Last |
First |
Location |
Perform / Notes |
Partners |
Dances |
Dates |
Fabri |
Flora |
Paris? |
n/a |
n/a |
Pas
La Castigliana |
c.1840s |
Fagan |
Barney |
n/a |
The March of Time [1934],
Minstrel |
n/a |
Soft
Shoe, Father of Tap |
c.1860s |
Fairbanks
(Twins) |
Madeleine |
New York |
1912 The Twins.
1917 Ziegfeld
Follies.
|
aka: Thanhauser Twinsm:
Leonard Sherman |
Sister Tandem Act |
11/15/1900-1/15/1989 |
Fairbanks
(Twins) |
Marion |
New York |
1912 The
Twins.
1917 Ziegfeld
Follies.
|
aka: Thanhauser
Twins. (Mother was June Fairbanks.) |
Sister
Tandem Act |
11/15/1900-9/20/1973 |
Fallis |
Barbara |
Denver,
CO |
Graduation
Ball. Apollo,
|
n/a |
Waltz,
Ballet |
b.1924- |
Fambro
|
Isabelle |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: Billy
and Eleanor Byrd |
Tap |
c.1940s |
"Fanchon"
(Fanny Wolfe) |
??? |
New York |
Rogues
Romance.
"Ballet of Jewles" |
aka: Fanchon
& Marco (Bro./Sis,) Valentino |
Tango?,
Apache |
b.1895- |
Fantino's |
The |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Acrobatic
Dancers |
c.1945 |
| Farraris |
The |
USA |
Reno's Grand Theatre |
|
Eccentric Whirlwind
Dancers |
c.1908 |
Farnum |
Frank |
USA? |
incorrectly
reported as the originator of a Charleston Step |
n/a |
Charleston,
School Coach |
c.1930s |
Farrell |
Allen
& Rita |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballroom |
n/a |
Farren |
Fred |
England? |
Empire
& Daly Theatre, Merry Widow, Cinderella, The Catch
Of The Season, |
Irene
Maglay |
Foxtrot,
Ballet, Choreographer |
c.1917 |
Farren |
Nellie |
England? |
Gaiety
Theater. |
aka:"Our
Nellie."
Kate Vaughn |
Skirt,
Ballet |
c.1878 |
Fatima |
n/a |
n/a |
Fatima's
Coochee-Coochee Dance [1896], Fatima's Belly Dance [1897],
Fatima, Couchee Dancer [1903] |
n/a |
Belly
Dancer, dance du ventre, Hoochy
Coochie |
d.3/14/1921 |
Faustino |
Nicki |
Los Angeles |
Don't
Knock The Rock.
Jitterbug Champions |
Gil
Brady |
West
Coast Swing Swing, Jitterbug |
12/22/1933-4/29/1989 |
Faye |
Alice |
Hell's
Kitchen, NYC |
Chester
Hale Girl 1928, Hollywood Gardens, George White Scandals
1930 |
Real Name:
Alice Jeane Leppert |
Dancer,
Actress, Singer |
5/5/1915-5/9/1998 |
Feorova |
Sophia |
Moscow |
1899-coprs
de ballet |
aka: Fedorova
II |
Ballet |
1879-1963 |
Fehnova |
Ivan |
n/a |
Billy
Gilbert Hollywood on parade |
aka: Fehnova
Dancers |
Jitterbug,
Ballroom,
Fire
Dance |
c.1945 |
Felix |
Seymoure |
New
York |
The
Great Ziegfeld.
Alexander's Ragtime Band. Yankee Doodle Dandy. Cover
Girl |
Choreographer |
Ballroom |
10/23/1892-3/16/1961 |
Fenech |
Salvatore |
n/a |
1974
Harvest Moon Ball Tango Champions. |
Deborah
Fenech |
Tango,
Rumba |
d.4/19/1993 |
Fenton |
Mary |
n/a |
Marathon
Dancer |
Joey
Ray |
n/a |
c.1932 |
Ferguson |
Adele |
NY? |
Gaieties
a la Mode |
one of
the Roseland Girls |
Chorus |
c.1927 |
Fernandes |
Ammy |
Italy |
n/a |
aka: Ammy
Fernandes & Patriczic |
Ballroom |
c.1920s |
Fernandez |
José |
n/a |
1936 Ramona |
n/a |
Choreographer |
1930s |
Ferren |
Nellie |
England? |
Gaiety
Theater |
n/a |
Ballet,
Skirt
Dancer |
n/a |
Ferrari |
Beatrice |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Argentina
Dancer |
c.1950s |
Ferrari |
Martin |
n/a |
Keith's
Boston Theater |
Natalie
Ferrari? |
One-Step,
Habanera |
c.1914 |
Ferraris |
Amalia |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
1830-1904 |
Feuillet |
Raul-Auger |
France? |
Choreographer
(Like
Laban) |
dance
master, Author |
Contredanses,
Quadrilles |
1659-1710 |
Field |
Grace |
USA |
Darktown
Strutters Ball |
A. Baldwin
Sloan |
Ballroom |
c.1914s |
Field |
Rosalyn |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Exotic,
Ballet? |
c.1920s? |
Fielding |
"Lady"
Fanny |
England |
(Finest
ballroom dancer in 18th Century.) |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1700s |
| Fietsem |
Shirley |
California |
Routine & J&J
Competitor |
Tom Boots |
West
Coast Swing |
c.1970s |
Figg |
Catherine
& Dean |
USA |
n/a |
n/a |
Adagio,
Ballroom |
c.1940s |
Fiocre
Sisters |
Louise
& Eugenie |
n/a |
Paris
Opera. Coppelia.
1860 Pierre de Medicis |
(Louise
was older sister) |
Ballet |
Louise
b.1843- |
Fisher |
Nelle
(Ethelwyn) |
Berkley,
CA. |
Radio
City Music Hall.
Broadway. Melody Tour.
Your Show Of Shows (TV) |
Jerry
Ross |
Maxixe,
Waltz |
12/10/1920-9/19/1994 |
Fisher |
Snow |
|
Africana
[1927] |
Picaninny
Hill |
Cakewalk |
c.1927 |
Fissette |
Geraldine |
USA |
Ball Of
Fire [1941].
Girl, Guy & A Gob [1941]. |
n/a |
Native
Dancer, Hula |
c.1940s |
Fitzgerald |
Ella |
New Port
News, Virginia |
Savoy
Ballroom. Renaissance Ballroom. Apollo
Theater
1958 St. Louis Blues |
Charles
Gilliver,
m: Ray Brown |
Jitterbug |
4/25/1917-6/15/1996 |
Fitzgibbons |
Dave &
Dorothy |
n/a |
Walk a
Little Faster [1932] |
n/a |
Ballroom? |
n/a |
Fitz
James |
Louise |
France |
One Hour,
The Carnival Ball. |
(Sister:
Nathalie Fitzjames) |
Dancer |
b.1809-? |
Fitz
James |
Nathalie |
France |
les Mohicans
[1837]. Paquita [1850].
Astor Place Opera House |
(Sister:
Louise Fitzjames) |
Ballet,
Boudoir Waltzes |
b.1819-? |
Fitz-Simmons |
Foster |
Atlanta,
GA |
Ted
Shawn and his Men Dancers |
n/a |
Ballet,
Jazz
, Modern
etc. |
c.1933 |
| Flack and Lucas |
- |
- |
Moss Empire Theatre |
- |
High Speed Dancers
? |
c.1954 |
Flanagan |
Helyn
R. |
Connecticut |
Paul Whitman
Modernettes |
n/a |
Ballroom
/ Teacher |
c.1940s |
| Fleury Trio |
- |
USA |
1903 Jimmy |
- |
Dance Trio |
c.1903 |
Fleury |
Louise |
France? |
n/a |
n/a |
Dancer |
c.1800s |
"Flink" |
n/a |
n/a |
Chicago's
Club DeLisa and Rhumboogie |
n/a |
Comedy
Dancer |
c.1920s |
Florence |
n/a |
n/a |
Student
Tour [1934] |
aka: Florence
and Alvarez |
Dancers |
c.1930s |
Florence |
Mrs. W.J. |
n/a |
n/a |
Real Name:
Malvena Pray |
Actress/Dancer |
1834-1906 |
Flores |
Mariquita |
n/a |
Blood
and Sand [1941] |
n/a |
Spanish
|
c.1940s |
Fokina
|
Vera |
Russia |
Russian
Ballet |
aka: Antonova.
m: Michel Fokine, |
Ballet |
b.1886 |
Fokine |
Michel
|
St. Petersburg,
Russia |
1898-Maryinsky
Co., Diaghilev |
Real Name:
Mikhail Mikhailovich Fokin, m:
Vera Fokina, Margot Fonteyn |
Modern
Ballet |
1880-1942 |
Foley |
John |
Elmira,
NY |
"Honey
Boy Minstrels" |
Wood Sisters,
Jack Girard. Juan Terio
m: Laura Wood. |
Tap,
Ballroom |
1895-1967 |
Foley |
"Kid" |
New York? |
"A
Tough Dance" [1902] |
"Sailor"
Lil |
Apache |
b.6/1902 |
Fontaine |
~ |
New York?
|
n/a |
aka: Fontaine
and Fitcher |
Ballroom
Dancers |
c.1920s |
Fontana |
Georges |
n/a |
Sunny
[1925] |
"Moss,"
Rosita |
Hesitation
Waltz, Tragacio Tango |
c.1925 |
Fonteyn |
Margot
|
Reigate,
Surrey, England |
Sadler
Wells, Little Ballerina [1948], Three Seasons [1955],
That's Dancing [1985] |
aka: Margaret
"Peggy" Hookham , m: Roberto "Tito"
Arias 1955-1989, Rudolph Nureyev |
Ballet
Dancer |
5/18/1919-2/21/1991 |
Foodle |
Fitz |
France? |
French
Dancing Master for Morris, Pells and Trowbridges minstrels |
n/a |
Dance
Master |
C.1860s |
Foote |
Irene |
New Rochelle,
New York |
Whirl
Of Life [1915].
|
Vernon
Castle, aka: Mrs. Irene Castle |
Bunny
Hug, Tango,
Half
& Half, Waltz |
4/17/1893-1/25/1969 |
Ford |
Dora |
n/a |
Danced
with the Four Fords, later danced with Mabel as the
Ford Sisters. |
aka: The
Four Fords , Palace Theatre |
Tap, |
1920s-1940s |
Ford |
Edwin |
n/a |
Danced
with the Four Fords, Edwin quit dancing |
aka: The
Four Fords |
Tap, |
1920s-1930s |
Ford |
Johnny |
Canada? |
Toronto
Grand Theatre: Lovers and Lunatics |
Mamie
Gerhue. M: Evelyn Louise Garten. |
Buck
and Wing |
b.10/7/1921 |
Ford |
Mabel |
n/a |
Danced
with the Four Fords, Later danced with Dora as the Ford
Sisters |
aka: The
Four Fords, Palace Theatre m: Jack Curtis Sr. |
Tap, |
1/1/1888-1982 |
Ford |
Maxwell |
n/a |
Danced
with the Four Fords, Maxwell left & became Movie
Choreographer |
aka: The
Four Fords. M: Hetty "nana" Urma. |
Tap,
Wing, Maxie Ford creator |
1920s-1940s |
Fords |
"The
Four" |
n/a |
aka: Ford
Sisters |
Edwin,
Maxwell, Mabel & Dora |
Tap
Brother and Sister Dance Group |
c.1920s? |
| Ford and Sheen |
- |
- |
Dewsbury Empire Theatre |
- |
Dance |
c. 1947 |
Forrest |
John |
NY |
n/a |
Marianne
Lewis |
Thumbs
Up |
c.1943? |
Forrest |
Sally |
San Diego,CA |
Till The
Clouds Roll By.
Not Wanted. Never Fear |
m: Frank
Milo |
Ballroom |
b.5/28/1928 |
Forrester |
Gladys |
n/a |
(created
Hitchy Koo dance) |
n/a |
Hitchy-Koo,
Burlesque |
c.1959 |
Foster |
Clarence |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: Batie
and Foster, |
Acrobatic
Tap |
c.1930s |
Foster |
Gae |
n/a |
1944 Pin-Up
Girl. Roxy |
"Gae
Foster Girls" |
Eccentric,
Tap |
c.1930s |
Forsyne |
Ida |
Chicago |
Black
Bostonians [1897], Black Patti Troubadors [1898-1902],
Smart Set [1902], The Green Pastures [1936], The Southerners |
Memphis
Students. Enchantment |
Jazz?,
Vernacular, Buck,
Cakewalk,
Russian |
b.1883- |
Fosse
|
Bob |
Chicago,
IL. |
1953 Kiss
Me Kate, |
Choreographer
& Dancer. Real Name Robert Louis.M: Gwen Verdon |
Jazz,
Ballet |
6/23/1927-9/23/1987 |
Fougère |
Eugenie
|
Paris |
1899 Edison
Film.
New York Theater |
n/a |
Variety
Dance, Can-Can,
Cakewalk,
Ballet |
c.1899 |
Four Bobs,
The |
n/a |
NY? |
Apollo
Theater |
n/a |
Tap
Dance Troupe |
c.1934 |
Four
Step Brothers |
n/a |
New York |
1938 Cotton
Club Show.
1943 Rhythm of the Islands |
n/a |
Tap/Jazz |
c.1920s |
Fowler |
Addison |
London |
Cochran
Revue. The Left Over |
Florence
Tamara |
Tango,
Ballroom,
Adagio, |
c.1924 |
Fox |
Benny |
n/a |
Performed
20' in air on plank. 1938 Universal Newsreel |
Betty
Fox |
Ballroom |
c.1938 |
Fox |
Edward |
Washington |
White
House |
Mayris
Chaney |
Windsor
Waltz |
c.1920s? |
Fox
|
Harry
|
Pomona
CA. |
Jardin
de Danse |
M:
Yansci Dolly, Beatrice Curtis |
Created
Foxtrot |
5/25/1882-7/20/1959 |
Fox |
Norton
Bernard "Ray" |
Los Angeles |
Clubs,
Vaudeville, Owner of Continental Dance Studio in Bell,
CA. |
Danced
with his two sisters in Vaudeville and Stages. Son:
Cary Fox |
West
Coast Swing, Ballroom,
|
d.11/?/83 |
Foy |
Eddie |
New York
City |
Minstrel,
Vaudeville, Broadway |
1910/23
the "Seven Little Foys" |
Dancer,
Actor |
1856-1928 |
Franchonetti |
"Sisters" |
n/a |
1903
American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. |
(three
dancing sisters) |
French
Quadrille Dance |
c.1903 |
Francessca |
Alla |
Rome,
Italy |
Dance
Instructress |
Federigo
Gonzago Student |
Galliarde |
c.1528 |
Francis |
Emma |
n/a |
n/a |
Pat
Rooney II |
n/a |
c.1903 |
Francis |
Francine |
USA? |
Arthur
Murray Shag Dancer, Big Apple Movie |
aka: Francine
Wright, Son
- David James |
Shag,
Lindy,
Big
Apple |
c.1930s |
Francis |
Jeannie |
n/a |
n/a |
Jerry
Grey |
Adagio,
Ballet |
c.1930s? |
Franklin |
??? |
n/a |
Nightclubs |
Astrid |
Adagio,
Rumba,
Ballroom,
Spanish |
c.1950s |
Franklin |
Fredric
(Frederic) |
Liverpool,
EN |
Your Show
Of Shows. Rodeo. Gaite Parisenne. Capricco Espagnol.
Song of Norway |
Pauline
Goodard, Wendy Toye, |
Ballroom,
Ballet |
b.1914- |
Franklin |
Miriam |
n/a |
1945 Duffy's
Tavern |
Jonathan
Coy |
n/a |
c.1945 |
Franksen |
Adolph |
Chicago? |
Chicago's
Aragon
Ballroom- (Aragon's Tues. Teacher. from 1937 to
1949?) |
n/a |
Waltz |
c.1937 |
Frascuelita |
n/a |
Spain? |
n/a |
n/a |
Spanish
Dance |
c.1904 |
Frazee
Sisters |
Ruth &
Jane |
Duluth,
Minnesota |
Coconut
Grove. Billy Rose. Hellzapoppin'.
1936 Study & Understudy |
(Singers,
started
as Dancers) |
Solo,
Tandem Dancers |
c.1940s |
Frazee
Sisters |
Jane &
Ruth |
Duluth,
Minnesota |
Coconut
Grove. Billy Rose. Hellzapoppin'.
1936 Study & Understudy |
m: Glenn
Tryon |
Solo,
Tandem Dancers |
c.1940s |
Frazer |
Lilly
Grove (Lady) |
Europe |
mentioned
in 1895 Am. Ballroom Companion. |
n/a |
Author |
d.1941 |
Frazier |
Ernest |
New York |
Cotton
Club |
Cotton
Club Boys |
Eccentric/Tap |
c.1935 |
Frazier |
Teddy |
n/a |
Part of
"Tip, Tap and Toe" |
aka: Tip,
Tap and Toe , Raymond Winfield, Sammy Green |
Tap
, Acrobatic
Flash |
c.1920's |
Frederick |
M. |
n/a |
Burtons
Theater |
n/a |
Serious
Polka |
c.1850s |
Frederick |
Pauline |
Boston,
MA. |
1916 Emerald
City |
1926
Conrad Nagel |
Ballroom |
8/12/1883-
9/19/1938 |
| Fredrickson |
Ken |
Los Angeles, CA |
Started West Coast Swing
Dance Club in 1981 |
- |
West
Coast Swing |
c.1981 |
Fredrowa |
Vera |
|
1932 -
Musical West Mag. , Feather Light |
Theodore
Kosloff |
Dancer |
c.1932 |
French |
Bert |
n/a |
1913 The
Vampire |
Alice
Eis |
Vampire
Dance |
c.1913 |
Frick
|
&
"Frack" |
n/a |
1943 The
Silver Skates |
n/a |
Ice
Dancers / Skaters |
c.1940s |
Fridkin |
&
Rhoda |
n/a |
Loew's
Theater |
n/a |
Acrobatic |
c.1927 |
Friend |
Joel |
n/a |
Here Comes
The Waves. Variety Girl. Blue Skies |
n/a |
Specialty
Dancer |
c.1940s |
Frisco |
Joe |
Milan,
IL. |
Happy
Hottentots.
1933 Mr. Broadway |
n/a |
Jazz
Dance (shuffle & Grind) |
11/4/1889-
2/12/1958 |
Friganza |
Trixie |
Grencoa,
KA. |
1912 Passing
Show, Strong and Willing (Short) |
Charles
Ross |
Shimmie,
Comedy, Apache |
11/29/1870-
2/27/1955 |
Frisco |
Joe |
|
billed
himslf as the first Jazz dancer |
n/a |
Jazz,
Tap |
c.1920s |
Frobose |
Fred |
New Jersey |
(Dancer
/ Teacher) |
Eileen
Kalin |
Ballroom,
Tap,
Rumba |
c.1940s |
Fuelling |
Edna Deanne |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Dancer,
Choreographer |
10/15/1905-11/22/1995 |
Fuller |
Loie |
Fullersburg,
Illinois |
1920 Lys
de La Vie.
1985 That's Dancing |
n/a |
Ballet,
Scarf, Ballroom,
Serpentine |
1862-1928 |
Fulton |
Eve |
?England? |
9/7/1931
Pathe Newsreel: Tireless Toes |
n/a |
Toe
Dancer |
c.1931 |
Fulton |
Maude |
Eldorado,
KS. |
Broadway
Bad. Rock and Fulton.
(Became playwright) |
William
Rock |
Turkey
Trot |
5/14/1881-11/9/1950 |
Furman |
A.P. |
New York |
Teacher
|
Radie
Furman (d.1983.) (A.P. Sister Happy Fanny Fields, d.1961,
married Dr. Abraham Rongy.) |
Hesitation
Waltz, Ballet |
c.1918 |
Ballrooms