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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.
Matt Mattox (August 16, 1921 – February 18, 2013 [1]) was an American jazz and ballet dancer. He was a Broadway performer and a specialty dancer in many Hollywood musicals. His best-known film role was as Caleb Pontipee in the 1954 film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
Jazz in Silhouette is the third studio album by the pianist and composer Sun Ra.It was recorded on March 6, 1959, and released in May of the same year. [1] The album was recorded in Chicago during a session that also included the whole of the albums Sound Sun Pleasure!! and "Interstellar Low Ways" from the album of the same name.
William Paul Gottlieb (January 28, 1917 – April 23, 2006) was an American photographer and newspaper columnist who is best known for his classic photographs of the leading performers of the Golden Age of American jazz in the 1930s and 1940s. Gottlieb's photographs are among the best known and widely reproduced images of this jazz era. [1]
modern dance Washington, D.C. United States: AD Paul Gordon Emerson 1996–present Cloud Gate Dance Theater: modern Taiwan: Republic of China: Founder & AD Lin Hwai-min: 1973–present Cluj-Napoca Romanian Opera: ballet Cluj-Napoca: Romania: 1919–present Columbia City Jazz Dance Company: jazz and contemporary Columbia, South Carolina: United ...
Robert Louis Fosse (/ ˈ f ɒ s i /; June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American choreographer, dancer, filmmaker, and stage director.Known for his work on stage and screen, he is arguably the most influential figure in the field of jazz dance in the twentieth century. [1]
Eugene Louis Faccuito (March 20, 1925 – April 7, 2015), known professionally as Luigi, was an American jazz dancer, choreographer, teacher, and innovator who created the jazz exercise technique. The Luigi Warm Up Technique is a training program that promotes body alignment, balance, core strength, and "feeling from the inside". [ 1 ]
Jazz and its influence on fashion reached even further, with both jazz and dance motifs making their way onto textiles. These new textile designs included uneven repetitions and linear geometric patterns. Many textile patterns produced in the United States also incorporated images of both jazz bands and people dancing to jazz. [20] The print ...