Person
Donald McKayle
Crew · 1930–2018 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Donald McKayle was an American modern dancer, choreographer, teacher, director and writer best known for creating socially conscious concert works during the 1950s and '60s that focus on expressing the human condition and, more specifically, the black experience in America. He was "among the first black men to break the racial barrier by means of modern dance.
Known for
The Cosby Show
Ralph
Touched by an Angel
Wilbur
The Great White Hope
Choreographer
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
Choreographer
On the Sound
1962
Donald McKayle: Heartbeats of a DanceMaker
self (archival)
Minstrel Man
Choreographer
Sophisticated Ladies
Musical
Dancetime New Dance Group Gala
1993
Filmography
- 2004Donald McKayle: Heartbeats of a DanceMakerself (archival)
- 1994Touched by an AngelWilbur
- 1993Dancetime New Dance Group Gala
- 1984The Cosby ShowRalph
- 1982Sophisticated LadiesMusical
- 1977Minstrel ManChoreographer
- 1970The Great White HopeChoreographer
- 1966Ten Blocks on the Camino RealChoreographer
- 1962On the Sound
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