Executive Producer: Anthony Chapman Producer: Anu Krishnan Associate Producer: Mendy Johnson Art Director: Sabina Daley Designer: Lenny Drozner Graphic Art: Meiza Fleitas Technical Director: Brian Lee Page Builder: Brian Santalone Production Assistants: Peter Tierney, Kenny Li Copy Editor: Leslie R. Kriesel Lesson plans created by Maureen Carroll, Ph.D. and Laurel Blaine, co-founders of Bay Breeze Educational Resources, LLC. Thirteen Online is a production of Thirteen/WNET New York's Kravis Multimedia Education Center in New York City. Anthony Chapman, Director of Interactive & Broadband. Carmen DiRienzo, Vice President and Managing Director, Corporate Affairs. GREAT PERFORMANCES Web pages copyright © 2001 Educational Broadcasting Corporation. For American Dance Festival Executive Producers: Charles L. and Stephanie Reinhart Producer and Director: Madison Davis Lacy Writer and Editor: Zita D'Azalia Allen Editorial Production Assistant: Amy Grumann Consultant: Joe Nash Special Thanks To Myrdis D. Allen Glenn Conner Howrad Dobson Julia Foulkes Brenda Dixon Gottschild Gerald Myers Rex Nettleford Halifu Osumare Eleo Pomare Abdel Salaam Peter H. Wood Photo Credits The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater photos diplayed on this Web site are copyrighted materials and may not be downloaded without the express permission of the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. About the Film Top banner (from left to right): Gary Harris, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, in "Ostrich": Photograph by Andy Snow. Bill T. Jones: Photograph by Joanne Savio. Dance Timeline Top banner (from left to right): Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (detail): Photograph by Andy Snow. Bill T. Jones: Photograph by Joanne Savio. Behind the Dance Top banner (from left to right): Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Photograph by Barron Claiborne. Bill T. Jones: Photograph by Joanne Savio. Biographies Top banner (from left to right): Linda-Denise Evans and Glenn A. Sims, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, in "Revelations": Photograph by Andrew Eccles. Bill T. Jones: Photograph by Joanne Savio. Resources Top banner (from left to right): Briana Reed and Amos J. Machanic, Jr., Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, in "Revelations": Photograph by Paul Kolnik. Bill T. Jones: Photograph by Joanne Savio. Lesson Plans Top banner (from left to right): Ronald K. Brown: Photograph by Bruce R. Feeley. Courtesy of the American Dance Festival Archives, 1995. Bill T. Jones: Photograph by Joanne Savio. Screensaver Top banner (from left to right): Richard Witter and Wendy White Sasser, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, in "Chocolate Sessions": Photograph by Paul Kolnik. Bill T. Jones: Photograph by Joanne Savio. Episode 1: "What Do You Dance?" Produced and Directed by Madison Davis Lacy Written by Madison Davis Lacy Adam Zucker Edited by Adam Zucker Episode 2: "Steps of the Gods" Produced, Directed, and Written by Madison Davis Lacy Edited by Rachel Reichman Episode 3: "Go for What You Know" Produced by Adam Zucker Madison Davis Lacy Directed and Written by Adam Zucker Edited by Keir Pearson Director of Dance Sequences Gary Halvorson Horacé Ové Narrated by Blair Underwood Original Music Composed and Performed by Randy Klein Directors of Photography Don Lenzer Robert Shepard Buddy Squires Associate Producers Kris Jefferson Valerie Linson Jodee Nimerichter Archival Producer Jenna Lambie Coordinating Producer Denise Greene Additional Producers Horacé Ové Maria Patrick Additional Archival Research Prudence Arndt Lewanne Jones Production Assistant Amy Grumann Additional Production Assistants Christopher Boston Jennifer Cahill Chrisitne Van Cott Joaquin Dorfman Earl Johnson Melvin Jones Gordon Kennett Alvoro Leite Annette Macdonald Jaime Meyers Thomas Orr Eugene Ramsey Themba Sibeko Dallas Smith Melanie Smith Rodney Smith Keith Townsend Assistant Editor Karen Lefcourt Research Interns Rachelle Michaud Jada Shapiro Erica Bowen Candace Chambliss Amy Kaufmann Laila Sales Additional Camera Ed Fussell Ngaio Killingsworth David Shaw Ronnie Smith Assistant Cameramen Tadesse A. Bantiweson Chris Hall David Mellow John Romeo Anthony Savini David Trenkle Tim Travitz Jill Tufts Jeffrey Victor Jonathan Weaver Film Loader Byran Hoffman Sound Recordists Michael Lonsdale Mark Mandler Peter Miller David Patterson Steve Rogers Sekou Shepard John Zecca Lighting Designer Alan Adelman Lighting Gil McDowell Gaffers Tom Blancato Kelly J. Britt Gaffer/Lighting Ned Hallick Scripter/Camera Coordinator Daisy Pommer Production Supervisor Ross Kolman Stage Manager Andrea Sumner Jimmy Jib Operator Blane Allan Grip Ted Lehame Dolly Grip John R. Barnett Carpenter Daniel Seiggard Electricians Carmen I. Abrazado Paul B. Marsland Stephanie Renegar Second Electric John Roche Followspot Operators Angela Michelle Boyette David Speedy Krivonak Audio Assistant Jeremy Barr Stagehands Chris Blake James Hepler Jane E. Kasper Julia F. Lochra Kaoru Sakabe David Wiggall Advisors Dr. Julia L. Foulkes Dr. Richard A. Long Dr. Gerald E. Myers Joe Nash Dr. Gayle Pemberton Dr. John Perpener Dr. S'thembile West Dr. Peter Wood Dr. John Wright Consultant Mathew Diamond Choreographers Alvin Ailey Talley Beatty Ronald K. Brown Trisha Brown Blondell Cummings Asadata Dafora Chuck Davis Ruth St. Denis Ulysses Dove Katherine Dunham Garth Fagan Lester Horton Bill T. Jones Donald McKayle Eleo Pomare Pearl Primus Abdel Salaam Gus Solomons, jr. Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Additional Choreography Jacqulyn Buglisi -- Denishawn Repertory Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (Edna Guy Recreations) Set Designer/Decorator Rona Taylor Costumes Sarah Timberlake Studios (Lisa John) Hair & Makeup Indigo (Jane Brewton) Costumes for Ruth St. Denis & Edna Guy, courtesy of the Denishawn Repertory Dancers Performers Tracy Sallows (voice of Ruth St. Denis) Joanna Rhinehart (voice of Edna Guy) Michelle Dorant (Edna Guy) Maxine Sherman (Ruth St. Denis) Dance Companies Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co. Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Founder: Jeraldyne Blunden Artistic Director: Kevin Ward Forces of Nature Dance Theater Artistic Director: Abdel Salaam Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE Urban Bush Women Artistic Director: Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Dancers for Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co. Miguel Anaya Germaul Barnes Stefanie Bland Eric Bradley Catherine Cabeen Christian Canciani Daniel Russell Kubert Rosalynde Leblanc Toshiko Oiwa Dancers for Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Monnette M. Bariel Maria Berman Shana Bloodsaw Isiaih Davis Ricardo Garcia Terence Greene Veronica Green G.D. Harris Deshona Pepper Alvin Rangel Greer Reed Angela Reid David Reuille Jerome Stigler Sheri Williams Dancers for Forces of Nature Dance Theater Antoinette Coward Wayne Daniels Dyane Harvey Fritzlyn Hector Cheryl Hill Jerome Hunter Kevin Joseph Penelope Kaloo Edward Lawrence Johari Mayfield La Niece Mobley Eugene Niles Hisham Tawfig Sheryl Pollard Thomas Lakai Worrell Dina Wright Musicians for Forces of Nature Dance Theater Randal Alston Jerome Hunter Kojo Johnson Abdel R. Salaam Michael Wimberly Online Editor Alvin Bowens Audio Mixer Paul Furedi Recording Engineer Robert Harari Archives ABC News VideoSource The Alan Lomax Archive/Association for Cultural Equity Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Photographic Collections Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Foundation, Inc. American Dance Festival Archives Ann Barzel Archive Films "The Archive of Folksong" by Alan Lomax (Library of Congress) Austin Hansen Collection. 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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. Twin Palms Publishers University of South Carolina Film Library Urban Bush Women U.S. National Archives Video D Studios Virginia Museum of Fine Arts WGBH-TV Boston WPA Film Library WTTG/Chicago Special Thanks to Butler Library Cathedral St. John the Devine Christine Vincent Columbia University Du Art Film and Video Frame: Runner Inc. Frameshop HarariVille, Hoboken, NJ John Phillip Santos Laura Welsh Michelle Hodges Nancy Muller Sandy Pedlow Sony Music Studios Valerie Jo Bradley Grateful acknowledgment WETA Washington, D.C. For American Dance Festival Chairman Carlton Midyette Co-Directors Charles L. and Stephanie Reinhart Director of Administration & Finance Cynthia Wyse Director of Performances & Community Activities Rebecca Hix Director of Archives Laura Clark Brown Assistant Archivist Greta Reisel Development Associate Catherine Doetkott Special Assistant to the Co-Directors Heidi Kinney Philosopher in Residence & Director of Humanities & Public Education Programs Dr. Gerald E. Myers Series Producer Madison Davis Lacy Executive Producers Charles L. & Stephanie Reinhart For The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Chairman James A. Johnson President Lawrence J. Wilker Artistic Programming Jason Palmquist For Great Performances Executive Producer Jac Venza A co-production of the American Dance Festival and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in association with Thirteen/WNET New York © 2000 The American Dance Festival