| LEGEND: aka = Also Known As / m: = Married/ n/a = Not Available / ( ) = Note / c.= Circa. |
Last |
First |
Location |
Perform
/ Notes |
Partners
|
Dances
|
Dates |
Pablito and Dolores |
n/a |
Cuba |
Tropicana Night Club & Casino,the Sans Souci
,The National Hotel, Montmartre |
Pablito killed Dolores in the 1950s, later killed
himself (they were married) |
Latin,
Rumba |
1940s/50s |
Page |
Ann |
USA |
Dansants, Clubs |
John Janis |
Fan Waltz, Whirlwind, Novelty Foxtrot,
Tango |
c.1910's |
Page |
Anita |
n/a |
Broadway Melody |
Charles King,
Bessie Love |
n/a |
n/a |
Page |
Angela |
n/a |
Follies Bergeré |
n/a |
Chorus? |
c.1950s |
Page
|
Betty |
Nashville, Tennessee |
Risqué Movies / Vargas type pictures / Cult
/ ETC. |
36"-23"36.5" 128lbs, 5'5" |
Hat Dance, Veil
Dance, Pinups |
4/22/1923-12/11/2008 |
Page |
Ruth |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
Music Box Revue [1921], grand dame of
dance in Chicago from the 1920s, Chicago Grand Opera |
Anna
Pavlova, Harald Kreutzberg, Bentley Stone |
Ballet,
Ballroom,
Modern Dance, Choreographer |
1899-1991 |
Palmer |
Aaron |
n/a |
Father of Albert Palmer, Plantation Revue [1922] |
m: Alice Whitman (Whitman
Sisters) aka: Kelly and Palmer |
Tap,
(Kelly did the Russian and Acrobatics) |
c.1919 |
Palmer |
Albert "Pops" |
n/a |
mascots for NBC Kiddie Hour, Change of
Heart film, Son of Aaron Palmer and Alice
Whitman |
Billy Adams, Louis Williams, Groundhog,
aka: "Pops and Louis" |
Acrobatic
Tap, Charleston
|
1919-1950 |
Palmer |
Bea (bee) |
New York |
Ziegfeld
Follies [1918]. I've found a new baby - sheet music
[1926] |
n/a |
Shimmy |
c.1918 |
Palmer |
Elaine |
n/a |
Topsy and Eva [1925] |
Dan Brennan |
n/a |
c.1925 |
Palucca |
Greta |
London? |
n/a |
n/a |
Cabaret? |
c.1920s? |
Pan
|
Hermes |
Memphis, TN |
Choreographer |
n/a |
Pan-Americana |
12/10/1909 - 9/19/1990 |
Papanti |
Lorenzo |
Boston |
Dance Master at West Point in 1823. (Introduced The
American waltz in 1834.) |
n/a |
Boston,
Waltz |
c.1823 |
Paramount Astoria Girls |
n/a |
England? |
"Looking In" (1st TV Revue) |
n/a |
Can-Can
Type? |
c.1933 |
Parker |
Flora |
New York? |
Weber & Fields |
Carter DeHaven |
Ballroom |
c.1912-15 |
Parker |
Gail |
Chicago? |
L&L Cafe Chicago |
n/a |
Devil Dance |
c.1946 |
Parker |
Jimmy |
Chicago, Il |
Derby Show Marathon
Dancer |
Edna Nowell |
Marathon |
c.1935 |
Parks |
Louise "Mama Lu" |
Raleigh, NC |
Savoy
Ballroom, TV, Southbank, Mama Lu's Traditional Jazz
Dancers, 1983+ Harvest Moon Ball owner |
Richard Harris, David Butts, C;yde Wilder, Darlene
Gist, |
Lindy
Hop, Jazz,
Square
Dance. |
d.10/23/1990 |
Passapae |
Edna |
Newark, NJ |
Instructor, DMA, Orig. Kinkajou |
n/a |
Kinkajou,
Ballroom |
c.1927 |
Patricola |
Tom |
New Orleans, LA |
George White Varieties [1932], also played a Ukelele
while he danced |
Ann
Pennington |
Black
Bottom, Eccentric |
1/22/1891 - 1/1/9150 |
Patriczic |
n/a |
Italy |
n/a |
aka: Ammy Fernandes & Patriczic |
Ballroom |
c.1920s |
Paul |
Antoine |
France |
Zephire, Pas Gracieux, Moise |
Legalloise |
Ballet |
c.1850s? |
Paul |
Barbara |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Flapper |
c.1928 |
Pauley |
Cyril |
New York |
Bustonoby's Cafe |
Blanche Young |
Tango |
c.1916? |
Pavlova |
Anna |
St. Petersburg, Russia |
Theater/ Ballets |
Mikhal Mordkin, |
Ballet
Supreme |
1/31/1881-1/31/1931 |
Payne |
Ivy |
California |
aka Mr.& Mrs. Douglas Crane. Mowbry Hall |
Douglas
Crane, Wilson |
Ballroom,
Tango |
c.1910s |
Peggy |
& Cortez |
New York |
n/a |
?-Cortez |
Arg.
Tango |
c.1920s/30s |
Peabody |
William Frank |
Brooklyn, NY |
(Police Lieutenant, Dancer, Peabody danced named
after him.) |
?Katherine Clemmons? |
Peabody,
Foxtrot |
1873-8/5/1939 |
Peacock |
Francis |
Europe? |
(Teacher and Author) |
n/a |
Reels,
Country
Dances |
1723-1807 |
Pécourt |
Louis Guillaume |
France? |
Dance Master, Author |
Louis
XIV |
Minuet,
Ballet |
1653-1729 |
Peel |
Matt |
USA |
Christy Minstrels |
n/a |
Jig |
d.5/4/`859 |
Pelham |
Dick |
England? |
(Introduced the Jig dance in England 1845) |
n/a |
Jig |
c.1845 |
Pelham |
Peter |
Boston |
Dance Master |
n/a |
Court
Dances |
c.1730s |
Pennington |
Ann |
Wilmington, DE. |
Scandals 1919/26 |
White, Johns |
Tap,
Black
Bottom |
1893 -1971 |
Pepita |
Ortega |
n/a |
Pleasure Bound [1929] |
Goyo
Reyes |
Spanish |
c.1940s |
Pepper |
Barbara |
n/a |
My Fair Lady. Bachelor Mother |
Dr. Dollittle, Reed Hadley |
n/a |
c.1940-60s |
Pepper |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Real Name: Jewel Welch , aka: Candy and Pepper |
Tap, |
1930s |
Pepper |
Florence |
n/a |
Deadline at Dawn |
George Tyne |
Dancing Girl, Jitterbug |
c.1946 |
Peppy & Peanuts |
n/a |
n/a |
Hollywood on Parade [1945] |
n/a |
Ballroom |
c.1940s |
Perea |
Nina |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Spanish,
Burlesque |
c.1870 |
Perlowa |
La |
n/a |
(Not sure if a dancer?) |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1890s |
Perón |
Isabelita (Maria Estela) |
La Rioja, Argentina |
(Originally a dancer, until marriage.) |
Real Name: Maria Estela Martinez Cartas. m: Juan
Domingo Perón |
dancer, Political |
b.1931- |
Perpoint |
Samuel |
New York |
Dance Master |
n/a |
Minuet,
Hornpipe,
Court,
Country |
c.1770s |
Perrazza |
Armando |
San Francisco |
Afro-Cuban Revue |
Slim
Gaillard, Prez Prado, Machito |
Dancer/ Musician |
5/30/1924 |
Perez |
Rosario |
Seville, Spain |
1941 Ziegfeld Girl. Son's Of Fun |
aka: Antonio & Roasrio.Real Name Rosario Perez |
Spanish |
b.1920 (R) |
Perrone |
Paul |
Brooklyn, N.Y. |
(Handicapped - One Legged) 1939 1st.
Harvest
Moon Ball, 1952 Havana. Roxy , Apollo Theatre, Ed
Sullivan Show aka: Jimmy Valentine |
Mary Valentine (sis,) Edith, Vivian Larkin,
Henry LeTang M: Marion |
Whitey's
Lindy Hoppers, Swing, Lindy |
9/5/1915-2/1/1999 |
Perrot |
Jules Joseph |
France |
Giselle |
Grahn, Taglioni
M: Carlotta Grisi. |
Ballet,
Cachucha,
Cracovienne, Mime |
1810-1892 |
Perry |
Catherine |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Dancer |
c.1921 |
Pete
|
"Cuban"
|
Puerto Rico |
N.Y. Palladium.
Dance Palace. Mambo Kings. Mambo Madness |
Real Name: Pedro Aquilar Millie, Link |
Mambo |
b.6/14/1927 |
| Peters |
Mark |
California |
Started LASDC |
M: Marge |
West Coast Swing, Jitterbug |
c.1950s |
Peters |
Rodney |
St. Louis? |
Dreamland
Dance Palace |
Mrs. Joseph Nathan |
La Mode Tango |
1890's? |
Peters Sisters |
n/a |
New York |
Singing and Dancing, Movies, Clubs |
(300 lbs. Each) |
Posin' |
1930's |
Peterson |
Joe |
n/a |
Plantation Club, |
Russell Brown, Rueben Brown, aka: The Three Borwns |
Tap,
Coffee Grinder |
c.1920's |
| Peterson |
Kenny |
Los Angeles |
Founder of "LA Swing Dance Club" |
- |
WCS |
C.1970s |
Petipa |
Lucien |
Paris, FR. |
n/a |
Carlotta Grisi |
Ballet,
Court |
1815-1898 |
Petipa |
Marius |
Paris, FR |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
3/11/1818-7/14/1910 |
Petipa |
Maria Mariusovna |
n/a |
Originator of Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty |
Daughter of Marius |
Ballet |
1857-1930 |
Pettiford |
Cliff |
n/a |
Excellent Eccentric dancer |
n/a |
Eccentric |
c.1920s |
Peyton |
Lew |
n/a |
Shuffle Along [1924] |
n/a |
Dancer |
c.1924 |
Phelan |
Pat |
n/a |
Moonlight in Vermont [1947] |
Jivin'
Jacks |
Swing Dance |
c.1942 |
Phillips |
Georgina |
n/a |
1956
Harvest Moon Ball |
Henry Kobasky |
Polka |
1950s |
Phipps |
Sally |
Germany? |
German Dancer / Actress |
n/a |
n/a |
1920's |
Piacenza, da |
Domenico |
Italy |
(first dance master of court) |
n/a |
Court |
c.1410s |
Pickerts, The |
n/a |
San Francisco |
Follies Bergeré [1944] |
n/a |
Ballroom |
1940's |
Pierce |
Bill |
New York? |
Harlem Dance Instructor |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1920s |
Pierce |
Earl H. |
New York |
Christy Minstrels |
n/a |
Jig |
1833-6/5/1859 |
Pierre |
& Lavelle |
England |
Frascatis (London) |
n/a |
Black Out Stroll |
c.1940s |
Pietro |
n/a |
France |
n/a |
n/a |
Pantomime |
c.1910s |
| Pilcer |
Harry |
London |
L' Apres-midi d'un Faunne (in: Trouble at the Palace
1923 was arrested for doing the danse du venture) |
Mlle. Rahna |
danse du Venture |
C.1920'S |
Pilser (?Pilcer?) |
Harry |
n/a |
Ran Up the wall while dancing, flipped over. Vaudeville |
n/a |
Tap, Comedy? |
c.1910s |
Pinsoa |
Allen |
USA |
n/a |
Carol Haney |
n/a |
c.1940s |
Piro |
"Killer Joe" |
N.Y. |
Suppossedly
1942 - Harvest Moon Ball Winner. (Also Dance Instructor
to the Mob!) |
Lenora Betz. M:Lucienne |
Jitterbug,
Watusi,
Jerk, Mule
Ballroom,
Latin |
3/2/1921-2/5/1989 |
Placide |
Alexander |
n/a |
The Bird Catcher [1792] |
His Wife |
Ballet,
Acrobatic,
Tight Rope |
c1790s |
Plat(off) |
Marc |
Seattle, WA |
Oklahoma Musical |
n/a |
Ballet |
b.1915 |
Platt |
J.D., Jr. |
Ohio? |
Kirmess Opera House [1893] |
Rebecca Young,
Leslie Temple |
Scotch Highland Dances |
c.1893 |
Plato |
"Miss" |
Ohio? |
Kirmess Opera House |
n/a |
Spanish
Dance |
c.1893 |
Plunkett |
Adeline |
Belgium |
Les Amazons |
Petipa |
Ballet |
1824-1910 |
Playford |
John |
England |
(wrote Book: English Dancing Master) |
aka: "Honest John" |
Folk,
Author, English
Country Dance, Anglaise |
1623-1687 |
Polin |
n/a |
France? |
n/a |
Mons. Gasperini |
Ballet |
c.1845 |
Pollard |
Mildred |
New York. |
See Sandra " Boogie" Gibson |
see: Albert Gibson |
Lindy
Hop |
c.1930s? |
Pomare |
n/a |
?England? |
English Nightclub & Theatres |
solo Danseuse |
Polka |
c.1845 |
Poncho |
& Dolores |
n/a |
Jivin In Bebop [1946] |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1940s |
Popp |
Kaye |
n/a |
Something For The Boys |
Stanley Catron |
Lindy
Hop |
c.1943 |
"Pork Chops" |
??? |
n/a |
1935 Harlem Bound |
n/a |
Comedy Tap |
c.1935 |
Porten |
Henny |
Germany? |
n/a |
Walter Slezak |
Ballroom,
Apache
Dance |
c.1906 |
| Porter |
Catherine |
- |
died
in Pathe Fire, age 16 |
- |
Chorus dancer |
d.12/10/1929 |
Porter |
Roy "Chink" |
New York |
Cotton
Club |
Cotton
Club Boys |
Eccentric/Tap |
c.1933 |
Porter |
Tommy |
New York |
Cotton
Club |
Cotton
Club Boys |
Eccentric,
Tap |
c.1933 |
Pot, Pan & Skillet |
n/a |
New York? |
n/a |
James Jackson, Gene Ware, & Ernest Mayhand |
Acrobatic,
Comedy |
1930s |
Potts |
Maggie |
Europe? |
early Ziegfeld
shows |
n/a |
Eccentric |
c.1892 |
Powell |
Eleanor |
n/a |
n/a |
Fred
Astaire |
Tap |
1913-1982 |
Prado |
Carlo |
England? |
n/a |
Miss Howard |
Ballroom |
c.1928 |
Pratesi Sisters |
??? |
NYC? |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
c.1857 |
Price |
Samuel B. |
n/a |
Piano /Leader/ Dancer |
Alphonso Trents Orch. |
Charleston |
c.1923 |
Primrose |
George |
London, Canada |
McFralands Minstrels, Cotton Coons Minstrel Company.
Primrose and West Minstrels |
partnered with William H. West aka: "Mr.
Soft Shoe" |
Tap,
Soft
Shoe, Clog,
VA.
Essence |
1852-1919 |
Primus |
Pearl |
Trinadad,
New York |
Dance Group
(Ethnic, Modern, Jazz & Lindy) |
m: Percival Borde |
Lindy
Hop, Jazz,
Ballet |
11/29/1919-10/29/1994 |
Pritchard |
Annie |
n/a |
A Night In Paris. Century Theater. NY |
Tarasoff |
Tap,
Jazz, |
c.1927 |
Prosen |
Sidney |
n/a |
(introduced Tennessee Wig Walk-1953) |
Mrs. Prosen |
Ballroom,
Wig
Walk |
c.1953 |
| Puck |
Harry & Eva |
USA |
Juvenile Vaudeville Dance Team |
- |
n/a |
c.1905 |
| Purnell |
Mattie |
NY? |
Savoy Ballroom |
Shorty
George |
Lindy
Hop, Breakaway |
c.1920s |
Purvis |
Billy |
England? |
Northumbrian Showmen |
n/a |
Folk,
Country |
c.19th cent. |
Pylades |
??? |
Cilicia |
(Banished Roman dancer, During Augustus Caesar's
reign.) |
Bathyllus of Alexandria |
Mime,
Comic, Roman Dancer |
c.30 B.C. |
Pyroll |
Mademoiselle. |
France? |
Casino de Paris |
n/a |
Chorus |
c.1920s |
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