Donald McKayle : heartbeats of a dancemaker / producers, Gregg Lizenbery, Marilyn Cristofori ; director, Joy Chong-Stannard ; writer, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl ; a production of Dance Pioneers and PBS Hawaii
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Video recordings
Interviews
Dance television programs
Documentary television programs
Nonfiction television programs
Dance
Place:
United States
Date:
2005
2002
Notes:
"A Dance Horizons DVD."
Originally produced in 2002.
Special features: two complete performances of Angelitos Negroes, one by Marceline Freeman and the other by Tamica Washington; unedited interview with Harry Belafonte; unedited interview with Donald McKayle by Della Reese.
Harry Belafonte, José Limón Dance Company, San Jose/Cleveland Ballet.
DVD-R, NTSC.
Contents:
Opening--First steps--New dance group--Dancemaker--Cultural ambassador--Lea--In demand--True to his calling--From the heart--Credits
Summary:
African-American dancer, choreographer and teacher Donald McKayle's distinguished career began at age 18 in 1948. He has created over fifty works for the most celebrated companies in the United States, Canada, Europe and South America. Harry Belafonte provides candid reflections about McKayle's character and determination to stand on the frontline of changing racial prejudice in the performing arts in America. Rare archival television excerpts of dance classics from the 1950s and 1960s are shown for the first time as well as the television premiere of recent McKayle works performed by the Limon Dance Company of New York and the San Jose/Cleveland Ballet. Includes excerpts from Rainbow round my shoulder, Heartbeats, Saturday's child, District Storyville, They called her Moses, House of tears, Minstrel man, and Libertango and others.
