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and Famous
Choreographers
The student will have a clear
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham: combined AfroCarribean styles with modern and ballet
idioms. She was very influential on the
development of jazz dance in America. She
researched folk forms from her birth place
of Haiti and theatricalized them.
Appeared in 1940 dancing in Le Jazz Hot
1943: Her dancers appeared in the film,
Stormy Weather
Katherine Dunham
Pearl Primus
Pearl Primus: incorporated more African
dance traditions into her movement.
During the 1940s she performed mixed
elements of dance including: African,
Carribean, African American rhythms to her
choreography.
Concert Dance Performer
Pearl Primus
AGNES DE MILLE
a. Agnes De Mille: originally came from a ballet
Agnes De Mille
Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly: was actually a teacher in
Pittsburg at the Gene Kelly school of
dance. Went off to Broadway and much
success. He later went on to
choreograph, dance, act and star in
feature films. His style was acrobatic,
airy and comical. Musicals
choreographed include:
Anchors Aweigh: 1945
Zeigfeld Follies: 1946
American in Paris: 1951
Singin in the Rain: 1952
Gene Kelly
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins: his choreography
was graceful and elegant but added
comic elements. He is sometimes
noted as the true father of jazz dance
and he required his dancers to act as
well as move. This took dance direction
of a musical to a new level. His works
include:
Wonderful Town: 1953
Fiddler on the Roof: 1964
West Side Story: 1957
Jerome Robbins
Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse: sexy, provocative and on the
cutting edge. Was a performer and trained
dancer in musicals before he went onto
direction and choreography. Used isolations
heavily in his style. Basically took what
Robbins did and pushed the boundaries.
Damn Yankees: 1955
Sweet Charity: 1969
Cabaret: 1972
Chicago: 1975
Bob Fosse