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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,

c.1930s?

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

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

Gehue

Mayme

USA?

Topsy and Eva [1923]

n/a

Buck and Wing, Clog, Hel 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

Gerhue

Mamie

Canada?

Toronto Grand Theatre: Lovers and Lunatics

Johnny Ford

Buck and Wing, Wings

c.1900'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 (Pollard)

Sandra (Mildred)

New York

The Spirit Moves. Call of the Jitterbug. Whitey's Lindy Hopper

m: Albert Gibson, aka: Mildred Pollard,

Lindy Hop

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

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

Gorsky

Alexandre

St. Petersburg, RU

Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote

n/a

Ballet

1871-1924

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

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

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

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