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Dances

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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 the 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

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

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

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

1808-1860

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's Brother

Lindy Hop

c.1930's

Rickter

Willa Mae

Harlem

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers

n/a

Lindy Hop

c.1930's

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

"Rita

and Fito"

Cuba

Taught Gertrude Hoffmann Girls the Rumba

aka: Rita and Fito

Rumba

c.1920s

Ritz

Al

n/a

Vaudeville

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

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

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

Germany?

Carousel. Hello Janine

George Alexander

Ballroom, Tap

c.1937

Romanini

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

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

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

n/a

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

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)