CHARLES MOORE - DOCUMENT DOUBLE SIGNED 01/16/1964 - HFSID 282324

CHARLES MOORE
AFTRA membership application signed by dancer Charles Moore in 1964
Document signed "Charles Moore" twice in blue ink. Black and blue ink notations in unknown hand. 2 pages, 6x8½¾, 1 sheet, front and verso. With 6¼x3¼ initiation fee receipt carbon copy with perforated left edge stapled at top edge. Jan. 16, 1964. Membership form for the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. American dancer Moore (1928-1986) was a popular dancer of the 1950s and 1960s, commanding the stage with a tall, lithe body and a clean dancing style. Long associated with New York City, he arrived there in 1948 and studied modern and African dance and ballet under numerous teachers, performing with Katherine Dunham's company from 1952 to 1960. He performed in four Broadway productions, mostly musicals, between 1957 and 1970, and in two operas. An influential teacher, Moore combined Dunham's techniques and African influences in classes at the City College of New York, the New Dance Group and Harlem Youth Activities. In 1972, he founded Dances and Drums of Africa, a popular dance company that toured throughout the Americas and taught in universities until 1985. The founder of the Charles Moore Center for Ethnic Studies in New York City,his reconstructions of African dances were both respected and inspired similar dances in other African dance companies in the U. S. Lightly toned and creased. Form has staple holes at top edge. Receipt has light nicks in bottom right corner and carbon copy marks and was folded once and unfolded. Otherwise in fine condition.

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