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Eleanor Torrey Powell (November 21, 1912 – February 11, 1982) was an American dancer and actress. Best remembered for her tap dance numbers in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s, she was one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's top dancing stars during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Ayodele Casel (born June 5, 1975) [1] is an American tap dancer and choreographer.Raised in Puerto Rico, she derived inspiration for her tap style from salsa music.She became the first and remains the only woman to be a member of Savion Glover's Not Your Ordinary Tappers.
Harriet "Quicksand" Browne (August 7, 1932 – September 1, 1997) was an American tap dancer, educator and choreographer who was best known for her innovation in sanding. Browne got a job dancing in the chorus but shortly afterwards got pregnant and had a son, which put a temporary stop to her dancing career.
Harriet Browne (1932–1997), tap dancer, choreographer; Leslie Browne (born 1957), dancer, actress, musicals; Jean Butler (born 1971), show dancer, choreographer, created female role in the Irish Riverdance; Maria Calegari (born 1957), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Black women tap dancers from the 1920s and 50s whose stories have been lost to history" and as "one of the progenitors of [the] art" of tap dancing. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Germaine Ingram , an American choreographer and attorney, surmised that Madison's lack of success compared to her peers may have been related to her darker skin and facial features as ...
The Greatest Tap Dance Stars And Their Stories 1900-1955." "These were the days before digital recorders, streaming TV and YouTube, so if you wanted to see tap dancing, you had to sit in front of ...
His first post-Ginger dance partner was the redoubtable Eleanor Powell, considered the most exceptional female tap-dancer of her generation. They starred in Broadway Melody of 1940 , in which they performed a celebrated extended dance routine to Cole Porter's " Begin the Beguine ".
David Bowie was an early adopter of music videos long before they were a standard promotional tool for all artists, dating back to the “Space Oddity” video he shot for the song’s 1973 ...