Geoffrey Holder exhibition in New York

The Genius of Geoffrey Holder began on February 1 and continues until May 30 at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning in New York.

In an advertisement it was stated that Holder “is well represented in all of the research and circulating collections of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

In this exhibition, he is honoured for his career in dance and theatre, his Tony Award–winning work as director and costume designer for The Wiz, and contributions to the repertory of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and Dance Theatre of Harlem”. The multi-media exhibition was previously held in 2015.

Holder was born and raised in Trinidad and was a past student of Tranquillity Government Primary School and Queen’s Royal College.

As an actor has appeared in movies such as the James Bond film Live Let and Die (1973) and the Eddie Murphy romantic comedy Boomerang and also appeared in commercials and did voice-over work.

Over his long stage career he had appeared in, choreographed, directed and provided costumes for numerous plays, and was also an author and composer. In 1972, he received the Humming Bird Medal Gold (for Dance).

Holder died in Manhattan in October 2014 of complications from pneumonia. He was 84. He was the younger brother of renowned dancer, choreographer, and artist Boscoe Holder, also deceased. He is survived by his wife, Carmen, and son L?o.