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Descriptive Summary
Title:
Donald McKayle Papers, 1930-1998
Collection number:
MS-P023
Creator:
McKayle, Donald, 1930-
Extent:
Number of containers: 19 document boxes, 5 record cartons
1 shoe box, 6 flat boxes, and 3 oversized folders.
Linear feet: 19.1 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract:
Photographs, programs, production notes, music scores, audio and video recordings,
costume designs, reviews, and other printed and graphic materials illustrate the eclectic
career of world-renowned choreographer and University of California, Irvine Professor of
Dance Donald McKayle. Early materials pertain to his youth in Harlem and his performance
career in New York City in concert dance, theater and television. The bulk of the
collection documents McKayle's career as the choreographer of over fifty concert dance
pieces between 1948 and 1998 and as a director or choreographer for theatrical
productions both off and on Broadway, including Raisin and
Sophisticated Ladies. The materials illustrate the development of
individual choreographic pieces, the evolution of McKayle as an artist, and his career as
a dance educator.
Language:
English.
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