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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.
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
Ann Miller (born Johnnie Lucille Collier; April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004) was an American actress and dancer.She is best remembered for her work in the classical Hollywood cinema musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
Eleanor Torrey Powell (November 21, 1912 – February 11, 1982), American dancer and actress; best remembered for her tap dance numbers in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s. Prince (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016), American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, and record producer.
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.
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 ...
The Village Voice stated that after tap dancer Louise Madison, Pitts was "the best among the female rhythm tappers" and she "could dance toe to toe with the great male dancer Teddy Hale". [2] Tap dancer LaVaughn Robinson said she performed at the Two Bit Club, stating, "And anytime she came through there, she had a job.