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The Lindy Hop is a swing dance based in African-American “Texas Tommy” and “Charleston” dances, with both solo and partner moves, that appeared in New York City in 1927.
Quote from African American poet Langston Hughes; “The lindy-hoppers at the Savoy even began to practice acrobatic routines, and to do absurd things for the entertainment of the whites, that probably never would have entered their heads to attempt for their own effortless amusement. Some of the lindy-hoppers had cards printed with their names on them and became dance professors teaching the tourists. Then Harlem nights became show nights for the Nordics.”
Langston Hughes, The Big Sea
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Judith Jamison
b. 5-10-1943; Philadelphia, PA
Judith Jamison, who studied dance from age 10, was invited to dance in 1964 by Agnes de Mille in her ballet “The Four Marys” at the American Ballet Theatre. In 1965 Jamison joined the Alvin Ailey Dance company and became their principal dancer through 1980. Among her notable roles was Ailey's “Pas de Duke” (1977) with Mikhail Baryshnikov set to the music of Duke Ellington, she starred in the Broadway musical “Sophisticated Ladies”, also set to Ellington's music.
Jamison was named Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater upon Ailey's 1989 death and has choreographed many works for the Company since then.
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Gypsy Rose Lee
née Rose Louise Hovick
b. 1-8-1911; Seattle, WA
d. 4-26-1970; Los Angeles
Burlesque entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee was famous for her striptease act whose 1957 memoir was made into the stage musical and film Gypsy . She was the older sister of entertainer June Havoc.
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Jennifer Lopez
b. 7-24-1969; The Bronx, NY
Actress, singer, record producer, fashion designer and television producer Jennifer Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color.
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Antonia Mercé y Luque
“La Argentina”
b. 9-4-1890; Buenos Aires, Argentina
d. 7-18-1936; France
Flamenco dancer Antonia Merce y Luque, whose stage name was “La Argentina”, originated and helped to establish the neoclassical style of Spanish dance as a theatrical art. She toured worldwide, often with flamenco guitarist Carlos Montoya.
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