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was a significant influence on the idiom of American Show Dancing known as 'theatre dance'. he used ethnic movement, especially east indian and oriental motifs, learned while he was a student at the denishawn school. his choreography was high-spirited and dynamic and he damanded a high level of technique from his dancers. he continued to choreograph for broadway shows and films until 1960.
one of his most important contributions to the dance world was to establish a dance studio on the columbia pictures lot. here he trained a whole generation of jazz dancers including matt mattox, gwen verdon, carol haney, and rod alexander. his unmistakable style endures in the work of choreographers such as michael kidd, gower champion, peter gennaro, jerome robbins, bob fosse, michael bennett, and tommy tune. his influence was so great that he has been called the 'father of jazz dance' |
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mattox was a protege of jazz dance pioneer Jack cole, with whom he worked on broadway in Magdelena. however he had a higher profile as a specialty dancer in Hollywood musicals. he portrayed the role of Caleb Pontipee in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and was a principal dancer in Yolanda and the Theif, The Band Wagon, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and There's No Business Like Showbusiness
In the 1950s he began choreographing for Broadway and television and established himself as a prominent New York teacher and choreographer. he devised a series of exercises to train a dancer in body isolations with a jazz feeling, while still maintaining the format of a ballet class and a relationship between the barre and center floor combinations. Mattox's technique in the cole tradition is demanding mentally as well as physically. He settled in France in 1975 and has codified his work, producing teachers who train jazz dancers in his technique throughout europe and america |
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| began his career as a jazz dancer in new york. he moved to chicago in 1955 to stage a television series, The Jazz Dance and opened a studio in Evanston, Illinois where he could teach and choreography. the giordano jazz dance chicago company was established in 1962 when they were asked to tour Russia to perform American Jazz dancing. One of the early pioneers in teachng jazz dance, Giordano's mission was to preserve the indigenous American art form of Jazz Dance. in 1975 he wrote the 'Anthology of American Jazz Dance' which includes jazz history and a breakdown of Giordano jazz techinque. in 1990 he initiated the American Jazz Dance Congress in Chicago which continues to this day. The Congress brings together teachers and students from around the world to share classes and performances in a variety of jazz styles |
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| was a well known hollywood dancer, performing in many movie musicals including partnering with Vera Ellen in White Christmas. He was involved in an automobile accident that left his right side paralyzed. During his rehabilitation, he discovered original ways to strengthen, condition, and control his body. when he returned to dance he began his own warm-up routine with graceful, stylized exercises. he was encouraged to share this movement with others and began to give classes at June Taylor studios in New York. Luigi created jazz technique with a strong ballet foundaiton and a flowing musical style. he is a pioneer of jazz dance and his influence has expanded internationally. his book 'the luigi jazz dance technique' includes his philosophy of dance and a breakdown of his technique |
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| Teacher and choreography, was a modern jazz dance innovator. She taught technique in the 1950s that consisted of floor movements, a barre of stretching and limbering exercises, center floor exercises, across the floor locomotor movements, and jazz footwork. Her class culminated with two short dance phrases composed by the teacher and two student improvisations. |
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| his dance factory was one of manhattan's most popular jazz dance studios in the 60s and 70s. was an innovative teacher and choreographer. he combined the latin-caribbean style with jazz movemsnts, originated the 'dolphin' or body wave as it is referred to today, and introduced his signature walk (named after him) |
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| studied with matt maddox and luigi and opened his own school in los angeles in 1969. he choreographs commercials and television specials and teaches on the Tremaine Dance Convention Tour |
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| teaching home is Broadway Dance Center, but he continuously tours the country giving master classes with his unique energy and spirit. the hatchett style is a blend of funk, strength, and individual interpretation that has become known as VOP. aside from teaching he has choreographed for all aspects of the entertainment industry |
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| known as an international master jazz teacher, her technique is presently being taught in 16 countries. she is the innovator of the jazz project and teacher's workshop presented annually at the jacob's pillow dance festival. her jazz techniuqe is taught at all levels at the dance space, inc in new york city |
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| has been teaching in New York City for more than 30 years and has trained countless celebrities. his class is rhythmically complex and syncopated and he emphasizes classic jazz style as well as isolations, leaps and turns. black's class is geared towards a well-rounded knowledge of jazz technique with the intent of producing dancers who are qualified and capable of auditioning and are able to work in all aspects of the entertainment industry |
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| was a student and protege of matt mattox. he performed in 16 Broadway musicals, was a principal dancer in the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, and headed the Jazz Department of the Alvin Ailey School. In 1973 Horne founded his own school in NYC dedicated to training artists in all three disciplines of music theare-acting, singing, and dancing. Horne still teaches jazz classes combining his own style and the techniques he learned from mr. mattox |
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| Bob Audy, Ron Forello, Ann Marie Garvin, Dave Harris, Betsy Haug, Ron Lewis, John Mediros |
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| brought a new and fresh spirit to the broadway musical with her innovative choreography for Oklahoma. the dream ballet, in which dancers doubled for the leading actors, successfully integrated dance into the plot. this choreography did not function as an interlude, but provided key insights into the emotions of the heroine. went on to choreograph other notable musical including Carousel, Brigadoon, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Paint Your Wagon |
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| won five Tony Awards for choreography and was honored with an honorary Academy Award in 1987. he is most noted for his energetic and acrobatic style choreography in the film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. His creative dances told a story and the movement and gestures were based on real life human behavior stylized into musical rhythm and forms. his choreography credits also include Fancy Free, Finian's Rainbow, Guys and Dolls, Can-Can, and Li'l Abner |
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| was a Tony Award winning director, choreographer, and dancer. At the age of 15 he was a dancer on nightclub tours, and worked on Broadway as a solo dancer and choreographer. he performed on several television and variety shows including The Marge and Gower Champion Show with his wife, Marge. He received Tony Awards for choreography for 42nd Street, The Happy Time, Hello, Dolly!, Lend an Ear, and Bye Bye Birdie |
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| fused dance and drama with his stunning and athletic choreography in the broadway musical West Side Story the movie version in 1961 won him the first Academy Award given for choreography and earned him a permanent place in dance history. his broadway credits include Call Me madam, The Kind and I, Peter Pan, Gypsy, and Fiddler on the Roof. Jerome Robbins Broadway opened in 1989 and was a musical retrospective of his choreography. Robbins also choreographed many jazz-style pieces for ballet companies including his own company Ballet: USA |
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| was a featured dancer in The Pajama Game, Guys and Dolls, and Kiss Me Kate. He collaborated with Jerome Robbins when he choreographed a majority of the 'america' and 'mambo' dance sequences for West Side Story. on his own his broadway choreography credits include the unmistakable molly brown, fiorello, and annie. he worked steadily in television for many years appearing and choreographing for Kraft music hall, your hit parade, and ed sullivan, as wll as choreographing for the rockettes at radio city music hall |
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| choreography was characterized by a crouched position of the body with turned-in legs. his choreography was highly erotic and sensuous as well as clever and imaginative. he collaborated with jerome robbins on the boradway productions of Kiss Me Kate and The Pajama Game his next series of his shows were also made into films including Damn Yankees, Redhead, and Sweet Charity. Fosse garnered 8 tony awards for broadway choreography including Little Me, Chicago, and Dancin' as well as an Oscar for the film Caberet and an emmy for the liza minelli television special Liza with a Z. Interest in Fosse's choreography has never diminished and has resulted in many revivals including Chicago and Fosse a retrospecitve of his work |
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| A Chorus Line conceived, directed, and choreographed by Michael Bennett, was a broadway masterpiece and won 9 tony awards the New York Drama Critic's Circle Award and the Pulizer Prize for Drama. Bennett considered this show his biggest and most personally felt triumph, though he also won tony awards for choreography for Ballroom, Seesaw, Follies, and Dreamgirls |
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| teacher and performer formed the american dance machine in New York in 1975. she was devoted to the reconstruction of historically important social and theatre dance for contemporary audiences. the dance machine preserved the works of agnes de mille, michael kidd, bob fosse, danny daniels, peter gennaro, and carol haney and was especially noted for preserving the work of jack cole, recreated by former cole dancers |
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| tommy tune received his first tony award in michael bennet's Seesaw in 1983. he has choreographed and directed Best little Whorehouse in Texas, Nine, My One and Only, and The Will Rogers Follies for which he received Tony Awards for choreography and direction |
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| michael peters danced with Tally Beatty, Alvin Ailey, and Fred Benjamin. he also worked with michael bennett with whom he shared a tony award for best choreography for the broadway musical Dreamgirls. he went onto choreograph many music videos including donna summer, pat benetar, and most notably michael jackson's 'thriller' and 'beat it' which represented dance sequences in a creative way. |
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| danced with the alvin ailey, mckayle and talley beatty companies. in 1970 he moved to the west coast where he worked in television, music videos, nightclubs, and concert choreography. he was ann margaret's choreographer, assisted herbert ross on Funny Lady, and choreographed with jo jo smith and deney terrio on Saturday Night Fever |
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| director, choreographer, and writer for films and television. his broadway credits include Sophisticated Ladies, Raisin, and Golden Boy while his film credits include The Great White Hope and Bednobs and Broomsticks |
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| teacher, choreographer, and artistic director of the joel hall dancers. his style is rooted in his ethnic background and is a blend of jazz, ballet, modern and 'street' dance techniques. he calls this style urban jazz |
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| advocates a return to the philosophy of traditional jazz dance where the rhythm is the motivating factor for movement. his jump rhythm jazz technique focuses on making the body a total rhythmical instrument, and a genuine reaction to syncopated jazz rhythms. the rhythm and dynamics of swinging jazz music is the foundation of the siegenfield style, and he instills in his dancers a razor-sharp rhythmic sensibility |
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| was a dancers on broadway and on tour before moving to chicago. he is a teacher, choreographer, and founder of hubbard street dance chicago. his company's style crosses boundaries as they perform works by jazz choreographers as well as the repertory of twyla tharp |
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| credits include the choreography of Kiss of the Spider Woman a revival of Damn Yankees, and Victor/Victoria as well as the critically acclaimed movie version of Chicago |
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| the recipient of many tony awards for her broadway choreography including Crazy for You, Show Boat, Contact, and The Producers She has also won the drama desk award for best direction and choreography for The Producers and the Lawrence Olivier award for choreography for Oklahoma |
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| choreographer of the broadway hit musical Cats, pushed theatre dance beyond the usual jazz forms to express a feline vocabulary using the techniques of ballet, modern, and jazz. her other choreography includes Phantom of the Opera as well as eleven motion pictures and 24 london musicals |
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| An American dancer, choreographer, songwriter, author, educator, and activist who was trained as an anthropologist. she had one of the most successful dance careers in american and european theatre of the 20th century and has been called the matriarch and queen mother of black dance. during her heyday in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, she was renowned throughout europe and latin america as la grande katherine, and the washington post called her 'dance's katherine the great'. for more than 30 years she maintained the katherine dunham dance company, the only permanent, self-subsidized american black dance troupe at that time, and over her long career she choreographed more than 90 individual dances. dunham was an innovator in african-american modern dance as well as a leader in the field of dance anthropology, or theno choreology |
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| additional concert influences |
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| contribued to jazz dance: Alvin Ailey, Lestor Horton, Garth Fagan, Randy Duncan, and Bill T. Jones |
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| known as don cambellock, credited for 'the lockers' |
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| invented the boogaloo, electric boogaloo lockers |
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| credited with the percussive break using two turn tables |
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| invented popping, leading to other forms such as robotics, strobing, dime-stopping, waving, liquid, and tutting |
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