{"id":8683,"date":"2021-01-08T19:47:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T19:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=8683"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:26","slug":"charles-neal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/08\/charles-neal\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Neal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Neal<\/strong><\/h2>\n

New York Negro Ballet
\nDonald McKayle Company
\nAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Guest
\nB\u00e9jart Ballet
\nBallet South: Guest<\/h2>\n

[Photo unavailable]<\/p>\n

Charles Neal was one of the six original members of New York Negro Ballet and studied under Maria Nevelska. Alongside dancers like Georgia Collins<\/a>,\u00a0Charles Moore<\/a>,\u00a0Delores Brown<\/a>, Talley Beatty<\/a>, and John Jones<\/a>, Neal performed in a 1958 Alvin Ailey & Ernest Parham recital at the 92nd Street Y.<\/p>\n

He was also a member of Donald McKayle\u2019s company and performed in McKayle’s Rainbow \u2018Round My Shoulder<\/em> at Jacob\u2019s Pillow in 1961. The Boston Globe<\/em> reported that Neal also danced with Maurice B\u00e9jart’s company.<\/p>\n

During his career as a choreographer, he participated in the Boston Ballet’s second annual Choreographers’ Series in 1976. He performed as a guest artist with Ballet South of Memphis in 1973.<\/p>\n

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Program of 1958 Alvin Ailey & Ernest Parham recital, featuring Neal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dancing Many Drums: Excavations In African American Dance, Thomas F. Defrantz<\/a>
\nDonald McKayle, Jacob\u2019s Pillow Dance Interactive<\/a>
\nConverging Movements: Modern Dance and Jewish Culture at the 92nd Street Y, by Naomi M. Jackson<\/a>
\nBoston Ballet to showcase new dances in Choreographers’ Series, The Boston Globe<\/a>
\nBallet South, Memphis, Is An Ambitious Program, Clarion-Ledger<\/a><\/p>\n

See also:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1957: Ward Fleming founds Ballet Americana\/New York Negro Ballet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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