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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.
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.
Ailey's work fused theater, modern dance, ballet, and jazz with Black vernacular, creating hope-fueled choreography that is credited with spreading global awareness of Black life in America. Ailey's choreographic masterpiece Revelations is recognized as one of the most popular and most performed ballets in the world. [1] [2] [3]
Debbie Allen. The award-winning legendary dancer, choreographer, actress, singer, and producer Debbie Allen hardly needs an introduction. In 1983, Allen became the first Black woman to win a ...
At the age of nine she won her first dance contest doing the Charleston. [1] Her first professional engagement was in a Broadway musical revue Black Birds of 1928 where she started out as chorus girl. [2] Boisseau was married to Frederick D. Ramseur, who died in 2000. Her son is Sterling Bough, a dancer, singer, actor and choreographer. [2]
Josephine Baker was an American-born French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of Black-American culture in the 1920s. Baker went on to become one of the most popular music ...
Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909 – May 21, 2006) [1] was an African American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and social activist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers of the 20th century and directed her own dance company for many years. She has been called the "matriarch and queen mother of black dance." [2]
St. Louis's Channing Avenue was renamed Josephine Baker Boulevard, [107] and a wax sculpture of Baker is on permanent display at The Griot Museum of Black History. In 2015, she was inducted into the Legacy Walk in Chicago, Illinois. [108] The Piscine Joséphine Baker is a swimming pool along the banks of the Seine in Paris named after her. [109]