Donald McKayle
Crew
July 6, 1930
Died at age 87
April 6, 2018
Date of Death
New York City, New York, USA
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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.
