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LEGEND: aka = Also Known As / m: = Married/ n/a = Not Available / ( ) = Note / c.= Circa. |
Last |
First |
Location |
Perform / Notes |
Partners |
Dances |
Dates |
| Gades |
Antonio |
?Spain? |
Carmen, Bodas de Sangre y Amor Brujo |
Cristina Hoyos? |
Flamenco |
c.1940s? |
| Gai, La |
Louise |
USA |
Odeon Theater |
Quentin Tod |
Bacchic, Jig, Idyll, La Vie Joyeuse, La Sacrifice, Waltz, Maxixe |
c.1913 |
| Gaines |
"Bubba" |
n/a |
member of the Copasetic's |
Real Name: Leslie "Bubba" Gaines |
Tap, |
d. 1997 |
| Galleti |
Anita |
NYC? |
1866 Black Crook |
n/a |
Ballet |
c.1850s |
| Gallini |
Giovanni- Andrea |
Europe |
n/a |
Author |
Minuet, |
1728-1805 |
| Galo |
Alberto |
n/a |
n/a |
Lola ? |
Adagio, Ballroom |
c.1940s |
| Galo |
Gilbert |
New York? |
Choreographer |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1940s? |
Galster
|
Anna (Amalie) |
n/a |
n/a |
m: Paul Taglioni |
dancer |
1808-1881 |
| Gandy |
Dancers |
USA |
Railroad Section workers |
?? |
?? |
1900's |
| Ganjou |
Bob |
?? |
aka Ganjou Brothers & Jaunita fame, Dior Dancers (w/ Mirian). |
m: Mirian, Mike Taylor. Sunday Night at the London Palladium |
?? |
1950s-60s |
| Ganjou |
Mirian |
?? |
aka: Dior Dancers (w/ Mirian). |
m: Bob Ganjou, Mike Taylor. Sunday Night at the London Palladium |
?? |
1950s-60s |
| Ganley |
Mary |
n/a |
MGM. New Moon |
Kenny Bowers |
Ballroom |
c.1940s |
| "Garbage |
Sweet Papa" |
n/a |
Impeccably dressed Bert Williams like entertainer |
Real Name: Marshall Rogers |
Eccentric, Cakewalk |
c.1910s |
| Garber |
Ethel K. |
Chicago, IL? |
Toured W/ Eddie Cantor |
n/a |
Chorus & Vaudeville dancer |
1903-1975 |
| "Garbo" |
(female) |
n/a |
Ellington's Flame Indigo |
n/a |
Fire, Skirt, Butterfly |
1930s |
| Garcias, the |
n/a |
USA |
need info on these dancers |
n/a |
Latin, Rumba |
1940s |
| Gardel |
Maximillian |
n/a |
(Perfected the Pirouette) |
n/a |
see Ballet |
c.1700s |
| Gardel |
Pierre |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Dancer, Chorographer |
1758-1840 |
| Garden |
Mary |
Scotland? |
1917 Thais. 1918 Splendid Sinner. Salome. |
n/a |
Salome, Belly Dance, Seven Veils |
2/20/1874-1/3/1967 |
| Gardener |
Helena |
n/a |
Burlesque |
n/a |
Rumba |
c.1940s |
| Gardner |
Ava |
Smithfield, NC. |
n/a |
n/a |
Actress, Dancer |
12/24/1922-1/25/1990 |
| Garland (Gumm) |
Judy (Frances) |
Grand Rapids, IL. |
Strike Up The Band. 1955 Summer Stock. 1929 The Big Parade |
Astaire, Micky Rooney |
Tap, Jazz |
2/20/1922-1/3/1969 |
| Garr |
Teri |
n/a |
T.A.M.I. Show [1964] as Go-Go dancer, |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Garratt |
Felicity |
n/a |
Eve's Film Review [#333-1927], |
aka: Andre and Felicity Garratt, |
European Dancers |
c.1930s |
| Garrett |
Tom |
Florida? |
Guinness Record Holder |
n/a |
Charleston |
c.1971 |
| Gascon |
Venna |
California |
Ray Rand dancer, San Francisco Worlds Fair |
Gil Hernandez, Hal Takier, m: John Archer. aka: Venna Archer |
Charleston, Jazz, Jitterbug |
c.1940's |
| Gay |
Beatrice |
NY? |
1937 Ask Uncle Sol, Savoy Ballroom, Cotton Club |
aka: "Big Bea." Shorty George |
Lindy Hop, Charleston |
c.1930's |
| Gehue |
Mayme |
USA? |
Topsy and Eva [1923] |
n/a |
Buck and Wing, Clog, Heel and Toe also sings and acts |
c.1923 |
| Geil |
Joe |
California |
Get Hep To Love |
Jivin' Jacks |
Jitterbug, Swing Dance |
9/23/1927-1/1/1992 |
| Geltzer |
Ekaterina (Yekaterina?) |
Moscow |
Bolshoi Ballet, Balet Russe. 1913 pas de deux. 1910 Genius of Belgium, |
Yurov, m: Vasili Tikhomirov. |
Ballet |
1876-1962 |
| Genée (Dame) |
Adeline |
Danish |
n/a |
Isitt |
Danish, Dancer |
1878-1970 |
| Gennaro |
Magri |
France? |
Author |
n/a |
Baroque dance |
c.1779 |
| George |
Yvonne |
n/a |
(on Dance Magazine cover) |
Harald Kreutzberg |
Indian, Hindu |
c.1920s |
| Georges |
n/a |
n/a |
Born To Dance [1936]. Balmer and Steven's House. Riviera. |
aka: Georges & Jalna |
Latin, Ballroom. |
c.1936 |
| Georgigust |
Duo |
n/a |
(Intersting Costume) |
n/a |
Ballroom. |
c.1920s |
| Geraldine & Joy |
?? |
Europe |
Moss Hippodrome Theatre |
?? |
Dancers |
c.1952 |
| Gerhue |
Mamie |
Canada? |
Toronto Grand Theatre: Lunatics and Lovers |
Johnny Ford |
Buck and Wing, Wings |
c.1940's |
| Gest |
Ina |
Odessa, Russia |
1943 North Star |
n/a |
Specialty Dancer |
2/11/1921-12/31/1964 |
| Geva |
Tamara |
Petrograd, RU. |
1942 Orchestra Wives. Manhattan Merry Go Round |
John Emery m: Balanchine. |
Ballet |
3/17/1907-12/9/1997 |
| Gibson |
Albert "Gib" |
New York |
aka: part of the Chocolateers -- Eddie West, Paul Black and Albert Gibson |
m: Mildred Pollard (grandson: Demarco Fowler) |
Tap, Peckin' |
1930s |
| Gibson |
John |
n/a |
Soap Opera Star |
Vanna White |
Chippendale Dancer |
d.1986 |
| Gibson |
Preston |
USA |
Noted Cotillion leader. Created the Gibson Glide |
Mrs. Edward Rowland |
Gibson Glide, Castle Half & Half, Castle Innovation, Maurice Glide |
c.1914 |
| Gibson (Pollard) |
Sandra (Mildred) |
New York |
The Spirit Moves. Shake Blues, Call of the Jitterbug. Whitey's Lindy Hopper |
James Berry. m: Albert Gibson, aka: Mildred Pollard, |
Lindy Hop, Shake Dance |
1930s? |
| Gilbert |
André |
n/a |
1944 Lady & The Monster |
aka: Lola & André Gilbert , Marie Gilbert |
Adagio, Ballroom, Spanish |
1930s |
| Gilbert |
Gloria |
n/a |
Ballyhoo of 1932. 1938 Vogues |
Sunnie O'Dea |
Tap, |
c.1930s |
| Gilbert (Montez) |
Marie (Lola) |
New York |
1944 Lady & The Monster |
aka: Lola & André. André Gilbert |
Adagio, Spanish |
1818-1861 |
| Giles |
Sandra |
Hooker, OK. |
Daddy-O. Teenage Confidential |
n/a |
Jitterbug, West Coast |
c.1950's |
| Gilmore |
Dorothy |
USA |
1946 Harvey Girls. Ziegfeld Girl |
Matilyn Christine |
n/a |
c.1940s |
| Di Gatano |
Adam and Jane |
USA |
FOX Theatre, Film |
?? |
Apache |
c. 1930s? |
| Glass |
Bonnie |
n/a |
Vaudeville. Cafe Montmartre |
Harry Davis, Valentino, Webb |
Ballroom |
c.1914 |
| Glaum |
Louise |
Baltimore, MD. |
1917 -The Weaker Sex. 1920- Love, 1920 - Sex |
Arthur Murray |
Hesitation Waltz, Spider Dance |
9/4/1900-11/25/1970 |
| Gloria |
Ana |
Cuba |
Montmarte Club |
Tony |
Rumba |
c.1950 |
| Glory |
June |
USA |
1933 Gold Digger. 1933 42 Street |
Gold Digger |
Chorus, Acrobatic |
c.1930s |
| Gloudy |
Marion |
n/a |
1939 Jitterbug Championss |
Jack Arkin |
Jitterbug, Lindy |
c.1930's |
| Glover |
Savion |
Newark, NJ. |
Black and Blue, Jelly's Last Jam, Tap [1989], Tap Dance Kid |
n/a |
Tap |
b.11/17/1973 |
| Godfrey |
Renee |
New York |
Let's Make Music [1941], Can-Can [1960] |
aka: Renee Haal Godfrey |
Dancer, Actress |
9/1/1919-5/24/1964 |
| Godunov |
Boris Alexander |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
dancer |
11/25/1949-5/18/1995 |
| Goins |
Baby |
n/a |
Africana [1927], |
aka: Baby and Bobby Goins |
Jazz-Apache, Athletic, Acrobatic, Dancers |
c.1927 |
| Goins |
Bobby |
n/a |
part of "The Crackerjacks, circa 1932" |
aka: Baby and Bobby Goins |
Jazz-Apache, Athletic Dancers, Acrobatic |
c.1927 |
| Gold |
Al |
Britain |
Entertainers in Britsih Films: a century in British Cinema |
aka: Al Gold and Lola Cordell |
British dancers |
n/a |
| Goldberg |
Jayne |
New York? |
Shoot Me While I'm Happy |
Honi Coles |
Tap |
c.1940s? |
| Goldwyn |
Girls |
Hollywood |
Kid Millions. Musicals |
Many |
Chorus |
c.1940s |
| Gómez |
Pilar |
New York |
Crazy Quilt |
Winona, Federico Rey |
Tango, Rhumba,
Bolero |
c.1933 |
| González |
Francisca |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: La Quica |
Flamenco |
1905-1967 |
| Goodman |
Davis |
USA? |
Topsy and Eva [1926] |
Florence Martin |
Dancers |
c.1926 |
| Goodman |
Gloria |
New York? |
n/a |
Clifton Webb |
Comic Ballroom |
1913-14 |
| Gordon |
Vic |
?? |
Moss's Empire Theater |
Peter Colville |
Dancers |
c.1950s? |
| Gorsky |
Alexandre |
St. Petersburg, RU |
Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote |
n/a |
Ballet |
1871-1924 |
| Gosser |
Lowell |
San Diego, Ca. |
Competitor |
Diane Lynn |
West Coast Swing |
c.1980s |
| Gould |
Norma |
Los Angeles |
Dansant's (Teas) |
Surrat, Ted Shawn. aka: Gould and Surrat |
Apache, Tango |
1888-1980 |
| Goya |
Carola |
Spain? |
n/a |
n/a |
Spanish |
c.1937 |
| Grable |
Betty |
St. Louis, MI |
1944 Pin Up Girl. 1950 My Blue Heaven |
aka: Francis Dean , Dan Daily |
Jitterbug |
12/8/1916-7/2/1973 |
| Gracella (Winchester) |
& Theodor (Ted Logan) |
USA |
9-15 Revue. Earl Carroll Vanities |
Patheon News Reel, (Grace skated in Sonja Henie Movies) |
1930s Adagio dancers. Skate |
T: d.6/1988 G: d.8/1995 |
| Graff |
Kurt |
Bonn, Germany |
Laban, Joos Ballet, Nightclubs |
Grace Cornell-Graff (Chicago) |
Ballet, Ballroom |
c.1930s |
| Grafton |
Portia |
n/a |
n/a |
Alberta Rasch Dancer |
n/a |
c.1920s |
| Graham |
Martha |
Alleghany, Pennsylvania, |
Greenwich Village Follies. 1957 Dancers World |
Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis |
Ballet, Jazz |
5/11/1894-1991 |
| Grahn |
Lucille |
Denmark |
La Sylphide. Eoline Ballet. Catarina ou la fille du Brigand. Pas de Quartre |
Perrot, W.Whale, Mr. Barrett. M: Fredrick Young |
Columbine Mazurka, la Perrotiana, Valse Cing Temps, Brigand Polka, Pas de Quatre |
1819-1907 |
| Grande |
Esme |
USA |
Old Mother Riley (Apache Scene) RN: Kathleen Sarah Crawley |
partner and husband: George Wolkowsky |
Apache, Ballet |
c.1930s-50s |
| Grant |
Coot |
Birmingham, AL |
Originally a vaudeville dancer turned singer. Real Name: Leola B. Pettigrew |
aka: Coot Grant & Sox Wilson. M: Wesley 'Sox' Wilson |
Funky Butt, Mooche, Itch, Harlem Dances, Shimmy, |
b.1893 |
| Grant |
Horatio N. |
USA |
(Created the Irene Skipping Rope Dance) |
Irene Pirson |
Irene Skipping Rope Dance |
c.1895 |
| Grant |
Norman & Nikki |
?? |
Moss Empire Theatre |
?? |
Dancers |
c.1955 |
| Grant |
Sydney |
Boston, MA. |
1913 Tea Dances, 1915-Jane |
Anna Wheaton |
Philadelphia Drag |
2/20/1873-7/11/1053 |
| Granville |
Bernard |
Chicago, Il. |
Go-Go [1923], Ziegfeld Follies |
n/a |
Eccentric, Singer |
7/4/1886-10/5/1936 |
| Gray |
n/a |
USA |
Palomar (Vancouver) |
aka: Diane and Gray |
Acrobatic, Adagio |
c.1948 |
| Gray |
Charley |
n/a |
Tin Pan Alec |
n/a |
Tap |
c.1950s |
| Gray |
Dottie |
n/a |
Jergan's Advt. Dance Instructor |
n/a |
Ballroom |
c.1940s |
| Gray |
Gilda |
Krakow, Poland |
Play: Winter Garden. aka: Marianna Michalska |
1922 Ziegfeld Girl |
Shimmy, Gilda Glide, Hula Dance |
1901-1959 |
| Greco |
José |
Arbuzzi, Italy |
Around the World in 80 Days |
Greco Troupe |
Spanish, |
b.12/23/1918 |
| Green |
Charles "Chuck" |
Fitzgerald, Georgia |
No Maps On My Taps [1979] |
aka: Shorty and Slim, Chuck and Chuckles. James Walker |
Tap |
11/6/1919-3/7/1997 |
| Green |
Jim |
n/a |
A.G. Allens Mighty Minstrels |
Foots Robinson. aka Green and Robinson |
Tap, Specialty |
c.1920s |
| Green |
Sammy |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: Tip, Tap and Toe , Raymond Winfield, Teddy Frazier |
Tap, Acrobatic Flash |
c.1920's |
| Green |
Wille |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Tap |
n/a |
| Greenlee |
Rufus |
The South ? |
Liza! [1922], Vaudeville |
Thaddeus Drayton, Maude Russell. aka: Greenlee and Drayton |
Strut, Virginia Essence, Charleston |
both born 1893 |
| Grenidge |
George |
n/a |
Savoy Ballroom. Whitey's Lindy Hopper |
Willa Mae Ricker, Norma Miller |
Lindy Hop, Charleston |
c.1930s |
| Gregory |
Joe |
n/a |
Swing City |
n/a |
Tap/ Emcee |
c.1920's |
| Greunning |
Louise |
New York? |
Ray Jones Cafe' |
John Jarrott |
Turkey Trot, Grizzly Bear |
c.1910s |
| Grey |
Jerry |
n/a |
n/a |
Jeannie Francis |
Adagio, Ballet |
c.1930s? |
| Grey |
Sylvia |
n/a |
Gaiety Theater |
n/a |
Skirt Dance, Other |
c.1890s |
| Griffith |
Corrine |
Texas |
De Classe |
m: Walter Morosco |
Dancer, Actress |
b.1899 |
| Griffith |
John |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Dancing Master |
c.1789 |
| Griffiths |
Peggy |
New York |
Cotton Club |
Cotton Club Girl |
Tap |
c.1935? |
| Grisi |
Carlotta |
Milan, Italy (Istria?) |
See Ballet |
m. Lucien Petipa |
Polka, Ballet, |
6/28/1819-1899 |
| Groat |
Hal |
n/a |
USO Shows |
Gracie Saenz |
Acrobatic Jitterbug |
c.1950's |
| Grohs |
Charles C. |
n/a |
Rueben Foxtrot |
Sonia Baraban |
Fox Trot |
c.1914 |
| Gross |
Etta |
n/a |
Greenwald's Beer Tavern at Coney Island |
n/a |
early female Tap |
c.1910s |
| Groundhog |
n/a |
Birmingham, AL |
Cotton Club, Copper Rail, Hoofers Club, The Big Store, Skirts Ahoy (Choreo w/ castle) |
Real Name: Earl Basie. aka: 'Showboy and Annie', 'Pops Palmer', 'Slick and Slack', 'Rhythm Red' (Father was Showboy Holland Jr.) |
Jazz, Eccentric, Tap , Acrobatic, Flash, Shim-Sham |
B.1922 |
| Guerard |
Roland |
Flat Rock, NC |
Carnival. Brigadoon. The Merry Widow |
n/a |
Ballet |
b.1905 |
| Guerrero |
Rosario |
Seville, Spain |
1903 Carmen. Red Feather |
M. Volbert, L. Paglieri |
Spanish Dance |
b.1876? |
| Guerro |
n/a |
Italy? |
n/a |
Marie Taglioni |
Ballet? |
n/a |
| Guglielmi |
Rudolph |
Castellaneta, Italy |
The Sheik. Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse |
aka: Rudolph Valentino. m: Natasha Rambova |
Apache, Waltz, Tango |
5/6/1895-8/23/1926 |
| Guglielmo |
Ebreo (Last Name) |
Italy |
House of Sforza |
aka: William the Jew of Pesaro |
Ballet, Contre, Stately, Court |
b.1430 |
| Guimard |
Marie-Madeleine |
France |
Corps de Ballet |
aka: Marie Despreaux, 'le squelette des graces' |
Ballet |
1743-1816 |
| Guízar (Tolentino) |
Tito (Federico) |
Guadalajara, Mexico |
1941 Blondie goes Latin. 1944 Brazil |
Constance Moore. m: Carmen Noriega |
Spanish, Conga, Singer |
4/8/1908-12/25/1999 |
| Gulfport |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: Gulfport and Brown |
Eccentric dance team |
c.1900s |
| Gusman |
George C. |
Cuba??? |
Instructor - Lawsuit with Gertrude Hoffmann over Rumba |
n/a |
Rumba |
c.1920s |
| Guster |
Al |
Arturo, ? |
Harlem after Midnight |
Nicky O'Daniel |
n/a |
c.1947 |
| Guy-Stephen |
Marie |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Spanish Dancer |
1818-1873 |
| Guyan |
J. Louis |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: Mr. and Mrs. Guyan |
Ballroom Teachers |
c.1910s |
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