NAME: McGill, Shaun

BIRTH DATE/LOCATION:
c. 1962

DEATH DATE/LOCATION:
23 March 1992, Toronto, Canada, age 30

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    IDENTIFICATION AND BIO:
    An ice dancer and choreographer, Shaun McGill performed with the John Curry and Torvill & Dean companies. He was also a longtime member of the Baltimore-based Next Ice Age company. Dance critic George Jackson (see below) lauded McGill for "intricate footwork, fleetness, and his streamlined silhouette," further commenting that "McGill suffused his technique with a demonic intensity that made him right for the role of Carabosse in the televised ice version of Sleeping Beauty, Drosselmeyer in the Chicago ice spectacular of Nutcracker, and for the personifications of character or mood in the solos he set for himself." McGill lived in Toronto but often performed in New York. McGill 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):
    The Dance Collection of the New York Public Library holds one videotape:

    Happy New Year U.S.A.! Part 1 (1988, c1989)—a compilation videotape featuring the Next Ice Age; aired on Maryland Public Television; recorded on location at the International Ballroom and Liberty Ballroom of the Omni Inner Harbor Hotel and at the Baltimore Inner Harbor Ice Rink, Baltimore, Maryland, 31 December 1988; produced by Maryland Public Television; hosted by Mel Torme; includes Street Music, performed by Shaun McGill; VHS (95 min.); call number MGZIA 4-1831.

    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):
    The Dance Collection of the New York Public Library maintains a clippings file for "McGill, Shaun," call number MGZR.

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

    OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:
    None identified.

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

    BIBLIOGRAPHY:

    • Jackson, George. 1992. "Obituaries: Shaun McGill." Dance Magazine (October): 30.
         		 
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