Growing up, we were all taught that Columbus discovered America. However, this is not the case at all. Columbus got lost looking for India, and instead landed in the Caribbean. Continue reading
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9/16/17 O&A NYC DANCE: Dance Documentary- The Alvin Ailey Company: Beyond The Dance (Paris 2005)
Dance Documentary- The Alvin Ailey Company: Beyond The Dance (Paris 2005) featuring Judith Jamison, Masazumi Chaya, Matthew Rushing, Glenn Allen Sims, Amos Mechanic Jr., Calvin Hunt, Dwana Smallwood, Hope Boykin, Renee Robinson and excepts from the extensive and diverse repertory. Continue reading
9/15/17 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FASHION DOCUMENTARY: “Bury Me With The Lo On” Mark Its Re-Release With A New Documentary
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Bury Me With The Lo On book exploring exactly how a group of kids from 1980s Brooklyn influenced mainstream hip-hop and shaped a movement of Polo By Ralph Lauren fans was getting a re-release. Continue reading
7/22/17 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez: Maya Angelou- In Her Own Words
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Maya Angelou and some of the people who know her best sit down with journalist Felix Augustine where some of her deepest secrets are uncovered like never before.
6/15/17 O&A NYC FASHION: Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Icon
Karl Lagerfeld, an icon in his own right, reinvents Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel’s namesake brand for today’s world by blending timeless modernity with classic femininity. Get to know the storied head designer and creative director of Chanel in this episode of Minidocs. Continue reading
11/15/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Facing Evil With Maya Angelou
Facing Evil With Maya Angelou, is the second of two programs celebrating the life and work of the late Maya Angelou, Bill Moyers revisits a 1988 documentary in which he and Angelou attended a conference on “Facing Evil,” held in the Hill Country of central Texas. Evil was a topic about which Angelou, the victim of childhood rape and virulent racism, had a lot to say. Continue reading
10/25/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Sylvie Guillem- Mademoiselle Non (1993)
Sylvie Guillem joined the corps de ballet of the Paris Opera at age fifteen. A dance superstar whose breathtaking technique ranks her beside the likes of Nureyev and Baryshnikov the program centers on film of Guillem rehearsing and performing a range of pieces, both contemporary and classical, which display her astonishing virtuosity. Continue reading
10/23/16 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Quincy Jones – Listen Up The Lives Of Quincy (1990)
Quincy Jones – Listen Up The Lives Of Quincy (1990) a documentary that presents a unique look at the legendary musician, arranger, composer and producer offers a collage of memories, sounds and intimate interviews with musical greats in a rousing showcase. Continue reading
10/11/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Ballerina’s Tale With Misty Copeland
A Ballerina’s Tale stars Misty Copeland the American Ballet Theatre principal dancer and Under Armour spokeswoman. On Monday, October 12, 2015 at the 92nd Street Y (New York City) Copeland, Director Nelson George and TV personality Gayle King discussed the documentary. Continue reading
10/7/16 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Nureyev & The Joffrey Ballet Tribute to Nijinsky 1980
Nureyev & The Joffrey Ballet Tribute to Nijinsky, features three ballets Petrouchka, Le spectre de la rose, L’après-midi d’un faune was recorded on August 1980 in Nashville.
As Robert Joffrey, artistic director of the company, explains toward the end of this program, no one really knows in precise detail how the Vaslav Nijinsky of legend danced. These re-creations were assembled by reading about him and by looking at photographs in costume. Needless to say, dance scholars have been afforded endless opportunity for taking indignant exception to bits and pieces of the reconstructions.
Nureyev & The Joffrey Ballet Tribute to Nijinsky 1980
Petrouchka (Rudolf Nureyev, Denise Jackson, Christian Holder, Gary Chryst)
Le spectre de la rose (Rudolf Nureyev, Denise Jackson)
L’après-midi d’un faune (Rudolf Nureyev, Charlene Gehm)
National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Terence Kern, conductor ; Paul Jacobs, solo piano.
