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  2. Birth of Jazz - Wikipedia

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    After spending time playing in the house, the young Krazy and the instruments take to the skies in an airplane. They then play Saint Louis Blues around the globe, and those who hear it dance to the rhythm. People who enjoyed their performance include: a man and a bull in a bullfight, Russian hooligans, Dutch clowns, and an African tribe.

  3. Jack Cole (choreographer) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Second line (parades) - Wikipedia

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    Local jazz singer Jane Harvey Brown leads the way as grand marshal for a brass band at a second line in the French Quarter in New Orleans. "Sons of Hope and the Annual Parade of the Young Veterans", New Orleans c. 1902 Exuberant dancing in the streets and sidewalks is part of the second line experience.

  5. Jazz dance - Wikipedia

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    Jazz Dance is a performance dance and style that arose in the United States in the early 20th century. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Jazz Dance may allude to vernacular Jazz , Broadway or dramatic Jazz. The two types expand on African American vernacular styles of dance that arose with Jazz Music.

  6. Nicholas Brothers - Wikipedia

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    Fayard Antonio Nicholas was born August 28, 1914, in Mobile, Alabama, [1] and Harold Lloyd Nicholas was born March 17, 1921, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, [1] to Viola Harden (maiden; 1893–1971), a pianist, and Ulysses Dominick Nicholas (1892–1935), a drummer.

  7. Whitey's Lindy Hoppers - Wikipedia

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    Al Minns, Leon James, Frankie Manning, and Norma Miller are the most notable members of the group - Minns and James in part for their role in the research of Jean and Marshall Stearns's influential book Jazz Dance, Minns for his work with the Hot Shots during the swing revival in the 1980s, Manning for his role in contributing to the swing revival after Minns died in 1985, and Miller for her ...

  8. Frankie Manning - Wikipedia

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    The event was described as the largest swing dance event of modern era and brought together over 2,000 dancers from 47 countries to honor Frankie Manning and to name his birthday, May 26, as World Lindy Hop Day. Manning was inducted into the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame in 2009. He was inducted into the U.S. Swing Dance Council ...

  9. List of fictional dogs in comics - Wikipedia

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    The family dog. Black Bob Border Collie: Black Bob: Jack Prout Comic strip published in The Dandy. Shepherd master Andrew Glenn's dog. Black Hayate unknown Fullmetal Alchemist: Hiromu Arakawa: Riza Hawkeye's dog; about the adventures of two alchemist brothers and set in a fictional universe. Blake generic Little Dee (webcomic) Christopher Baldwin