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Tiller Girls posing on a ship, c. mid-late 1920s. The Tiller Girls were among the most popular dance troupes of the 1890s, first formed by John Tiller in Manchester, England, in 1889. In theatre Tiller had noticed the overall effect of a chorus of dancers was often spoiled by lack of discipline. Tiller found that by linking arms the dancers ...
Annerose Baier (born 1946), ice dancer; Pina Bausch (1940–2009), dancer and choreographer, company founder, Tanztheater; Antonia Becherer (born 1963), ice dancer; Christina Beier (born 1984), ice dancer; Lotte Berk (1913–2003), ballet dancer, teacher; Anita Berber (1899–1928), cabaret dancer in Berlin; Hannelore Bey (born 1941), ballerina ...
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.
Hayworth was a top glamour girl in the 1940s, a pin-up girl for military servicemen and a beauty icon for women. At 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) and 120 lb (54 kg), [54] she was tall enough to be a concern for dancing partners such as Fred Astaire. She reportedly changed her hair color eight times in eight movies. [55]
For to me, Barbara Morgan through her art reveals the inner landscape that is a dancer's world.” [15] In 1945, with sponsorship by the National Gallery and the State Department , Morgan mounted the exhibition La Danza Moderna Norte-Americana: Fotografias por Barbara Morgan – 44 panel mounted enlargements, exhibited first at the Museum of ...
In the 1930s, Wood was the dance captain at the Apollo Theater where the young dancers first met. Wood led the Apollo Theater chorus line to strike for higher wages and a week's vacation pay on February 23, 1940. [5] [6] [7] Sixteen chorus girls shut down the theater by refusing to go onstage and held a 24-hour picket line. The strike was the ...
Betty Rowland performed at the famous club Minsky's in New York City, where she earned the nickname "Ball of Fire" from both her flaming red hair and hot and fast style of dancing. [7] She moved to Los Angeles, California in 1938. By 1941, the fresh-faced Rowland was established as a burlesque star.
After performing a "grand acrobatic dance" [7] in the 1944 MGM musical film Broadway Rhythm, [8] to the song "Solid Potato Salad" co-written by Don Raye, Gene de Paul and Hughie Prince, [9] they appeared regularly in nightclub shows around the United States. In May 1944, a reviewer noted that: "Girls are weak in the voice department but go over ...