Dancer Index [ P ]

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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

Tennessee

Risqué Movies / Vargas type pictures / Cult / ETC.

n/a

Hat Dance, Veil Dance, Pinups

b. 4/22/1923

Page

Ruth

Indianapolis, Ind.

Music Box Revue [1921]

Anna Pavlova,

Ballet, Ballroom

c.1930s

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

Raleigh, NC

Savoy Ballroom, TV, Mama Lu Dancers

aka"Mama Lu"

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

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

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

Pilser

Harry

n/a

Ran Up the wall while dancing, flipped over. Vaudeville

n/a

Tap, Comdey?

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 &

Theaters

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

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

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