Carmen and Geoffrey (2005)

This intimate documentary follows careers of two remarkable personalities: Carmen de Lavallade, a dynamic dancer and choreographer from California who moved to New York with Alvin Ailey and... See full summary »

Directors:

Linda Atkinson, Nick Doob

Stars:

Carmen De Lavallade, Geoffrey Holder, Alvin Ailey

Cast

Credited cast:
Carmen De Lavallade	...	Herself
Geoffrey Holder	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alvin Ailey	...	Himself (archive footage)
Josephine Baker	...	Herself (archive footage)
Clifton Brown	...	Himself (archive footage)
Janet Collins	...	Herself (archive footage)
Ulysses Dove	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jennifer Dunning	...	Herself
Ann Duquesnay	...	Herself (archive footage)
Carl Hall	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ira Hawkins	...	Himself (archive footage)
Boscoe Holder
Leo Holder	...	Himself
Judith Jamison	...	Herself
Eartha Kitt	...	Herself (archive footage)

Storyline

This intimate documentary follows careers of two remarkable personalities: Carmen de Lavallade, a dynamic dancer and choreographer from California who moved to New York with Alvin Ailey and began a legacy of modern dance in America, and her husband Geoffrey Holder, a Trinidad-born choreographer, set and costume designer, painter and man about town with productions such as The Wiz. Features interviews and performance footage of friends and colleagues: dancers Judith Jamison, Gus Solomons, Jr., Dudley Williams, Ulysses Dove and Alvin Ailey.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 February 2005 (USA)

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$5,656 (USA) (13 March 2009)

Gross:

$11,777 (USA) (20 March 2009)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Terrific documentary of love and dance

Wonderfully funny, warm, ultimately moving and inspiring story of the 50 year marriage of dancers and choreographers Geoffrey Holder and Carmen De Lavallade.

It covers their effect on American and world dance. Geoffrey has seemingly endless talents -- painter, author, costume designer, director, and Carmen has seemingly endless youth. At 71 she still is a magnificent, flowing dancer.

A celebration of love, and creativity walking hand in hand.

My only very minor quibble is I wish some of the dancing clips were longer. At only 82 minutes the film could have easily allowed us to enjoy their sublime work a few minutes longer.