NAME: Masoner, Gene

BIRTH DATE/LOCATION:
c. 1944, Kansas City, Kansas

DEATH DATE/LOCATION:
15 March 1985, New York City, Cabrini Medical Center, age 41

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    IDENTIFICATION AND BIO:
    An actor, choreographer, and painter, Gene Masoner graduated from the University of Kansas and subsequently became a corps de ballet dancer at the New York City Opera and at Radio City. He appeared on Broadway in three shows: Angel, Shenandoah and Something’s Afoot. Off-Broadway, his performing credits included The White Devil (for which he also designed the set, costumes, and makeup) and Three Drag Queens From Daytona. His obituaries, in the New York Times and Dance Magazine, both describe him as a choreographer, but no specific works are mentioned. Masoner died of AIDS-related causes.

    KEY CONTACT PERSON(S)/EXECUTOR OF ESTATE:
    Survived by his mother and two sisters; unable to track via Internet

    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:
    None identified.

    LIST OR OVERVIEW OF WORKS
    (title, premiere date, music, production notes, performers):
    Not available.

    BIBLIOGRAPHY:

    • Dance Magazine. 1985. "Obituaries: Gene Masoner" (May): 135.
    • New York Times. 1985. "Gene Masoner" (18 March): B6.
         		 
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