Donald McKayle
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Donald McKayle (born July 6, 1930, New York City) is a modern dance and Broadway choreographer, director, and performer who has worked with many choreographers such as Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, Anna Sokolow, and Merce Cunningham. A Tony Award and Emmy Award nominee, McKayle is currently a Professor of Dance, Modern Technique and Choreography, at UC Irvine, in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts Dance Department. He has served on the faculties of Connecticut College, Sarah Lawrence College, and Bennington College.
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- Games (1951)
- Nocturne (1953)
- Her Name was Harriet (1952)
- Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1959)
- District Storyville (1962)
- Blood of the Lamb (1963)
- Redhead (musical), 1959 (Associate Choreographer)
- Golden Boy, 1964 (1965 Tony Award nominee for Best Choreography)
- A Time for Singing, 1965
- I'm Solomon, 1968
- Raisin, 1973 (1974 Tony Award nominee for Best Choreography and Best Direction)
- Doctor Jazz, 1975 (1975 Tony Award nominee for Best Choreography)
- Sophisticated Ladies, 1981 (1981 Tony Award nominee for Best Choreography
- It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues, 1999
- The Great White Hope (1970)
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
- The New Bill Cosby Show (1972)
- Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
- The Jazz Singer (1980)
- Chujoy, Anatole. The Dance Encyclopedia. (Simon and Schuster, 1967) ISBN 0-671-24027-7
- McKayle, Donald. Transcending Boundaries: My Dancing Life (ISBN 0-415-27017-0)
- Playbill Magazine, May 1981 edition