Dances -- Available Works

The following are dances available for re-staging. 
For more information, please contact The Donald McKayle Legacy:
Solos and Duets are available individually, or can be combined to create a suite of works.

Solos for a Female Dancer

Angelitos Negros (from Songs for the Disinherited)
Dink's Blues (from Rainbow Round My Shoulder)
Down Where I Am
Hi Yallah (from Continents of Humanity)
I've Known Rivers (from Remembered Journey)
Levee Blues
Saturday's Child
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Anjelitos Negros from "Songs of the Disinherited"
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"Creole Afternoon" Photo: Carmen Schiavone

Solos for a Male Dancer

Minstral Man (from Remembered Journey)
For a Pessimist (from Three Epitaphs After Countee Cullen)
Saturday's Child

Duets

Upon the Mountain (from Songs for the Disinherited) -- 2 male dancers
Suite of Duets from Rainbow Round My Shoulder -- male and female
To Artina -- male and female
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"Rainbow Round My Shoulder" Photo: Normand Maxon

Small Ensemble

Blood Memories
Death and Eros
Games (Classic with two singers)
Nocturne
Rainbow Round My Shoulder (Classic)
​They Called Her Moses (with singer)
Three Epitaphs After Countee Cullen
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"House of Tears" Photo: John Gerbetz
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South America from "Continents of Humanity" Photo: Rose Eichenbaum

Ensemble/Full Company

ASH
Crossing the Rubison: Passing the Point of No Return (Final Work)
District Storyville (Classic)
House of Tears
Midnight Dancer
Sombra Y Sol (Images of Frida Kahlo)
Songs of the Disinherited
Uprooted, Pero Replantado

Classic Works

District Storyville (Ensemble)
Games (Small Ensemble with two singers)
Rainbow Round My Shoulder (Solo, Duet, and Small Ensemble)
Songs of the Disinherited (Solo, Duet, Trio, and Ensemble)
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Rainbow Round My Shoulder