Today in Dance History (Part 2)
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Historical Events
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Famous Birthdays
Results 101 - 200 of 369
1912-04-14 - Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher
1912-08-03 - Gene Kelly, actor/dancer (Xanadu, 40 Carats, Marjorie Morningstar)
1912-08-23 - Gene Kelly, Pitts, dancer/actor (An American in Paris, Going My Way)
1912-09-22 - Alfred G Vanderbilt, thoroughbred horse owner (Native Dancer)
1912-11-21 - Eleanor Powell, Springfield Mass, actress/tap dancer (Bdwy Melody)
1913-10-07 - Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer
1913-10-22 - Patricia "Boots" Mallory, US dancer/actress (Handle With Care)
1914-04-15 - John Gregory, dancer
1914-05-23 - Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine)
1914-05-23 - Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher
1914-06-12 - Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist
1914-10-03 - Nel Rose, Dutch dance teacher
1914-12-14 - Dan Dailey, NYC, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ)
1915-11-02 - Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (d. 2000)
1915-12-25 - Noelle de Mosa, Neth/British dancer/teacher (Brigadoon)
1917-01-02 - Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)
1917-05-22 - Daniel Nagrin, American modern dancer and choreographer
1917-09-28 - Michael [George] Somes, England, dancer (Royal Ballet)
1917-11-20 - Pam Henningen, [Cornelia CP Ingenegeren], Indonesian/Dutch dancer
1917-11-20 - Ram Gopal, Indies/English dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain)
1918-03-28 - Youly Algaroff, ballet dancer
1918-05-13 - T. Balasaraswati, Bharatanatyam dancer (d.1984)
1918-07-16 - Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor (d. 1989)
1918-12-23 - Jose Greco, Italy, flamenco dancer (Holiday for Lovers)
1919-03-02 - Tamara Toumanova, dancer
1919-04-07 - Ralph Flanagan, Loraine Ohio, orch leader (Let's Dance)
1919-09-02 - Marge Champion, LA Calif, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show)
1919-11-29 - Pearl Primus, dancer
1920-01-24 - Don Saddler, Van Nuys Calif, dancer (Holiday Hotel)
1920-01-30 - George Skibine, Russ/US dancer/choreographer (Tragedy in Verona)
1920-02-22 - Bettina Vernon-Warren, dancer
1920-08-23 - Aart Verstegen, ballet dancers/choreographer (Jolly Joker's Last Joke)
1921-03-08 - Cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side)
1921-03-27 - Harold Nicholas, American dancer (d. 2000)
1921-06-25 - Celia Franca, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
1921-11-04 - Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer
1922-07-06 - Francisco Moncion, dancer
1922-11-14 - Marina Candael, Flemish dancer/choreography (Rhapsody in Blue)
1923-02-21 - Lucille Bremer, dancer/actress (Ruthless, Ziegfeld Follies)
1923-04-12 - Ann Miller, [Lucille Ann Collier], Cherino, Tex, dancer (On the Town)
1923-04-20 - Tito Puente, Puerto Rico, bandleader (Dance Mania)
1923-11-09 - Dorothy Dandridge, Cleveland OH, actress/singer/dancer (Porgy & Bess)
1924-01-10 - Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer
1924-04-29 - Renée Jeanmaire, Paris France, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson)
1924-06-01 - Paula Hinton, dancer
1924-10-10 - Ludmilla Tcherina, French actress/ballet dancer (Sins of Rome)
1925-01-13 - Gwen Verdon, LA, actress/singer/dancer (Cotton Club, Sweet Charity)
1925-03-27 - Robert Cohan, artistic director (Contemporary Dance Trust)
1925-08-29 - Donald O'Connor, Chicago Ill, dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain)
1925-12-08 - Sammy Davis Jr, NYC, singer/dancer/actor (Ocean's 11, Candy Man)
1926-01-08 - Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer (d. 2004)
1926-02-16 - Vera-Ellen, [Westmeyr Rohe], Cincinnati, actress/dancer (Wonder Man)
1926-03-23 - Martha Wright, Seattle, singer (Let's Dance, Martha Wright Show)
1927-06-30 - James Goldman, author/playwright (Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid)
1927-07-25 - Stanley Dancer, harness racer (4 Hambletonians, 3 Trot Triple Crown)
1927-10-16 - Peter Brinson, dance educationalist
1928-04-05 - Will Gaines, jazz dancer
1928-10-03 - Erik Bruhn, Copenhagen Denmark, dancer (Natl Ballet of Canada)
1929-11-26 - Lorraine Macleod, dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)
1930-04-16 - Frank Page, British broadcaster/actor (Hudson Hawk, Dark Dancer)
1930-07-29 - Paul Taylor, dancer/choreographer (Paul Taylor Dance Company) [or 6/5]
1930-08-01 - Geoffrey Holder, Trinidad, dancer/actor (Annie, The Wiz)
1930-12-24 - Robert Joffrey, [Abdullah Jaffa Anver Bey Khan], US, dancer
1931-01-05 - Alvin Ailey, choreographer (American Dance Theater)
1931-02-04 - Isabel Peron, [Maria Martinez], dancer/president Argentina
1931-03-06 - Carmen Delavallade, US dancer/singer/actress (Aida)
1931-05-03 - Joseph Lichtman Layton, dancer
1931-07-10 - Alice Munro, author (Dance of the Happy Shades)
1932-08-28 - Carlene Polite, US dancer/activist/author (Sister X)
1933-05-03 - James Brown, American singer and dancer (d. 2006)
1933-08-04 - Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer (Painted Birds)
1934-03-10 - Judith Jamison, artistic director (Alvin Ailey Dance Theater)
1934-03-27 - Arthur Mitchell, choreographer (Dance Theater of Harlem)
1934-06-29 - Henning Kronstam, dancer
1934-07-28 - Jacques d'Amboise, Dedham Mass, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Company)
1934-09-05 - Carol Lawrence, Illinois, dancer/actress (West Side Story)
1934-11-03 - Ruma Guha Thakurta, Singer, Actress, Dancer, Founder of Calcutta Youth Choir
1936-09-25 - Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer (Who Killed Teddy Bear)
1936-10-01 - Edward Villella, Bayside Queens, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet)
1936-11-25 - Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer
1937-02-05 - Cocky van Oost, [Kommertje van Vliet], Dutch dancer (Sylphides)
1937-08-22 - Donald MacLeary, dancer
1938-03-17 - Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer/choreographer (Kirov)
1939-01-21 - Mary Ellen McAnally, Illinois, poet (Dance of the Zygotes)
1939-02-20 - Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher
1939-02-28 - Tommy Tune, Wichita Falls Tx, dancer/choreographer (Boyfriend)
1939-10-11 - Woiciech Wiesidlowski Lowski, dancer
1939-12-18 - Henrica M L "Wiesje" Backer, Dutch dancer/actress/playwright
1940-04-03 - Lino Brocka, San Jose Philippines, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar)
1940-06-13 - Bobby Freeman, SF, rocker (Do You Want to Dance)
1940-07-27 - Pina Bausch, German dancer
1941-04-04 - Major Lance, US boxer/dancer/singer (Hey Little Girl)
1941-06-12 - Chick Corea, Chelsea Mass, jazz pianist (Delhpi I, Toy Dance)
1941-07-01 - Twyla Tharp, Portland Ind, choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe)
1941-07-09 - Karin von Aroldingen, Germany, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Co)
1941-07-19 - Natalya Bessmertnova, Moscow, dancer (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970)
1941-10-03 - Chubby Checker, one-hit-wonder, Sang and danced "The Twist" in the early '60s In an obscure college newspaper from '62, There's a picture of a 5-year-old me with my 4-year-old sister in matching dress
1942-03-01 - Peter Guber, producer (Flashdance)
1942-05-22 - Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer
1942-06-27 - Frank Mills, pianist/composer/arranger (Music Box Dancer)
Famous Deaths
Results 101 - 179 of 179
1993-03-22 - Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91
1993-06-09 - Alexis Smith, dancer/actress (Follies), dies of cancer at 72
1993-10-06 - Agnes de Mille, US dancer/choreographer (Oklahoma!), dies at 88
1994-06-06 - John Morey Downs, actor/dancer/singer, dies at 80
1994-06-13 - Igor Youskevitch, dancer, dies at 82
1994-06-16 - Boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, dies at 88
1994-07-08 - Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer
1994-08-22 - Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine), dies at 80
1994-10-03 - Virginia Dale, US actress/dancer (Holiday Inn), dies at about 77
1994-10-20 - Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/Choreographer, dies at 88
1994-10-29 - Evelyn Anderson, dancer, dies at 87
1994-10-29 - Pearl Primus, dancer, dies at 44
1994-11-12 - Charles "Honi" Coles, dancer (1983 Tony award), dies at 81
1994-11-18 - Michael [George] Somes, English dancer (Royal Ballet), dies at 77
1994-11-23 - Erick Frederick Hawkins, US dancer/wed to Martha Graham, dies at 85
1995-02-04 - Betty Davis, British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies
1995-03-11 - Carel Birnie, found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69
1995-03-13 - Lorraine Macleod, dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), dies at 65
1995-04-01 - Francisco Moncion, dancer, dies at 73
1995-04-04 - Peter Brinson, dance educationalist, dies at 67
1995-04-25 - Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83
1995-05-18 - Alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45
1995-05-28 - Henning Kronstam, dancer, dies at 60
1995-06-01 - Prudence Hyman, dancer, dies at 80
1995-06-05 - Bettina Vernon-Warren, dancer, dies at 75
1995-07-16 - Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher, dies at 91
1995-08-06 - Youly Algaroff, ballet dancer, dies at 77
1995-08-10 - Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist, dies at 81
1995-08-21 - James Truitte, dancer, dies at 72
1995-09-25 - Dorothy Dickson, actress/dancer (Paying the Piper), dies at 102
1995-11-18 - Ted Sannella, square dance caller, dies of cancer
1995-11-19 - Martha Hill, modern dancer/teacher, dies at 94
1995-11-22 - Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher, dies at 90
1995-11-24 - Woiciech Woytek Wiesidlowski Lowski, dancer, dies at 56
1995-12-12 - Mary Bruce, dance Teacher, dies at 95
1995-12-15 - James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88
1995-12-16 - Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85
1996-02-02 - Gene Kelly, actor/dancer (Singing in the Rain), dies at 83
1996-02-05 - Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer, dies at 74
1996-04-04 - Joy Newton, dancer, dies at 82
1996-04-16 - Lucille Bremer, dancer/actress (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 73
1996-05-20 - Jack Wyngaard, dancer, dies at 37
1996-05-29 - Tamara Toumanova, dancer, dies at 77
1996-06-11 - Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer, dies at 49
1996-07-17 - Chris Komar, dancer, dies at 48
1996-08-30 - Louise Brown, dancer/teacher, dies at 89
1996-09-14 - Juliet Prowse, actress/dancer (Mona McCluskey), dies at 59
1996-09-16 - Gene Nelson, actor/dancer (SOB, Purple Hills, Starlift), dies at 76
1996-09-20 - Paul Draper, dancer, dies at 87
1996-09-22 - Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer, dies at 72
1996-10-25 - Eugene Polyakov, dancer, dies at 95
1996-10-27 - Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher, dies at 84
1996-10-27 - John Gregory, dancer, dies at 82
1996-11-05 - Paula Hinton, dancer, dies at 72
1996-11-26 - Euphemia MacDonald May Moxon, dance producer, dies at 91
1997-02-08 - Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher, dies at 57
1997-02-13 - Mark Krasnosel'skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (b. 1920),Jessica Browne,singer and dancer
1997-12-09 - Tamara Geva, dancer, dies at 91
1997-12-10 - Violet Carlson, stage dancer/singer, dies at 97
1998-09-09 - Bill Cratty, American modern dancer and choreographer (b. 1951)
1999-01-29 - Lili St. Cyr, American dancer (b. 1918)
2000-04-11 - Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
2000-09-02 - Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (b. 1905)
2000-10-18 - Gwen Verdon, American dancer and actress (b. 1925)
2000-12-31 - José Greco, Italian-born American flamenco dancer and choreographer (b. 1918)
2001-11-24 - Melanie Thornton, American dance/pop singer (b. 1967)
2003-08-09 - Gregory Hines, American actor and dancer (b. 1946)
2004-01-22 - Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (b. 1923)
2004-02-01 - May O'Donnell, American modern dancer and choreographer (b. 1909)
2004-03-21 - Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballet dancer and actress (b. 1924)
2005-01-08 - Warren Spears, American choreographer and dancer
2006-01-24 - Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers (b. 1914)
2006-03-23 - Cindy Walker, American singer, songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)
2006-05-21 - Katherine Dunham, American dancer (b. 1909)
2006-09-02 - Willi Ninja, dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)
2007-02-01 - Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dance choreographer (b. 1937)
2007-06-17 - Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (b. 1933)
2007-06-24 - Natasja Saad, Danish reggae and dancehall artist (b. 1974)
2008-06-17 - Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (b. 1922)
