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Donald McKayle Biography (1930-)

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Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

choreographer, director

Birth Details

July 6, 1930

New York, New York

Famous Works

• Principal Stage Work, Director/Choreographer
• Free and Easy, NY, 1961; Trumpets of the Lord, NY, 1963; Black New World, London, England, 1967; Raisin, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1973; Raisin, NY, 1974; Dr. Jazz, NY, 1975; TheLast Minstrel Show, NY, 1978; Evolution of the Blues, Westwood Playhouse, LA/Drury Lane, Chicago, 1978-79; My Heart Belongs to Daddy, Israel, 1979; Sophisticated Ladies, NY, 1981.
• Choreographer
• The Tempest, Anthony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, NY ShakespeareFestival, 1963-64; Golden Boy, NY, 1964; A Time for Singing, NY, 1966; The Four Musketeers, London, England, 1967; I'm Solomon, NY, 1968; Mass, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA. 1972.
• Principal Film Work, Choreographer
• The Great White Hope, 1968; Bed Knobs and Broomsticks, 1970; Charlie and the Angel, 1972; The Minstrel Man, 1975-76; Cindy, 1977; The Jazz Singer, 1980.
• Principal Television Work, Choreographer
• The Fred Waring Show, (Jungle Drums), 1952; Rainbow Round My Shoulder, 1959; Her Name Was Moses, 1960; District Storyville(Toronto), 1963; Exploring, 1964; Amahl and the Night Visitors, 1964;Dance USA, 1965; Sounds of Summer, 1965; Fanfare, 1965;The Strolling Twenties, 1965; Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, 1966; Black New World, 1967; The Bill Cosby Special, 1967; The Ed Sullivan Show, 1967-68; The Second Bill Cosby Special, 1968;T.C.B. (Motown Special), 1968; Soul, 1968; And Beautiful, 1969; The Leslie Uggams Show, 1969; Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman, 1969; The Hollywood Palace, 1969; The 43rd Annual AcademyAwards Show, 1970; The Super Comedy Bowl, 1971; A Funny ThingHappened on the Way to a Special, 1972; The New Bill Cosby Show, 1972-73; The Grammy Award Show, 1973; Black Omnibus, 1973; Good Times (director), 1974; Free to Be You and Me, 1974; The 49th Annual Academy Awards Show, 1976; The Minstrel Man, 1976; TheMad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World of the Super Bowl, 1977; The Richard PryorSpecial, 1977; Komedy Tonight, 1977; Cindy, 1978; The Annual Emmy Awards Show, 1979.
• Principal Ballet And Concert Work, Choreographer
• Out of Chrysalis, Julliard Dance Theatre, 1958; One-Two-Three,Follow Me, Merry-Go-Rounders, 1962; Daughters of the Garden, Bat-Sheva Company (Israel), 1964; Nocturn, Bat-Sheva Company, 1965; Daughters of the Garden, Harkness Ballet Company of NY, 1965; Nocturn,Repertory Dance Theatre, 1968; Games, Gloria Newman Dance Company, 1970; Rainbow Round My Shoulder, Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theatre,1972; Games, Ballet Hispanico, 1975; Games, Repertory Dance Theatre, 1975; Games, Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theatre, 1975; Blood Memories, Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theatre, 1976; Album Leaves, Bat-Sheva Company, 1977; Variations on a Summer's Theme, Dancemakers (Toronto), 1979; District of Storyville, Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theatre, 1979.
• Principal Review Work, Choreographer
• Harry Belafonte, 1957; Rita Moreno, 1958/1978; Helen Gallagher, 1960; The Supremes, 1972; The Temptations, 1974; Robert Decormier Singers, 1957; Aretha Franklin, 1979/1980.
• Theatre-Related Career
• Faculty Member--Julliard School of Music, Bennington College, Sarah Lawrence College, California Institute of the Arts, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, Neighborhood Playhouse, Bard College, Connecticut College, University of Oregon, Inner City Cultural Center, International Sommerakademie Destanz, Rubin Academy of Music (Jerusalem), University of Washington; Founder/Director, Donald McKayle Dance Company, 1951-68.
• Books
• The Dance Has Many Faces: Modern Dance--7 Points of View.