The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Donald McKayle

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Donald McKayle

12/17/2013; 7/28/2014

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2013.342

Choreographer and educator Donald McKayle (1930 - 2018) was the author of Transcending Boundaries: My Dancing Life. His major choreographic works include Games, Rainbow Round My Shoulder, District Storyville, Raisin, and Sophisticated Ladies. McKayle was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 12/17/2013 and 7/28/2014, in Irvine, California. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 2; Total Tapes: 8; Total Run Time: 03h 54m 14s

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McKayle, Donald, 1930-

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Choreographer and educator Donald McKayle was born on July 6, 1930 in New York City, New York to Eva Wilhelmina Cohen McKayle and Philip Augustus McKayle. Inspired by a Pearl Primus performance, he began dancing his senior year in high school, and won a scholarship to the New Dance Group in 1947.In 1948, McKayle choreographed his first piece of work with the New Dance Group, and premiered his solo piece,Saturday's Child. From 1951 to 1969, McKayle founded and directed his own dance company, Dona...