Produced and Directed by
PHIL BERTELSEN

Co-Producer
BECCA BENDER

Editor
LILLIAN E. BENSON, A.C.E.

Directors of Photography
MARYSE ALBERTI
JOHN FOSTER

Editor (Live Performance)
GIRISH BHARGAVA

Music Supervisor
BILL COLEMAN

Original Music by
DAVE WARRIN
and
MARK ANTHONY THOMPSON
DARRIN ROSS

Line Producer
ANGELA TUCKER

Consulting Producer
KATY CHEVIGNY

Visual Effects Supervisor
Opening Title Animation
YORGO ALEXOPOULOS

Location Sound Recording
GAUTAM CHOUDHURY
JOHN VALADEZ
MERCE WILLIAMS
PHIL BERTELSEN

Sound Editor/Mixer
KEVIN WILSON

Additional Cinematography
ANTONIO ROSSI
MAXIM TARASIUGIN
KU-LING SIEGEL

Assistant Editor
SALEEM AZIZ

Second Assistant Editor
CECILY PINGREE

Assistant Camera
BENJAMIN BLOODWELL
and
RONAN KILEEN
SERGEI SVIATKOVSKY
MIA A. BARKER

Gaffers
DENIS AMOSENKO
KEVIN STANTON
TONY COX
LANCE PHOX

Production Legal Counsel
JONATHAN GRAY, ESQ.

Production Manager (Russia)
SERGEI BECK

Music Coordinator
ANGELO “PEPE” SKORDOS

Assistant Music Coordinator
JAMES CAVERA

Production Assistants
     
   
     
       
     
 
 
TED ALCORN
ATHON BISS
LAUREN BRITT-ELMORE
TEI CARPENTER
 
WINNIE CHEUNG
CLARISSA LASKY
INGRID ROJAS
CLEMENTINE WALLACE

 
On-Line Editor
TED PISHKO

Colorist
SCOT STARBUCK

On-Line Assistant Editor
JEFF HURM

Fiscal Sponsor
ARTS ENGINE, INC.

FOR “LOVE STORIES” BALLET

Choreography
JUDITH JAMISON
with
ROBERT BATTLE AND RENNIE HARRIS


 
Music
STEVIE WONDER

Original Composition Composed and Produced by
DARRIN ROSS
  Costume Designer
SUSAN HILFERTY

Lighting and Visual Designer
AL CRAWFORD
 
Featured Dancers

GUILLERMO ASCA
KIRVEN J. BOYD
HOPE BOYKIN
CLIFTON BROWN
ROSALYN DESHAUTEURS
ABDUR-RAHIM JACKSON
MATTHEW RUSHING
GLENN ALLEN SIMS
LINDA CELESTE SIMS
DWANA ADIAHA SMALLWOOD
ASHA THOMAS
TINA MONICA WILLIAMS
EXCERPT FROM “CRY”
Choreography: ALVIN AILEY
Music: CHUCK GRIFFIN
Costumes: A. CHRISTINA GIANNINI
 
REHEARSAL EXCERPT FROM “TREADING”
Choreography: ELISA MONTE
Music: STEVE REICH
 
Company Dancers

OLIVIA BOWMAN
COURTNEY BRENÉ CORBIN
SAMUEL DESHAUTEURS
ANTONIO DOUTHIT
KHILEA DOUGLASS
LINDA-DENISE FISHER-HARRELL
VERNARD J. GILMORE
ALICIA J. GRAF
VENUS HALL
ZACH LAW INGRAM
KRISTEN IRBY
CHRIS JACKSON
WILLY LAURY
ROXANNE LYST
AMOS J. MACHANIC, JR.
BRIANA REED
RENEE ROBINSON
GWYNENN TAYLOR JONES
WENDY WHITE SASSER
DION WILSON
 

FOR ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER

Artistic Director
JUDITH JAMISON

Executive Director
SHARON GERSTEN LUCKMAN
Associate Artistic Director
MASAZUMI CHAYA

General Manager/Director of Production
CALVIN HUNT
Archival Material Courtesy of

 
ABC NEWS
ALVIN AILEY DANCE
FOUNDATION ARCHIVES
MASAZUMI CHAYA
SUSAN COOK
JUDITH CUYJET
ANDREW ECCLES
JOHAN ELBERS
 
JUDITH JAMISON
PAUL KOLNIK
JACK MITCHELL
BILLY ROSE THEATRE COLLECTION,
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE NEW YORK TIMES
PHOTOFEST
THIRTEEN/WNET NEW YORK
 
Music

"Prelude no. 17"
"Free Organ"
"My World"
"Russian Folk Song"
"Foundation"
"Auld Lang Syne"
written by Dave Warrin
performed by Dave Warrin

"Over Manhattan"
written by Mark Anthony Thompson
and Me'shell N'dgeocello
performed by Chocolate Genius Inc.,
and Me'shell N'dgeocello
vocals by Chris Willis


"Haiti"
written by Gaelle Addison, Eric Stamile
performed by Gaelle
courtesy of Naked Music NYC Records LLC
by arrangement with
Ocean Park Music Group

"Right On Be Free"
written by Chuck Griffin
performed by Voices Of East Harlem
courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group
by arrangement with Warner Music Group
Film & TV Licensing

"Falling"
written by Gaelle and Eric Stamile
performed by Gaelle
courtesy of Naked Music NYC Records LLC
by arrangement with
Ocean Park Music Group

"Intermezzo in E flat Major, Op. 117/1"
written by Johannes Brahms
arranged by Jim Long
performed by Dieter Goldmann
courtesy of Point Classics LLC


"Processional"
written and arranged by
Howard A. Roberts
 
"Blood Memories"
"Cascade for Ms. J"
"Dance At Home"
"Drum Step"
"La Dina"
"Star"
written by Darrin Ross
performed by Darrin Ross

"Fingertips"
written by Henry Cosby and
Clarence O. Paul
performed by Stevie Wonder
courtesy of Motown Records, Inc.
under license from Universal Music
Enterprises

"If It's Magic"
written by Stevie Wonder
performed by Stevie Wonder
courtesy of Motown Records, Inc.
under license from Universal Music
Enterprises

"Another Star"
written by Stevie Wonder
performed by Stevie Wonder
courtesy of Motown Records, Inc.
under license from Universal Music
Enterprises

"Music For 18 Musicians"
written by Steve Reich
performed by Steve Reich
courtesy of Nonesuch Records
by arrangement with Warner Music Group
Film & TV Licensing

"Twisted"
written by Ultra Nate', Ed Baden-Powell,
Kwame Kwaten, Steve Marston,
Mark Claire, Denis McFarlan
performed by RE: jazz featuring Ultra Nate'
courtesy of INFRACom! Records, Germany

"Arrival"
written by Dave Warrin
performed by Dave Warrin,
John Warrin and Lisa Shaw
 

Special Thanks
 
ALEXANDER HOUSE
PAUL ALLSHOUSE
ORLANDO BAGWELL
KAREN BARRETT
SHIRLEY E. BENSON
MICKEY BORD
JOE CHIPLOCK
ELISA CLARK
KRISTIN COLVIN YOUNG
E.J. CORRIGAN
ANDRE DES ROCHERS
AMADEA EDWARDS ANDINO
KATHY ENGLAND
RONNI FAVORS
NINA FLAGG
LISETTE MARIE FLANARY
CORY GREENBERG
LULIE HADDAD
MABLE HADDOCK
ALARIC HAHN
ALEXANDER KANDAUROV
JODI PAM KRIZER
 
TYRHA M. LINDSEY
REYNOLD MANIGAULT
MAIKO MATSUHIMA
JENNIFER MCGRATH
NORTON OWEN
KATYA PEMBERTON
SATHI PILLAI-COLUCCI
SERGEI REMIZOV
BENNETT RINK
VICKY RISNER
DONALD J. ROSE, M.D. AND STAFF
KATE SKARPETOWSKA
WATKINS SMITH
DACQUIRI T’SHAUN SMITTICK
JOE STATON
PAUL SZILARD
SIKAY TANG
JON TAYLOR
ROBERT TRACY
QUAY WHITLOCK
KIBRA YOHANNES
CHRISTOPHER ZUNNER
 

FOR GREAT PERFORMANCES

Associate Producer
TRACY ALDEN

Director, Program Development
BILL O’DONNELL

Executive Producer
BARRY SCHULMAN

A co-production of Dance Philm
and Thirteen/WNET New York
In association with
National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC)

© Dance Philm, LLC 2006
 
             

DANCE PHILM
presents
a BERTELSEN PHILM "BEYOND THE STEPS Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater"
featuring JUDITH JAMISON and ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
with ROBERT BATTLE and RENNIE HARRIS Directors of Photography MARYSE ALBERTI and JOHN FOSTER
Original Music by DARRIN ROSS Music Supervisor BILL COLEMAN Live Performance Editor GIRISH BHARGAVA
Editor LILLIAN E. BENSON, A.C.E. Co-Producer BECCA BENDER
Produced and Directed by PHIL BERTELSEN