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Donald McKayle
Donald McKayle is a modern American dancer, choreographer, teacher, director, and writer best known for creating socially conscious concert works in the 1950s and 1960s, focusing on work demonstrating human status and, more specifically, l experience of blacks in America. He was "one of the first black men to cross the race barrier with modern dance." His work for the concert scene, particularly Games and Rainbow Round My Shoulder, has become the subject of widespread acclaim and critical attention. Additionally, McKayle was the first black man to direct and choreograph major Broadway musicals, including Raisin and the Tony Award-winning Sophisticated Lady, and he has worked extensively in television and film.
BornJuly 6, 1930, New York City
DiedApril 6, 2018
OccupationModern dancer, choreographer, teacher, director, writer
Years active1948–present

About Donald McKayle

Dancer Donald McKayle was born on July 6, 1930 in New York, United States (He dies at the age of 87, on April 6, 2018).

This Emmy and Tony Award-nominated dancer and choreographer was most known for his socially-themed contemporary dance works of the 1950s and 1960s. He created the Dancer Donald McKayle and Dancers group in 1951 and directed the Inner City Repertory Dance Company during the 1970s.

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Donald McKayle before becoming famous

Donald McKayle was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1930 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Horse (馬).

He received a scholarship at New York's New Dance Group when he was a teenager. When he was eighteen years old, he premiered his first choreographic work, Saturday's Child, a performance on homelessness.

Achievement of Donald McKayle

He was nominated for Tony Awards for his choreographic work on the Broadway productions of Golden Boy, Raisin, Doctor Jazz, and Sophisticated Ladies in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Donald McKayle's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

As the son of Jamaican immigrants, he grew up in East Harlem, New York.

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He received his training from Choreographer Martha Graham, a well-known modern dancer and choreographer.

Donald McKayle Income & Net worth

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Donald McKayle Height and Weight

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Latest information about Donald McKayle updated on March 12 2023.