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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 |
| Jacana Sisters |
?? |
London |
Palace Theatre 12/26/1944 |
|
Dancers De Luxe |
c.1944 |
| Jackson |
Bee (Bea) |
New York? |
a Charleston
Champion |
n/a |
Charleston, Black Bottom, Varsity
Drag |
c.1926 |
| Jackson |
Bill |
n/a |
T.O.B.A. circuit?, Blackface |
n/a |
Dancer - Comedian |
1920s |
| Jackson |
Ethel |
n/a |
Merry Widow
Operetta |
Donald Brian |
Merry Widow Waltz |
c.1908 |
| Jackson |
James |
n/a |
aka: Pot,
Pan & Skillet |
Gene Ware
& Ernest Mayhand |
Acrobatic,
Comedy |
1930s |
| Jackson |
"Jigsaw" |
New York |
Cotton
Club Show. aka: The Human Corkscrew. |
Real Name:
Brady Jackson |
Eccentric, Acrobatic & Contortionist (a "Freak Dancer") |
c.1938 |
| Jackson |
Laurence |
Baltimore, Maryland |
The Six Merry Scotchmen
aka: Higland Hihlanders, |
aka: The Four Buds,
Baby Lawrence.Real Name: Laurence Donald Jackson |
Tap,
Jazz, Singer |
1921-1974 |
| Jackson |
Sam |
n/a |
Film: Amelie |
aka: Peg Leg Sam Johnson |
Tap Dancer |
c.1940s |
| Jacobs |
Porky |
Los Angeles |
1935 Derby
Show Marathon |
Roma Terry |
Marathon |
c.1935 |
| Jalna |
??? |
n/a |
Born To
Dance. Riviera |
aka: Georges
& Jalna |
Ballroom, Latin |
c.1936 |
| Jalomacis |
Emanuel de
Rabbi |
Ancona |
Teacher
for the Pope. aka: Two Jews from Ancona |
Grescion
Azziz |
Ballet, Court, Saltarello |
c.1775 |
| Jamal |
Sisters |
n/a |
Broadway. Latin Quarter |
n/a |
Oriental,
Harem, Belly dance |
c.1958 |
| James |
Leon |
New Jersey |
Cabin In
The Sky.
1960's DuPont TV Hour |
Whitey's
Lindy Hoppers, Wila Mae Rickter, Shorty Snowden
Trio |
Lindy, Jitterbug, Jazz,
Big Apple, Charleston, |
4/1913 - 11/1970 |
| Jamison |
Judith |
Philadelphia,
PA |
Alvin
Ailey |
n/a |
Ballet, Modern, Jazz |
b.5/10/1944 |
| Janis |
Elsie |
n/a |
Passing
Show of 1915. The Fair Coed. Silver Slipper |
1919 Century
Girl |
Ballin'
The Jack, Solo Waltz |
c.1915 |
| Janis |
John |
n/a |
Dansants, Clubs |
Ann Page |
Fan Waltz, Novelty Foxtrot, Tango |
c.1910s |
| Jarrott |
John |
New
York |
Rey
Jones Cafe. (Introduced the Turkey Trot & Grizzly
Bear) |
Louise
Alexander. Joan
Sawyer. Louise Greunning |
Ballroom, Apache,
Turkey
Trot, Grizzly
Bear |
1893-1966 |
| Jarvis |
Walter |
|
(Did Act:
the Tango Teacher) |
n/a |
Tango |
c.1914 |
| Jaun, San |
Olga |
New York |
n/a |
Fred
Astaire |
Ballroom, Waltz |
3/16/1927- |
| Juarez |
Juanita |
USA |
Copa Cabana Review [1950s] |
aka: Los Hermanos, Williams
and Juanita Juarez |
Male & Female Dance
Team |
c.1950s |
| Jefferson |
Thomas |
Virginia? |
(Third U.S.
President) |
n/a |
Ballroom, Waltz |
1743-1826 |
| Jenkins |
n/a |
n/a |
Africana [1927]. Act:
Dressed as Street Cleaners with Brooms |
aka: Glenn and Jenkins |
Eccentric dancers |
c.1927 |
| Jeter |
Irma |
n/a |
Moonlight
in Vermont |
Jivin'
Jacks |
Swing Dance |
c.1942 |
| Jerry and Turk |
n/a |
n/a |
Copied Red and Struggy
routines |
2 male Lindy Hop |
Lindy
Hop, Burlesque |
c.1930s |
| Jew" |
"William
the |
Italy |
Renaissance
Dance Master |
aka: Guglielmo |
Ballet, Court etc. |
c.1440s |
| Jinishian |
Mari |
n/a |
1945 1001
Nights. 1947 Diosa arrodillada, La |
n/a |
Oriental dance, Temple Dancer, Bayaderes,
Choreographer |
c.1945 |
| Johnny (Taylor) |
& Kenney |
n/a |
1947 Harlem
Rhythm |
aka:
Johnny & Kenny |
Choreographer? |
c.1940s |
| Johnson |
n/a |
n/a |
Africana
[1927] |
aka: Black
Dots, Johnson and Taylor |
Tap, Black
Bottom |
c.1927 |
| Johnson |
Arlene-Miles |
n/a |
Partner
was Joseph Bage |
aka: Jan
& Arlene. |
Ballet ? |
c.1930s |
| Johnson |
Charles |
Kentucky |
the Creole
Show |
Dora
Dean |
Cakewalk |
c.1914 |
| Johnson |
Dariel |
n/a |
Moonlight
in Vermont |
Jivin'
Jacks |
Swing Dance |
c.1942 |
| Johnson |
Dot |
|
the Big
Timers, Danced with Tiny
Bunch, Whiteys Lindy Hoppers |
Real=Dorothy
Moses-Johnson |
Lindy
Hop |
c.1930s |
| Johnson |
Howard "Stretch" |
Orange,
NY |
Cotton
Club (uncle, James Anderson, the founder of The
Amsterdam News, sister Winnie, daughters Wini, Lisa,
Wendy) |
Cotton
Club Boys, Bobby, Winnie, aka: Three Johnsons,Real
Name: Howard Eugene Johnson. m: Martha Sherman |
Eccentric, Tap,
Lindy Hop, Writer, Lecturer, Activist (WWII Leg injury
stopped him from dancing) |
1/30/1915-6/12/2000 |
| Johnson |
& Johnson |
n/a |
Murder w/
Music [1947] |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1941 |
| Johnson |
Ken |
British
Guiana |
Oh Daddy
[1939]. Real name: Kenrick Reginald Huymans Johnson |
aka: Ken
'Snakehips' Johnson |
Snakehips, Eccentric, Tap, Jazz,
Musician |
b. 9/10/1914 |
| Johnson |
Winnie |
Orange, NY |
Cotton
Club (uncle, James Anderson, the founder of The
Amsterdam News, Brother Howard) |
Featured dancer at CC.
Bobby, Howard. aka: Three Johnsons, |
Tap, Jazz,
Chorus |
c.1930s |
| Johnston |
William |
Toronto, CA |
1898 World Schottisch Champion |
Beat F.H. Whitlaw |
Schottisch |
c.1899 |
| Jolson |
Al |
New York |
n/a |
n/a |
Tap, Jazz |
c.1930s? |
| Jonay |
Roberta |
Pennsylvania |
Here Come
The Waves. Variety Girl |
Guy Zanette |
Specialty
Dancer? |
10/15/1921-3/19/1976 |
| Jones |
Byron |
|
Dixie to Broadway [1923] |
Lou Keane, Johnny Nit |
Dancers |
c.1923 |
| Jones |
Dixie |
California |
(danced
in Night Clubs) |
n/a |
West
Coast Swing (Excellent Rhythm Dancer) |
c.1950s |
| Jones |
Joe |
n/a |
Danced with the Whitman
Sisters (1922 age 7,) Four Little Words |
n/a |
Tap |
b.1915? |
| Jones |
Leroy "Stretch" |
New York |
Savoy. Apollo. Renaissance
Ballroom. Cotton
Club |
Shorty
George Trio, Edith, Little Bea |
Lindy
Hop, (won Apollo Lindy Contest in 1934) |
c.1930s |
| Jones |
Leroy |
n/a |
1980 Xanadu |
n/a |
Xanadu Jazz? |
c.1980s |
| Jones |
Willie |
St. Kitts |
Part Of Whitey's Lindy
Hoppers. Knickerbocker Holiday 1938 |
|
Lindy Hop |
b.1910 |
| Jordan |
Bobby |
Harrison,
NY |
Dead End
Kids |
m: Lee |
Tap Dance, Actor |
4/1/1923-9/10/1965 |
| Jordan |
Shirley |
New Jersey? |
n/a |
n/a |
Lindy
Hop , Charleston |
c.1920s |
| Joslin |
Bill |
California |
Instructor, Competitor,
Judge |
Carolyn Frey |
West Coast Swing, Latin,
Carolina Shag, Balboa, Jig Trot |
c.1970s |
| Joyce |
Lucia |
Trieste |
|
|
|
b.1907 |
| Joyce |
Peggy
Hopkins- |
n/a |
aka:
Marguerite Upton |
n/a |
n/a |
1893-1957 |
| Juba |
Master |
Providence,
R.I. |
(see
William Henry Lane.) Vauxhall Gardens. Congo Square |
n/a |
Tap, Clog, Buck, Jig Breakdown, |
1825-1862 |
| Judge |
Arline |
Bridgeport,
CT. |
(a Jimmy
Durante dancer) |
m: 8 Times,
m:George Ross III |
Dancer,
Actress |
2/21/1912-2/7/1974 |
| Jugo |
Jenny |
Steinmark,
Austria |
1927 Cassanova |
aka: Eugenie
Walker |
Specialty
Dance? |
b.6/14/1905 |
| Jukoff |
Leonide |
Russia |
Dance Movies |
n/a |
Ballet |
b.1891 |
| Jullian |
Cora |
France? |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
c.1904 |
| June |
Dorothy |
n/a |
Star Night |
("Sweetheart
of the Coconut Grove") |
Tap,
Acrobatic |
c.1930s |
| Junger |
Esther |
New York |
Spring In Brazil. Billy Rose. Life Begins 8:30. Night Clubs |
Ofelia &
Pimento |
Ballet, Modern
Dance |
c.1930s |
| Taylor |
June |
California? |
Jackie Gleason
(TV) |
aka: June
Taylor Dancers |
Dance Group
for TV |
c.1950-60s? |
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