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Carmen and Geoffrey
A film by Linda Atkinson & Nick Doob 80 minutes, documentary, color, English, 2006
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Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder, two living legends in the world of American dance, are the subjects of this intimate and revealing documentary. Carmen achieved notoriety in the early 1950s, as a lead dancer of incomparable beauty and grace with Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theater. Geoffrey, large in life and an elemental force on stage, found fame not only as a dancer but also as an actor (Live and Let Die), soda spokesman (“the Un-Colaaaaa...”) and theater director (The Wiz). He and Carmen met in 1954 and married a year later. Filmed over several years in the United States, Trinidad and Paris, this exquisite documentary features candid interviews and glorious dance performances, with legends like Alvin Ailey, Herbert Ross, Lester Horton, Joe Layton, Duke Ellington and Josephine Baker, demonstrating the amazing talent and uninterrupted creativity of these icons of dance.Watch the Trailer
Reviews "One of the most revelatory dance films I have ever seen!" - Andrew Sarris, The New York Observer "Exquisite!" - The Village Voice "What you see is more than an outstanding, five-decade creative collaboration; it’s one of the dance world’s great love stories, too." - Dance Magazine "Endearing, with glorious, amazing archival footage!" - This Week in New York "Leaves you wondering why its subjects are not widely recognized as national treasures." "Enlightening, entertaining and lively. A definite must-see!" - NY Amsterdam News Links See details about this film's theatrical
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