NAME: Grant, Charles Eugene

BIRTH DATE/LOCATION:
c. 1951

DEATH DATE/LOCATION:
15 December 1991, Philadelphia, age 40

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    IDENTIFICATION AND BIO:
    Charles Eugene Grant worked as a teacher and choreographer in the New York City public schools. He also performed with various companies, prominently the Eleo Pomare Dance Company, for which he served as associate director and occasional choreographer. Grant also danced with the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Shirley Rushing Danz Company, Rod Rodgers Dance Company and Dianne McIntyre’s Sounds in Motion. In addition, he appeared in the Broadway shows Burnt Ash, Dance Marathon, Raisin, Pippin, Timbuktu!, and Your Arms Too Short to Box with God. Grant died of AIDS-related causes.

    KEY CONTACT PERSON(S)/EXECUTOR OF ESTATE:
    None identified.

    HUMAN REPOSITORIES OF THE WORK
    (name and contact info, relationship to the artist and the work, assessment):
    None identified.

    VIDEO DOCUMENTATION
    (location, format, condition, assessment):
    None identified.

    PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION
    (location, format, condition, assessment):
    None identified.

    MOVEMENT NOTATION
    (location, type [including notes taken by dancers], assessment):
    None identified.

    PRODUCTION MATERIALS
    (scores, sound recordings, set/costume designs):
    None identified.

    ORAL HISTORY:
    None identified.

    PERSONAL PAPERS
    (location of newspaper clippings, printed programs, press releases, notes, files, diaries; assessment):
    None identified.

    IMMEDIATE NEEDS
    (archival assistance? storage? other?):
    Search for executor.

    OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:
    The Dance Collection of the New York Public Library carries 25 entries for the Eleo Pomare Dance Company, but none indicate links to Grant.

    LIST OR OVERVIEW OF WORKS
    (title, premiere date, music, production notes, performers):

    Not available.

    BIBLIOGRAPHY:

    • Jowitt, Deborah. 1992. "Obituaries: Charles Eugene Grant." Dance Magazine (June): 30.
         		 
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