Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Sarah Daley and Jermaine Terry in Matthew Rushing's ODETTA Photo by Paul Kolnik
Repertory
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Sarah Daley and Jermaine Terry in Matthew Rushing's ODETTA Photo by Paul Kolnik
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Matthew Rushing's ODETTA Photo by Steve Wilson
music credits
Quote from Marianne Williamson’s book A Return to Love, read by Odetta F. Gordon.* “This Little Light of Mine.”* “Prettiest Train.” “Last Word: Odetta.”^ “Ox Driver Song.” “John Henry.” Audio clip of Odetta interviewed by Camille Cosby; audio interview from archival materials courtesy of The National Visionary Leadership Project; www.visionaryproject.org. “There’s a Hole in the Bucket” by Harry Belafonte and Odetta Felious Gordon. Published by Clara Music Publishing Corp. (ASCAP) Clara Music Publishing Corp. Administered by Next Decade Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.* “Last Word: Odetta.”^ “Motherless Children.”* “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.”* “Last Word: Odetta.”^ “Cool Water” by Bob Nolan. “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan. “Glory, Glory.”* “Freedom Trilogy,” musical arrangement by Ysaye M. Barnwell and Seth Farber; vocal performance by Ysaye M. Barnwell and piano performance by Seth Farber.*
*Words and Music by Odetta F. Gordon. Pookie Tree Publishing Co. (ASCAP). Odetta's name, voice, likeness, and biographical information provided courtesy of the Estate of Odetta. www.odettamusic.com ^Audio from “Last Word: Odetta” interview. Audio provided by T3Media from the interview: “Last Word: Odetta.”
sponsors
The creation of ODETTA was supported by commissioning funds from New York City Center. Major support for this production was provided by American Express. Generous support was provided by Roberta Campbell & Richard Gray, Melinda & Paul Pressler, Daria L. & Eric J. Wallach, and the Pamela D. Zilly & John H. Schaefer New Works Endowment Fund. Additional support was provided by The Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn & Nicolas Rohatyn New Works Endowment Fund and The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey – Sara and Bill Morgan New Works Endowment Fund.
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