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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 |
| Raft |
George |
New York |
Crazy Quilt. Rhumba |
Carol Lombard, Margo |
Tango, Rumba, |
c.1920-40s? |
| Rainey |
Gertrude "Ma" |
Columbus, Georgia. |
Vaudeville & Minstrel. Bunch of Blackberries |
aka: Gertrude Pridget. William "PA" Rainey |
Song & Dance,
Black Bottom |
4/26/1886-12/22/1939 |
| Rainey |
Phill |
n/a |
Marathon Derby Show |
Mary Casey/ Curts |
Marathon |
c.1930's |
| Rajah |
Princess |
n/a |
Edison Films, Mysterious Asia, Coney Island, |
m: Clifford C. Fischer |
Cooch, Belly Dance, Shimmy |
c.1902 |
| Raki |
Laya |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Singer & Javanese
Dancer, Ethnic |
c.1945 |
| Ralph & Lorraine |
n/a |
n/a |
Brown Hotel (KY.)
St. Anthony Hotel (TX.) |
aka: A boy and his Mannequin |
Ballroom, Adagio |
c.1940s |
| Rall |
Tommy |
Kansas City, MO. |
Blackouts. Fancy Free |
n/a |
Ballet, Tap,
Acrobatic |
b.1929 |
Rambova
|
Natacha |
NY? |
n/a |
aka: Natacha Kimball. Rudolph Valentino |
Tango |
c.1900's |
| Rameau |
Pierre |
France |
Wrote: Le maître à danser |
n/a |
Baroque Dance |
1674-1798 |
| Ramon |
& Chiquita |
USA |
12/1941 - It Mag. |
n/a |
Latin |
c.1941 |
| Ramon |
& Lucinda |
|
Palumbos Cabaret |
|
Calypso Dance |
c.1950s? |
| Ramon |
& Renita |
USA |
Created the Ronrico dance (a rhumba) |
(1937 Universal Newsreel) |
Rhumba, Latin |
c.1937 |
| Ramón (Navarro?) |
& Rosita |
NY |
1924 Thy Name Is Woman. Supper Clubs, Waldorf-Astoria |
Rosita, Nena & Carmen Samaniego |
Ballroom, Spanish |
c.1930/40s |
| Rand (Randazzle) |
Ray |
Los Angeles, based |
"created Ray Rand Swingers," Mgr. Diana Ballroom. 1936 Pomona Fair |
ray rand swingers: Hal Takier & Betty Takier, Maxie Dorf & Mary McCaslin,
Lawrence Wise & Lillian Arnold, Gil Fernandez & Venna Cascon |
Jitterbug, Balboa |
?-d.?1939? |
| Rand |
Sally |
Hickory, Missouri |
1926 Gigolo. Sunny Side Up. Night of Love |
Cotton Club |
Fan, Bubble,
Serpentine |
1/2/1903-8/31/1979 |
| Randall |
Carl |
n/a |
1916 Ziegfeld Follies.
Spectre de la Rose |
n/a |
Ballet? |
c.1916 |
| Randall |
Ruth |
n/a |
n/a |
Joseph Santley |
Santley Tango |
c.1913 |
| Rasch |
Albertina |
Vienna, Austria |
The Palace.
Ziegfeld Theater Choreo. |
m: Dimitri Tiomkin |
Albertina Rasch Girls,
Ballet |
b.1896- |
| Ravel |
Marietta |
n/a |
1866 Black Crook |
n/a |
Ballet, Court |
b.1847 |
| Ray |
Earl "Tiny" |
n/a |
In Old Kentucky, |
The Three Eddies |
Pick Dancer, Tap Dancer |
1900s? |
| Ray |
Gabrielle |
n/a |
Actress, dancer, |
aka: Gabs, Miss Craske |
Acrobatic Dancer |
c.1905 |
| Ray |
Joie |
n/a |
Derby Show. Atlantic City |
aka: Frankie Laine. Mary Fenton |
Marathon |
c.1930's |
| Ray |
Lois (Mrs.) |
USA |
?? |
?? |
Tap Dancer |
C.1950's |
| Raye |
Mary |
New Orleans |
Clubs |
m: Mario Naldi |
Tango |
c.1940s |
| Read (Midwater) |
Florence |
Pretoria, S. Africa |
(Dance Contestant.)
Joos Ballet |
n/a |
Ballet, Spanish,
Modern |
b.1920 |
| Reardon |
William (Billy) |
New York |
Let's Dance, Harriman Cakewalk (1915,) |
Irene Castle - 1922, Josephine Harriman-1915 |
Ballroom, Cakewalk, Foxtrot, Tango |
c.1915-24 |
| Rector |
Eddie |
Orange, New Jersey |
Cotton Club, Darktown Follies, Liza, Cab Calloway, Ink Spots. Hot Rhythm (1930) |
Grace Rector, Toots Davis |
Tap, Bambalina, Sand Dance, Waltz Clog |
1890s-1962 |
| Rector |
Grace |
n/a |
Strut Miss Lizzie [1922] |
Eddie Rector |
|
c.1922 |
| Rector |
Henry |
n/a |
Borther to Eddie Rector. Dixie to Broadway [1923] |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1923 |
| Red |
n/a |
n/a |
Brown Buddie [1930] |
aka: Red and Struggy |
Satires, Lindy Hop, Tap, Eccentric, Comedy, Pantomime |
c.1930's |
| "Red Rex" |
n/a |
Los Angeles |
??1941 Jitterbug Champion-Steel Pier-Atlantic City?? |
w/ Skippy Blair |
Jitterbug, Tap, |
c.1940's |
| Red |
Rhythm |
n/a |
White's Emporium (1942,) |
Real Name: John Chivers. Groundhog, Leon Collins |
Tap, |
c.1940s |
| Reed |
Dave |
n/a |
Blackface Minstrel and Steamboat Dancer. Bryant Theater |
Added unique arm movements to a new dance. (Tap) |
Character Shoe Fly, Jig, Eccentric, Plantation |
1830-1906 |
| Reed |
Leonard |
Lightning Creek, OK. |
$ Shim Sham Instructional Video, Deep Harlem. Basin St. Revue [1956], Rhythm and Blues Revue [1955], Rock and Roll Revue [1955], Silas B. Williams Show, Cotton Club |
Maceo Ellis, Willie Bryant |
Eccentric, Shim
Sham, Charleston, Director, Writer |
1/7/1907-5/5/2004 |
| Reed |
Magnone Park |
n/a |
n/a |
M: Robert Woolsey |
Eccentric
Dancer |
c.1920's |
| Reese |
Betsy |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Jazz Toe Dance |
c.1940's |
| Reese |
"Buzzy" |
Los Angeles? |
Contest Promoter.
Dance Fever! |
n/a |
Disco etc. |
c.1970's |
| Regay |
Pearl |
n/a |
(Palace Theater with Rialto Versatile
Five Syncopaters) |
Roy Sheldon |
Ballroom |
c.1920s |
| Reiman |
Elsie |
Terre Haute, Indiana |
Movies, Musicals, Ballets |
n/a |
Ballet, Highland
Fling |
c.1940's |
| Reinhart |
Harriette Karin |
n/a |
Milwaukee Dance Instructor |
Leo Kehl |
n/a |
c.1923 |
| Relyea |
Marjorie |
n/a |
was Florador Girl (sextet) |
m: 1st: William D. Holmes, 2nd: Albert Stokes |
dancer |
c.1910s |
| Renee |
& Estella (Stella) |
Cuba? |
Club Yumuri. Cotton Club Express-Chile |
Estella |
Rhumba |
c.1930's? |
| Rennie |
Winifred |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1920s |
| "Resortes" |
See Martinez |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Mambo |
c.1950's |
| Restilli |
Dino |
California ? |
Club Dancer, |
|
West Coast Swing |
c.1970's - |
| Revere |
Amy |
NY. |
Erroll Carroll Vanities. Tip Toes. There's A Crowd |
Mae Murray, Charles Ames |
Ballet, Waltz |
c.1920/30s |
| Reves |
Raul & Eva |
Havana Cuba? |
High Sea's Restaurant - Havana |
n/a |
Latin |
c.1950's? |
| Rey |
Federico |
n/a |
n/a |
Pilar Gomez, |
Spanish |
1930's? |
| Rey |
Frederic |
n/a |
Follies Bergeré |
Yvonne Moneau |
Ballet, |
c.1940s |
| Reyes |
Goyo |
n/a |
1952 Estrella de Sierra Morena, La (chor.) |
Pepita Ortega |
Flamenco |
C.1940s |
| Reyes |
Pepa |
n/a |
n/a |
Cruz Luna, Angel Mancheño |
Flamenco, Spanish |
c.1940s |
| Reyes |
Trini |
n/a |
Waldorf-Astoria, Ed Sullivan Show |
n/a |
Flamenco, Spanish |
c.1940s |
| Reynard |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: Arden & Reynard |
Arden |
Ballet, |
c.1930s |
| Reynold |
Sisters |
n/a |
Bowery Theater |
(Kilty & Henrietta) |
Jigs & Reels |
c.1883 |
| Rhodes |
Evelyn |
SoCal |
n/a |
n/a |
West Coast Swing, Jitterbug |
c.1970s |
| Rianza |
Yetta |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1920s |
| Richardson |
Lady Constance |
England or Scotland? |
Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson |
Lyric Theatre 1913 |
Faun Dances |
c.1913 |
| Rickert |
Shirley Jean |
Seattle, WA |
Our Gang, Little Rascals, ABC's of Love |
Child Star, Musical Dancer, Actress, Burlesque Star 'Gilda' |
Danced in Musicals and Burlesque |
B.3/25/1926 |
| Rice |
Thomas, Dartmouth |
Louisville, KY. |
Minstrel Shows |
aka: "Daddy Jim Crow." "Daddy Rice," T.D. Rice |
Truckin', Minstrel, Jump Jim Crow, Buck, Jig |
1808-1861 |
| Rich |
Buddy (Bernard) |
New York? |
n/a |
n/a |
Tap, Musician |
b.6/30/17- |
| Richard |
& Flora |
n/a |
See Stuart and Lea |
n/a |
Ballroom |
c.1920's |
| Richardson |
"Jazzlips" |
n/a |
Hot Chocolates [1929], Apollo Theater |
n/a |
Eccentric, Acrobatic, Contortions, Comedian |
c.1929 |
| Rickert |
Shirley Jean |
Seattle, WA |
Singin' In The Rain, Best Foot Forward, Love Pains |
aka: Shirley Jean Measures, Shirley Jean Ricketts |
n/a |
b.3/25/1926 |
| Rickter |
Billy |
Harlem |
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers |
Wila Mae, Norma Miller |
Lindy Hop |
c.1930's |
| Rickter |
Willa Mae |
Harlem |
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers |
Billy Ricker |
Lindy Hop |
?d. 1981? |
| Riefenstahl |
Riefenstahl |
Germany |
n/a |
n/a |
Actress, Dancer |
c.1932 |
| Riles |
James |
n/a |
Bowery Theater |
Lottie Anderson |
Song & Dance |
c.1883 |
| Riley |
Thomas A. |
n/a |
Dance Magazine Editor, Teacher |
Harvest Moon Ball Judge |
Ballroom |
c.1938 |
| Rines |
Joseph |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Lambeth Walk |
c.1938 |
| Ringold |
Muriel |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: Katie Carter and Muriel Ringold |
Tap |
1920's |
| Rippa |
Terry |
Dallas TX |
Instructor, Competitor, Promotor, Judge |
-founded Dallas D.A.N.C.E Event (1987) |
West Coast Swing, Whip, Push |
c.1970s |
| "Rita |
and Fito" |
Cuba |
Taught Gertrude Hoffmann Girls the Rumba |
aka: Rita and Fito |
Rumba |
c.1920s |
| Ritz |
Al |
n/a |
Vaudeville, Argentine Nights |
aka: Ritz Bros. |
Dancers |
c.1943 |
| Ritz |
Harry |
n/a |
Vaudeville, Never a Dull Moment |
aka: Ritz Brothers |
Dancer |
c.1943 |
| Ritz |
Jimmy |
n/a |
Vaudeville |
aka: Ritz Bros. |
Dancers |
c.1943 |
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| Riva |
Alfredo |
n/a |
Keith-Albee 81st St. Theatre |
Jeannie Orr |
Spanish Dancers |
c.1910s? |
| Rivera |
Chita |
Washington, DC |
Debut: 1952 Call Me Madam. Guys & Dolls.
West Side Story |
Ballanchine, |
Ballet |
b.1933 |
| Robbins |
Jerome |
New York City |
On The Town. Fancy Free |
Nora Kaye |
Ballet, Modern,
Spanish |
10/11/1918-1998 |
| Robinson |
Bill (Bojangles) |
Richmond, VA |
Stormy Weather.
Little Colonel. 1928 Blackbirds |
Shirley Temple |
Tap, Stair Dance |
5/1878
11/1949 |
| Robinson |
Buddy |
n/a |
Wislshire-Ebell Theater |
n/a |
Tap |
c.1953 |
| Robinson |
Clarence |
n/a |
successful Choreographer. Cotton Club, Cabin in the Sky, Shuffle Along [1933], Lucky Sambo [1925], Keep Shufflin' [1928], Stormy Weather [1943] |
m: Hyacinth Curtis |
Choreographer |
c.1920s |
| Robinson |
Foots |
n/a |
While dancing, would fall to the floor, do a Spin on his back in time with the music, he called it 'the Black Bottom.' |
Jim Green. aka Green and Robinson |
Specialty, Tap |
c.1923 |
| Roberts |
& Marianne |
n/a |
8/3/1937 Life Mag. |
n/a |
Rope Dance |
c.1937 |
| Rock |
William |
n/a |
n/a |
Maude Fulton |
Comedy Turkey Trot |
c.1912 |
| Rockets The |
(a Group) |
n/a |
Duke Ellington |
Henry Roberts & Andrew Jackson |
A dance team |
1930s |
| Rockettes |
dance Group |
New York |
Radio City Music Hall |
see page |
Can-Can type |
see page |
| Rodgers |
Sid & Carol |
USA? |
n/a |
Stage and Screen |
Ballroom, Acrobatic |
c.1930s |
| Rodriguez |
Augie & Margo |
USA |
Palladium, Roseland, Ed Sullivan Show, Steve Allen Show, 1956 Harvest Moon Ball |
aka Augie and Margo. m=Margo Bartolonei |
Latin, Mambo, Ballet, Adagio,Tango, Spanish, Modern, |
c.1956 |
| Rodriquez |
Estellita |
n/a |
Parade of 1951 |
n/a |
Spanish |
c.1951 |
| Rodriguez |
Teddy |
N.Y. |
La Martinique |
Phyllis Rodriguez |
Latin |
c.1958 |
| Roeser |
Betty |
n/a |
1st - 1948 Harvest Moon Ball (L.A.) Tivoli, Maharaja, Twice Blessed |
M: Hal Takier |
West Coast, Jitterbug,
Lindy, Balboa |
1915-1970s |
| Rogers |
Buddy & Patsy |
Balto, MD. |
n/a |
n/a |
Marathon Champions |
c.1930 |
| Rogers |
Ginger |
Independence Missouri. |
Swingtime. Girl Crazy.
Top Speed |
aka: Virginia Katherine Mc Math. Fred Astaire |
Charleston, Ballroom, Tap. |
1911-1995 |
| Rökk |
Marika |
Egypt |
Carousel. Hello Janine, Moulin Rouge |
George Alexander |
Ballroom, Burlesque, Tap |
11/3/1919-5/16/2004 |
| Romanini |
|
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Rope Dancer |
n/a |
| Romero |
Caesar |
n/a |
Movies/Clubs |
Many |
Ballroom, Latin |
c.1930's |
| Ronitris |
Dimitris |
Greece |
n/a |
Dance Instructor |
Greek |
c.1613 |
| Ronnell |
& Edna |
Maybe Dancers |
1946 Love In Syncopation |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1946 |
| Rooney |
Pat "Frisco" |
Chicago |
1919 - Rings Of Smoke.
Lambs Cafe |
son of : Marion Bent. Mattie Rooney, Emma Francis |
Jig, Tango, Waltz, Tap, Hornpipe,
Frisco, Waltz Clog |
b.1909-1980s |
| Rooney |
Mickey |
n/a |
Actor |
Judy Garland |
Jitterbug |
c.1930's? |
| Rosa, De |
Mlle. |
NYC? |
Niblo's Gardens |
n/a |
Spanish, Morris, Ballet |
c.1868 |
| Rosalene |
??? |
NY? |
Caprice Room (Weylin Hotel.) 5/1935 Stage Mag |
Seville |
Ballroom |
c.1930s |
| Rosalie |
??? |
USA |
1898- Bridget's Word Goes - Jasper Jenkins, de Cake-
Walk Coon, (Brooklyn Music Hall) |
?? |
Vocalist and Acrobatic Dancer, |
C.1898 |
| Rosalie |
and Alva |
(R) Missouri, (A) Vis |
Step Lively, Fanchon and Marco Idea's. Step Lively,
Bolero |
George Murphy, Ruth Spear, married |
Ballet, Samoan Dance |
c.1930s |
| Rosario |
Maria |
n/a |
El Ciego.
Princes Theater |
Antonio Cano, Lusillo, Gloria Gomad |
Spanish |
c.1957 |
| Rosario |
& Antonio |
Seville, Spain |
1941 Ziegfeld Girl. Son's Of Fun |
aka: Antonio & Roasrio. Real Name: Rosario Perez |
Spanish |
b.1920 (R) |
| Rosario |
(Imperio?,) |
n/a |
n/a |
Andre D'Arcy? |
Spanish |
c. 1930s |
| Rosati |
Carolina |
Italy |
The Prophet, Thea |
M. Charles, M. Taglioni and P. Taglioni. |
Skating Dance,
Waltz Brilliante |
1826-1905 |
| Rosita |
??? |
n/a |
Gold Digger 1935 |
Ramon, Fontana |
Spanish |
c.1930s |
| Ros |
Ramon |
n/a |
The Iron Major |
n/a |
Ros Dancers |
c.1943 |
| Ross |
Alec |
n/a |
on Video: Entertainers in Britsih Films: a century in British Cinema |
n/a |
British Dancer |
n/a |
| Ross |
Charles |
n/a |
Passing Show 1912 |
Trixie Friganza |
Apache |
c.1912 |
| Ross |
Jerry |
n/a |
Your Show Of Shows (TV) |
Nelle Fisher |
Ballroom |
c.1950s |
| Rothenberg |
Carl |
n/a |
Patrick the Great |
Jivin'
Jacks |
Swing Dance |
c.1945 |
| Rothkugel |
Max |
New York |
(wrote Dancing Charts) |
n/a |
Ballroom |
c.1918 |
| Rothman |
Dorothy |
Bronx, N.Y. |
Roseland dancer and Harvest Moon Ball dancer |
partner Tony ? |
Ballroom |
1940's |
| Roudenko |
Lubov |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Rodeo, Merry Widow. Musicals, Ballets |
n/a |
Ballet, Can-Can |
c.1940s |
| Rowland |
Betty |
n/a |
Let's Make Music. Int'l Burlesque. Love & Kisses |
Video Clip |
Chorus, Burlesque, Dancer |
c.1940s |
| Royce |
Edward |
n/a |
Choreographer |
n/a |
Ballroom |
c.1920s |
| Royce |
Teddy |
England? |
Gaiety Theater.
(England's Best Dancer) |
Farren, Terry, Vaughn |
Dance, Skirt |
c.1878 |
| Royce |
Rosita |
n/a |
7/18/1939 - Look Mag. San Diego Expo 1935 |
also a fan and Bubble dancer, Nudist |
Dance of the Doves |
c1940s |
| Royce |
Sisters, The |
USA? |
Vaudeville |
n/a |
Tap |
1900s? |
| Rozerio |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
| Ruben |
Pedro |
n/a |
Rio Rita |
n/a |
Mexican, Spanish |
c.1927 |
| Rubens |
Hilda |
n/a |
Pins & Needles |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1930s |
| Rubenstein |
Ida |
St. Petersburg |
Salome. Bolero.
La Valse |
n/a |
Valse, Salome, Bolero, Ballet, |
c.1910s |
| Rudac |
Dorothy |
NY? |
Palace Theater |
Andre |
Dance Team? |
c.1900s |
| Rude |
Vera |
?? |
aka Vera Rude and Partner. Edinburg Theatre |
?? |
Acrobatic |
c.1940s |
| Ruette, La |
Jean Louis |
France |
Composer and Actor of Ballets and Opera's |
n/a |
Ballet |
1731-1792 |
| Ruiz |
Albert |
n/a |
1947 Road To Rio. 1950 Summer Stock |
n/a |
Specialty Dancer, Jitterbug |
c.1940s |
| Ruiz |
Alberta |
n/a |
Variety Girl.
The French Line, |
n/a |
Specialty Dancer, |
c.1947/54 |
| Ruiz |
Antonio |
Seville, Spain |
$
1944 - Hollywood Canteen |
aka: Antonio & Rosario, Antonio Lopez, |
Flamenco, Spanish |
1922-1996 |
| Rulson |
??? |
n/a |
Rulson - Dorsha & Baro |
n/a |
Ballroom |
n/a |
| Runaway Four |
n/a |
n/a |
Comic Acrobatic Troupe |
n/a |
Acrobatic |
c.1930s? |
| Russel, Jr. |
Eddie |
n/a |
1927 Kiss Me. Lyric Theater |
Russel family |
Tap, Acrobatic, |
c.1927 |
| Rutherford |
George E. |
n/a |
n/a |
Mrs. Rutherford |
Lindy, Ballroom, Tap |
c.1940s |
| Rutledge |
& Taylor |
n/a |
1929 Lady Fare |
n/a |
Tap, Class Act |
c.1920s |
| Ryan |
Billy |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Tap, Soft Shoe |
c.1920s? |
| Ryan |
Peggy |
n/a |
(daughter of the Merry Dancing Ryans,) Private Buckeroo, Get Hep to Love, Jivin' Jacks and Jills |
Donald O'Connor, George Murphy. Real Name: Margaret O'Rene Ryan. married dancer: Ray Macdonald |
Jitterbug, Tap |
d.2005 (c.1930) |
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Ballrooms
