David Vaughan (dance archivist)

David Vaughan (May 17, 1924 – October 27, 2017^[1]) was a dance archivist, historian and critic. He was the archivist of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1976 until the company was disbanded in 2012.

In his long career, Vaughan was a dancer, choreographer, actor and singer whose work had been seen in London, Paris, and in New York, both on-^[2] and off-Broadway,^[3] as well as in regional theatres across the United States, in cabarets, on television and on film.^[4] Vaughan's ballet choreography was used in Stanley Kubrick's 1955 film Killer's Kiss, danced by Kubrick's wife at the time, ballerina Ruth Sobotka.^[5][6] He has worked with both modern dance and ballet companies.^[7]