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Jack Cole (1911–1974), American dancer, choreographer, and theatre director known as the father of theatrical jazz dance; Dean Collins (May 29, 1917 – June 1, 1984), American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and innovator of swing. He is often credited with bringing swing dance, or Lindy Hop, from New York to Southern California.
Nothing in the American musical theater has been more inaccessible, however, than the record of its dance traditions, and there are many to recount. For the most part, dance movement itself was either the last to be mentioned by critics or ignored altogether, resulting in dance numbers in musicals going unrecorded.
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Pages in category "Musical theatre choreographers" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. ... Nick Navarro (dancer) David Neumann; Mbongeni ...
Michael Bennett (April 8, 1943 – July 2, 1987) was an American musical theatre director, writer, choreographer, and dancer. He won seven Tony Awards for his choreography and direction of Broadway shows and was nominated for an additional eleven. Bennett choreographed Promises, Promises, Follies and Company.
He was a choreographer known for his musicality; he expressed music with dance and worked extensively with leading composers of his time like Igor Stravinsky. [9] Balanchine was invited to America in 1933 by a young arts patron named Lincoln Kirstein , and together they founded the School of American Ballet in 1934 as well as the New York City ...
Jack Cole (born John Ewing Richter; April 27, 1911 – February 17, 1974) was an American dancer, choreographer, and theatre director known as "the Father of Theatrical Jazz Dance" [1] for his role in codifying African-American jazz dance styles, as influenced by the dance traditions of other cultures, for Broadway and Hollywood.
Matilda the Musical: Peter Darling: Pippin: Chet Walker 2014 [59] After Midnight: Warren Carlyle: Aladdin: Casey Nicholaw: Bullets Over Broadway: Susan Stroman: Rocky the Musical: Kelly Devine and Steven Hoggett: 2015 [60] An American in Paris: Christopher Wheeldon: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Scott Graham and Steven ...