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    Donald McKayle (July 6, 1930 – April 6, 2018) was an American modern dancer, choreographer, teacher, director and writer best known for creating socially...
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  • McKayle is a surname. People with this surname include: Donald McKayle (1930–2018), American modern dancer Camille McKayle (born 1964), Jamaican-born American...
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  • with many renowned choreographers, such as Alvin Ailey, Lar Lubovitch, Donald McKayle, Judith Jamison, Ulysses Dove, Jerome Robbins, Bill T. Jones, Garth...
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    a soloist with major modern dance companies such as Martha Graham, Donald McKayle, and Alvin Ailey. Kelly performed as guest artist and sometimes assistant...
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  • New Orleans: the Storyville Musical is a musical by Toni Morrison, Donald McKayle and Dorothea Freitag, set in 1917 in New Orleans' Storyville district...
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    herself in New York without a job, Jamison attended an audition by Donald McKayle. She felt she performed poorly in the audition and claimed, "I felt...
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  • Cris Horwang Jay Evan Jackson Alonzo King Donald Byrd Colin Connor George de la Peña Bella Lewitzky Donald McKayle Mia Čorak Slavenska Allegra Fuller Snyder...
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    Lena Horne, Jacob Lawrence, Elma Lewis, Henry Lewis, Paule Marshall, Donald McKayle, Arthur Mitchell, Frederick O’Neal, Gordon Parks, Sidney Poitier, Benjamin...
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  • by Original air date Tape date 1 1 "Too Old Blues" Bob LaHendro and Donald McKayle Bob Peete February 8, 1974 (1974-02-08) January 21, 1974 James (John...
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  • 1975 and was nominated for three Tony Awards for Best Choreography (Donald McKayle), Best Actress in a Musical (Lola Falana) and Best Costume Design (Raoul...
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  • Geoffrey Holder, Carmen De Lavallade, Dolores Harper, Louis Johnson, Donald McKayle, Albert Popwell and Glory Van Scott and others. Assistant Choreographer...
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  • previews. The musical was conceived by Donald McKayle, directed by Michael Smuin, and choreographed by McKayle, Smuin, Henry LeTang, Bruce Heath, and...
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  • such as Martha Graham, José Limón, Katherine Dunham, Doris Humphrey, Donald McKayle, Jerome Robbins, and Antony Tudor. In 1960 he formed his own touring...
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    N'Orleans: The Storyville Musical (aka New Orleans) (performed 1982) with Donald McKayle Dreaming Emmett (performed 1986) Desdemona (first performed May 15,...
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  • Eswatini. Donald McKayle, 87, American dancer and choreographer (The Great White Hope, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Jazz Singer). Colin McLeod, 96, New...
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  • Choreographer: Lula Washington. Communion. Choreographer: Donald Byrd. Death and Eros. Choreographer: Donald McKayle. Enough? (2016). Choreographer: David Rousseve...
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  • Warren, Lyrics by Al Dubin David Merrick Sophisticated Ladies Book by Donald McKayle, Music by Duke Ellington, Lyrics by Various Artists Roger Berlind, Manheim...
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    Lavallade-Ailey American Dance Company. Other performances included dancing with Donald McKayle and appearing in Agnes de Mille's American Ballet Theatre productions...
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  • D.C. The musical's original director, Frank Corsaro, choreographer, Donald McKayle, and set and costume designer, Tony Walton, left the production during...
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    Robert Cohan, Stuart Hodes, Glen Tetley, Bertram Ross, Paul Taylor, Donald McKayle, Mark Ryder, and William Carter. During her career, Graham was awarded...
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    and narration, written by Silver and choreographed and directed by Donald McKayle, was staged in Los Angeles in 1991. A recording of the work was released...
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    of 1921) Garry Marshall, director, producer, actor (class of 1952) Donald McKayle, stage and film choreographer (class of 1947) Abel Meeropol, teacher...
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  • Brown Sophisticated Ladies 1981 Broadway Duke Ellington Various artists Donald McKayle Soul Men 2008 Film Stanley Clarke Clarke Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone...
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  • (2001), a collaboration between composer James Newton and choreographer Donald McKayle. During his professional career as a pianist, he has played with and...
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    Ado About Nothing Donald Saddler Sugar Gower Champion 1974 (28th) Seesaw Michael Bennett Over Here! Patricia Birch Raisin Donald McKayle 1975 (29th) The...
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    Kylian Rael Lamb José Limón Lar Lubovitch Brian McDonald Wayne McGregor Dianne McIntyre Donald McKayle Elisa Monte Robert Moses Jennifer Muller Ohad Naharin...
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  • 6 Dede Ayite – 5 Gregory Hines – 5 Alia Jones – 5 Bill T. Jones – 5 Donald McKayle – 5 Emilio Sosa – 5 Camille A. Brown – 4 Brandon Victor Dixon – 4 Savion...
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    and culminating in the 1957 group work Harlequinade, featuring dancer Donald McKayle, were the subject of a feature story in Time magazine in April 1957...
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  • up and echoed in the rhythm and themes of Alvin Ailey, Donald McKayle, Talley Beatty, Dianne McIntyre, Elo Pomare and others. Her work has also been reimagined...
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    dances by Doris Humphrey, Shen Wei, Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Donald McKayle, and Trisha Brown have been presented. New commissions by Doug Elkins...
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