Donald McKayle. Early Works.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Bloomsbury Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Choreography--Dance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file)

Distribution:

London: Bloomsbury Video. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2022.

Other Title:

Bloomsbury Video Library.

Place of Publication:

Kent, CT.: Creative Arts Television. 1966.

Biography/History:

Donald McKayle (born July 6, 1930, New York City) is an African 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. 'Rainbow Round my Shoulder' Choreographed by: Donald McKayle. Performed by seven dancers, including Donald McKayle, May Hinkson, and Alfred DeSio and others. With singer Leon Bibb; music arranged by Robert Corman and Milton Okun. 'They Called Her Moses' Choreographed by Donald McKayle. Performance by Donald McKyle with Jacqueline Walcott, Robert Powell, Sylvia Waters, Arthur Mitchell, Kathleen Stanford and Carmen de Lavallade. The music includes singing of "Follow the Drinking Gourd", "Wade In the Water", "Let My People Go", "Been in the Storm So Long". .

Summary:

Donald McKayle (born July 6, 1930, New York City) is an African 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. In this compilation: 'Rainbow Round my Shoulder' - "These dances evoke life on a prisoners' chain gang." 'They Called her Moses' - Dance-drama about Harriet Tubman, the ex-slave who was the "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, leading many other slaves to freedom. .

Credits:

Director, John Desmond ; producer, John McGiffert ; screenwriter, Joseph Hurley ; choreographer, Donald McKayle.

ISBN:

9781350920231

OCLC:

1356503948

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.