach the choreography, but can be utilized for teaching of basic principles for very young dancers - turning, spotting, jete turns, chaine turns, and more. The versions of Tchaikovsky's Dances of the Little Swans are quite varied in tempo in order to serve teachers of very young students as well as the intermediate level dancer. The many versions offered for Balanchine's Tchaikovsky Pas de deux now make it possible for dancers to properly learn the variation step-by-step, moving up each grade of tempo until they have it at the professional tempo. A perfect CD from which to choose recital material for whatever level of dancer you may have, with selections to also meet the needs of the competitive dancer. This is a must-have disc for teachers and dancers alike. Christian Matjias is one of the leading Dance / Music Specialists in the field, and an Associate Professor of Dance and Music at the University of Michigan. A native of Los Angeles, he attended the University of Southern California, earning degrees in Harpsichord and Early Music Performance, with secondary studies in Conducting. Intending to become a vocal accompanist and opera repetiteur, he instead became one of the most active dance musicians in Southern California prior his 1991 move to Michigan. As both performer and scholar, he is sought out by dancers across fields seeking to collaborate on choreography, technique classes, in addition to consulting on musical matters as relates to the staging of classical ballets. He has worked with, among others, the Balanchine Trust, Balanchine Foundation, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theatre of Harlem, TUDance, Leopold Dance Group, and has played for Maria Tallchief, Edward Villella, Eliot Feld, Gail Gilbert, and numerous dancers for New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Paul Taylor Dance Company, David Parsons Dance Company, Cullberg Ballet, Jose Limon Dance Company, Jose Greco Dance Company, Boston Ballet, and Martha Graham Dance Company. Christian's versatility also encompasses the vocal and instrumental repertory. He's served as repetiteur for productions of La Boheme, Carmina Burana and The Cradle Will Rock, as well as having performed with legendary cult avant-garde musician, Jandek.
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    Illumined Self
    Born in Indianapolis in 1936, John Schlenck graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 1957. He served for many years on the musical staff of the Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey Dance Schools. As music director of the Vedanta Society of New York since 1961, Schlenck has composed many songs and a number a larger choral works with Vedantic and other spiritual texts from the world's great traditions. While grounded in the Western classical tradition, Schlenck's compositions sometimes incorporate elements of Indian music. His instrumental works include three symphonies, a clarinet concerto, and numerous chamber and solo compositions. THE ILLUMINED SELF: A CHORAL CANTATA Vedantic Arts Ensemble directed by John Schlenck accompanied by an East-West instrumental ensemble. A spiritual journey told through music, based on Shankara's Crest Jewel of Discrimination & the Upanishads. Full of yearning and awe, a spiritual aspirant approaches an illumined teacher, receives instruction, practices intense meditation and at the end attains enlightenment. The Upanishads are the ancient Sanskrit scriptures (from 8th century BCE) which form the core spiritual thought of Vedantic Hinduism. Shankara (8th century CE) was the first philosopher to consolidate the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta, a sub-school of Vedanta. His teachings are based on the unity of the soul and the divine (Brahman).
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    Hymn to Holy Mother
    Born in Indianapolis in 1936, John Schlenck graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 1957. He served for many years on the musical staff of the Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey Dance Schools. As music director of the Vedanta Society of New York since 1961, Schlenck has composed many songs and a number a larger choral works with Vedantic and other spiritual texts from the world's great traditions. While grounded in the Western classical tradition, Schlenck's compositions sometimes incorporate elements of Indian music. His instrumental works include three symphonies, a clarinet concerto, and numerous chamber and solo compositions. HYMN TO HOLY MOTHER: Choral Suite with Flute, Harp, Organ, Tambura and Finger Cymbals with INVOCATIONS: HYMNS FROM THE UPANISHADS Vedantic Arts Ensemble conducted by Timothy Mount with Linda Chesis, flute and Susan Jolles, harp A multi-faceted hymn which celebrates the gentleness, compassion and power of Divine Motherhood, and venerates the life of Sarada Devi, the 19th century Indian saint. Also included: settings of five Peace Chants from the Upanishads, the ancient Sanskrit scriptures (from 8th century BCE) which form the core spiritual thought of Vedantic Hinduism. Sung a cappella.
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    PARENTHOOD SAISON 2
    Le quotidien de notre famille du Middle West a bien change. Jasmine et Jabar vivent desormais a NewYork ou la jeune femme a rejoint la compagnie Alvin Ailey. De son cote, Adam peine a trouver le just
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    A Tribute to Alvin Ailey
    Für den amerikanischen Tänzer und Choreografen Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) war der Tanz, weil er keine Worte braucht, eine internationale Kunst, die sich jedem Menschen erschließt. Wo immer das Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre weltweit auftrat, waren die Zuschauer begeistert von der harmonischen Schönheit, der dynamischen Bewegung und dem tänzerischen Ausdruck der Solisten.Insgesamt choreografierte Ailey neunundsiebzig Ballette, bei denen er seinen eigenen Stil aus Modern Dance, Jazz und klassischem Ballett entwickelte. Seine Stücke erzählen heitere und ernste Geschichten über die schwarzen Bewohner Nordamerikas. Die Choreografien sind Ausdruck ihrer Religiosität wie ihrer Versöhnlichkeit, ihres Schmerzes wie ihrer Lebensfreude. Und natürlich haben sie eine besondere Kraft und Sinnlichkeit, weil Ailey zum großen Teil zu „schwarzer“ Musik choreografierte: zu Blues und Spirituals, zu Jazz und Soul.
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