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Uday Shankar (December 8, 1900 – September 26, 1977), pioneer of modern dance in India, and a world renowned Indian dancer and choreographer; Lloyd Shaw (1890–1958), also known as Dr. Lloyd "Pappy" Shaw, was an educator, and is generally credited with bringing about the broad revival of square dancing in America.
Yulia Zagoruychenko (born September 11, 1981) is a ten-time Latin Dance Champion and the current World Latin Dance Champion with her partner/husband, Riccardo Cocchi. [1] Born on September 11, 1981, in Belgorod, Russia, Zagoruychenko began Russian Folklore ensemble dancing at the age of four.
Yvonne Chouteau (1929–2016), dancer, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, co-founder of University of Oklahoma School of Dance; Lia Cirio, dancer, principal dancer, Boston Ballet; Natalia Clare (1919–1995), dancer with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, founder of Ballet la Jeunesse; Bessie Clayton (c. 1875–1948), show dancer, choreographer of the Gay ...
Mikhail Baryshnikov was born in Riga, in the Latvian SSR, Soviet Union, now known as Latvia. [5] [6] His parents were ethnic Russians: his mother was Alexandra (a dressmaker; née Kiselyova) and his father was Nikolay Baryshnikov (an engineer).
“Sunny,” the 7th-best ranked break dancer in the world, beat Colombia's Luisa Tejada, who is known as “Luma,” by 3-0 in the decider. U.S. B-girl "Sunny" Choi wins 1st breaking gold medal ...
It is also used as a description of the place of a particular dancer within a company. "Prima ballerina literally translates to “first principal dancer” from Italian and, in the United States, is better known as someone who is a female principal dancer. These dancers are the best in their companies who perform the lead roles in ballets ...
Now, b-boying has gained much popularity around the world with countless competitions crowning the best bboy crews and solo bboys. Many consider Battle of the Year, The Notorious IBE, UK B-Boy Championships [1] and R-16 Korea to be the 4 major international bboy competitions which determine the best bboy crew in the world. Along with crew ...
He was voted Dancer of the Year (1992) by the readers of the prestigious British magazine Dance and Dancers (only the third ever male recipient of the award) and in the same year was voted Dancer of the Year by The Independent On Sunday. Still in the same year he won the London Evening Standard Award for Dance and the Gino Tani Dance Award in ...