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Location

Perform / Notes

Partners

Dances

Dates

Sacco

Dorothy

Plula, FL.

1939 Worlds Jitterbug Champions

Bill Bauersfield

Jitterbug

b.1921-

Saddler

Donald

Van Nuys, CA.

International Casino.
USO Canteens.

n/a

Ballet

b.1920

Sadowski

Pauline

n/a

1956 Harvest Moon Ball

n/a

n/a

c.1950s

Sagal

Marge

n/a

aka: Marge Champion

Gower Champion

Ballroom

c.1940-50s

Sager

Bernie

n/a

Judge: Harvest Moon Ball, Teacher

n/a

Lindy, Collegiate Shag, Rumba

c.1937

Saheret

???

Australia

Follies Marginy. (Von Struck Painting)

n/a

Belly?, Salome, Can-Can, Contortionist

c.1900s

"Sailor"

Lil

NY?

A Tough Dance, Edison Film

"Kid" Foley

Apache

c.1902

Saint-Leon

Arthur

London Area

n/a

Fanny Cerrito

Ballet,

c.1840s

Salambo

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Belly, Seven Veils

c.1910

Salan (SP?)

Margarita

Germany

(Aleged Spy!: Executed by French).

aka: Mata Hari

Exotic

?-10/15/1917

Salle

Marie

n/a

n/a

n/a

Ballet

1707-1756

Samaniego

Nena

?San Francisco, CA?

Xavier Cugat.
Columbia Pictures

M: Jose Navarro, Prtnr: Carlos Rosario

Ballroom, Spanish, Flamenco, Chiapanecas

c.1940s

"Sammy

Sunshine"

USA

1929 Steppin' Along

aka: Ernest Morrison

Tap

1929

Sanchez

Elvera "Baby"

Puerto Rico

Sammy Davis Jrs. Mother

m: Sammy Davis Sr.

Dancer

c.1920s

Sands

Dick

n/a

Instructor

n/a

Jig, Clog, Hornpipe, Fancy

c.1879

Sanderson

Julia

n/a

The Argentine

Vernon Castle

Argentine Tango

c.1910s

Sandor

Gluck

USA

Publix Theater, N.Y.
Dance Project

n/a

Ballet,

Stage

c.1930s

Sandrini

Carlos

Buenos Aires

Guinness Record

n/a

Ballroom

c.1955

Sansone

Tony

n/a

Capitol Theater, Sansone-Vanderbuilt Theater

aka: Desha and Sansone

Adagio

c.1930s

Santley

Joseph

n/a

Music Box Revue. Gay Divorce. Princess Shows. Just Fancy. When Dreams Come true

Ruth Randall,
Ivy Sawyer,
Gaby Deslys,

Santley Tango,
Hawaiian Butterfly

c.1910s-20s

Santlow

Mrs?

England

n/a

n/a

London's most famous dancer

1728

Sapp

"Kid"

n/a

Southern Medicine Tent Show dancer

n/a

n/a

c.1900s

Saulters

Dottie

Vogues of 1938

m: Choly Atkins

Tap

c.1940s

Savage

Archie

Norfolk, VA

Jammin' The Blues [1944]. Cabin in the Sky

Marie Bryant

Jitterbug, Tap

4/19/1914-2/4/2003

Sawyer

Donald

n/a

Ambassador Hotel.
Harvest Moon Ball Judge

Mildred Holiday,
Evelyn Grieg

Al Smith Hop,
Ballroom

c.1920/30s

Sawyer

Ivy

NY

Sawyer's The Persian Garden Ballroom. Princess Shows

John Jarrott. m: Joseph Santley

Ballroom

1910's

Sawyer

Joan

n/a

Clubs-NY

Lew Quinn, Valentino, Sebastian

La Rumba, Aeroplane Waltz, Siamese Dance

b.1890-?

Saxon
(Costanzo)

Marda

Los Angeles

Contests. Mary Lou

Jack James Costanzo

Ballroom

1940s

Scheerer

Robert

n/a

Give Out Sisters

Jivin' Jacks

Swing Dance

c.1940s

Scheim

Ruth

n/a

1937 Harvest Moon Ball Champions

John Englert

Collegiate Shag

1937

Schwimmer

Abel

Chicago?

?Harvest Moon Ball?

Abel and May Schwimmer. Father of Buddy

Jitterbug, Ballroom

c.1950s

Schwimmer

Buddy

Whittaker, IL?

Nightclubs. Dance Champion, American Graffiti. Creator of the Night Club 2Step

Lynn Vogan,
m: Lorie. Abel, Benji, Lacey

Jitterbug, West Coast Swing, NC2S, Ballroom. Hustle

c.1970s

Scott

Alice "Scotty"

Los Angeles

Groovie Movie

Eddie.

West Coast Swing, Jitterbug, Lindy

c.1950s

Seal

Ernest 'Baby'

n/a

T.O.B.A.

wife: Emma

Dancer-Producer

c.1920s

Segal

Frank

n/a

n/a

n/a

Instructor

c.1940s?

Sebastion

Carlos

NY

Jardin de Danse, Chorographer

Dorothy Bently, Beatrice Allen, Joan Sawyer

Waltz, Flirtation Tango, Maxixe, Foxtrot

c.1914

Sedgwick

Edna

Chicago, IL?

Yacht Club

n/a

Tap

c.1937

Seed

Choppy

Los Angeles?

n/a

Roy Damron

Jitterbug

c.1938

Sefton

Harry

n/a

n/a

aka - Dancing Spider

n/a

c.1900

Selva

???

Paris

Follies Marginy

Laridan

Ballet, Burlesque

c.1905

Semon

???

n/a

The Equity Ball

aka: Herman & Semon

Comic Acrobats, Acrobatic

c.1928

Sevigne

Madame de

Europe?

n/a

(daughter "Mme. de Grignon")

Passepied, Quadrilles, Court

1626-1696

Sevilla

Ninon

Havana, Cuba

Peridida. La Mulatto. Marathon de Baile. Musicade ayer - movies

(Used Santeria rites in her dancing routines)

Ballet, Rumba, Spanish

b.11/10/1921

Sexton

Mert

n/a

Christy Minstrels

n/a

Jig

1834-5/1866

Symour

Constance

n/a

Shown on Video: Entertainers in Britsih Films: a century in British Cinema

Andrea Meazza

n/a

n/a

Seymour

Katie

England?

Gaiety Theater. Opera Comique. Casino Girl

Horne Brothers,

Step Dance, Skirt, Ballet, Burlesque

d.1903

Shaw

Billy

n/a

Burlesque dance act

Idylle Shaw

Ballroom, Burlesque

c.1947s

Shaw

and Lee

n/a

Going Places [RKO 1930]

n/a

Eccentric dancers

c.1930

Shawn

Ted

Kansas City, MI

Dansants (Teas)

Ruth St. Denis,
Norma Gould

Ballroom,/ Ethnic, Gay
Modern Dance

10/21/1891-4/27/1972

Sheehy

Thomas H.

?Chicago, IL?

Aragon, Trianon

Instructor, DMA

Created Lindbergh Glide. Dixie Stomp, Kinkajou, Ballroom

c.1927

Sheldon

Roy

n/a

1/24/1921 Palace Theater

Pearl Regay

Ballroom

c.1921

Shepard

Evelyn

NY

Cotton Club Girl

m: Jack Fuller

n/a

c.1935?

Shepard

Vera

n/a

Audubon Ballroom

n/a

Marathon, Instructor

c.1923

Shepard

Walter

NY

Cotton Club

Cotton Club Boys

Eccentric/ Tap

c.1933

Shepro

Elaine

n/a

1948 Harvest Moon Ball Jitterbug Champions

Martin Abezetian

Jitterbug

b.1929

Sheridan

Ann

n/a

1938 Juke Girl

n/a

Ballroom

c.1930s

Sheridan

& Mack

USA

Minstrel Dancers

n/a

Clog

c.1800s

Sherman

Hal

n/a

Hellzapoppin',

n/a

Eccentric

c.1940s

Sherman

Mickey

Newark, NJ

?Vaudeville?

?1940 Steel Pier Champ?.

Ballroom

??1940s??

Shea

Mary Jane

Canton, OH

USO Dancer. Sailor Bar.
Circus Ballet

n/a

Ballet, Ballroom

c.1940s

Shorty and Slim

n/a

n/a

n/a

Charles Green, James Walker

Tap, Legomania

c.1920s

Sinclair

Diane

n/a

1953 Dave Garroway Show

Kenneth Spaulding

n/a

c.1950s

Sinden

Miss Topsy

England?

Daly Theater. San Toy.
The Country Girl

n/a

n/a

c.1880s?

Siebert

Wallace

n/a

Your Show of Shows (TV)

n/a

n/a

c.1950s

Siegler

Hannah

n/a

n/a

aka: Jose' Hermosa

n/a

c.1930s

Siegler

Jack

San Diego, CA

Clubs

n/a

West Coast Swing

c.1950s

Sims

"Sandman"

NY

Apollo, No Maps On My Taps [1979]  

Real name: Howard Simms

Tap Dancer

d.2003

Simmons

Ida

n/a

Minstrel Shows

n/a

Fire & Rope Dance

c.1879

Simmons

Maudine

NY

Cotton Club Girl

m: Nelson Sykes

Chorus Dancer

c.1935?

Sinclair

Diane

n/a

n/a

1/25/54 Life Mag.

n/a

c.1950s

Sinden

"Miss Topsy"

England

Gaiety Theater. Dalys Theater. San Toy.
Country Girl

(Covent Gardens-at age 5). aka: Topsy & Eva

Ballroom, Mime, Spanish, Tarantella, Spanish, Step & Clog, Can-Can

c.1890s

Sissle (Gordon)

Ethel

NY / L.A.

Cotton Club

Cotton Club Girl

Divorced: Noble Sissle

1935?

Slap & Happy

Daniels
& Irwin

n/a

Rhythmania (Soundie)

Harold Daniels
& Leslie Irwin

Tap Dancers

c.1940s

Slick & Slack

Maybe Dancers?

n/a

It Happened In Harlem [1945], The Joint is Jumpin' [1941]

n/a

Tap?

c.1940s

Sliter

Dick

n/a

Christy Minstrels

n/a

Jig

d.5/21/1861

Slezak (Chadimová)

Anna

Kotelec, Bohemia

(Said to have invented the Polka)

Joseph Neruba,
m: ? Slezak

Polka, Redowa, Galop

c.1830s

Sloan

A. Baldwin

n/a

1914 Darktown Follies

Grace Field

Ballroom,

c.1914

Sloden

Lewis

N.Y.

Palace Theater

Joan Sawyer

Dancing In The Shadows

c.1914

Smith

Bessie

Chattanooga, TN.

Moses Stokes Minstrel Troupe. St. Louis Blues Blues

Andrew Smith (bro.)

Singer, Started as a dancer at 18 (1912).

4/15/1894-9/26/1937

Smith

Clarence "Pinetop"

Alabama

Rabbit Foot Minstrels. Clubs

n/a

(Originally a Tap Dancer, turned Musician)

6/11/04-3/14/29

Smith

Eleanor & Kathryn

n/a

n/a

n/a

Toe, Tap, Eccentric

c.1930s

Smith

Helen

USA

Cologne Minstrel Shows

n/a

Song and Dance

c.1890

Smith

Joe

n/a

'The girl from Montmartre''. May be Joseph below

Trixie Wilsoon

The tango-can-can

c.1910s

Smith

Joseph

NY

The Apaches of Paris [1915]. Queen of Moulin Rouge [1909], La Bella Argentina Tango, Ziegfeld Follies of 1907

Louise Alexander, Laura Hamilton, Frances Demerest

Apache, Tango, Mime, Maxixe, Ballet,

1878 - 1932

Smith

Lenny

Los Angeles

Movies: Swing, Swing Fever, Follow the Boys

Kay Smith,
Joe Lanza

West Coast Swing, Lindy, Jitterbug,

d.1967

Smith

Mamie

Cincinnati, OH

Tutt-Whitney's Smart Set Company

"Tutt Whitney"

(Singer, started as a dancer)  

5/26/1883-10/30/1946

Smith

Ruth

Lafayette, IN.

Marathon Dancer

Frank Miller,
Frank Lovecchio

n/a

c.1932

Smith

Wanda

n/a

Moonlight in Vermont

Jivin' Jacks

Swing Dance

c.1942

Smith

"Tex"

Cleburne, TX.

Marathon Dancer

Irene Carter

Marathon -Waltz

c.1935

Smith

Tom

USA?

Comedy, Eccentric

c.1910s

Smith

William

NY

Cotton Club

Cotton Club Boys

Eccentric/ Tap

c.1933

Smolich

n/a

n/a

n/a

Usachev

Cakewalk

c.1916

Snakehips

see: Tucker

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

c.1930s

Snowden

"Shorty" George

???

Savoy Ballroom, Smalls Paradise, Cotton Club

Big Bea, Shorty Snowden Trio, Sippie Wallace song,

Named the: Lindy Hop, Breakaway, Charleston Dancer

b.1904-?

Snyder

Gene

Richmond, VA

Director -Roxy, Rockettes,

n/a

Ballet, Tap, Specialty

b.1908-

Sodestrom

MR.

Denver, CO

Instructor

n/a

Collegiate

c.1927

Sokolov

Anna

Hartford, CN

n/a

Martha Graham

Modern

b.1910-

Solk

Gus

USA?

Vaudeville - Irish Pawnbroker's

n/a

Choreographer

c.1903

Somes

Michael

n/a

n/a

n/a

Dancer

9/28/1917-11/18/1994

Son & Sonny

???

NY

Apollo. Cotton Club, Café Zanzibar [1945], Started at College Inn

aka: Roland James and Sonny Montgomery

Acrobatic Tap

c.1939

Sorel

Felicia

NY

USO. Salome

Hartmans,
Josephine Baker

Ballet, Salome
Ballroom,

c.1940s

Southern

Lou

Los Angeles, CA

Rock Arounf the Clock, Don't Knock the Rock, Desk Set,
Clubs

n/a

West Coast Swing,
Lindy, Jitterbug,

c.1940-50s

Spencer

Prince

n/a

joined the Four Step Brothers act

n/a

Tap , Slides

1930's

Spencer

Vicki

n/a

n/a

Clay Cole

Twist

c.1962

Spyropolos

Faheda Mahzar

Chicago, IL

Worlds Fair

aka: Little Egypt

Belly, Strip, Burlesque, Hootchy

b.1893-

St. Cyr

Mimi

n/a

Gaiety Theater?,
La Cigale

n/a

Tarantella, Spanish,

c.1880s?

St. Denis

Ruth

Somerville, NJ

Denishawn School

Ted Shawn

Early Ballroom,, Modern, Ballet,

b.1877-1968

St. Leon

Arthur

Paris

Violinists, Dancer, Author

m: Fanny Cerrito

Ballet

9/17/1821-9/2/1870

Stan & Kaye

S. Catron & K.Popp

n/a

Something For The Boys. 8/1943 Life Mag

Leon James & Rickter

Lindy,
Carolina Shag

Stan-b.1926-?

Stanford

"The Eccentric"

n/a

1927 The Revue des Revues

aka: The Eccentric

Eccentric

c.1927

Stanley

Helene

Los Angeles, CA

Patrick the Great. Hi-Buddy [1943]

Jivin' Jacks. Real Name: Dolores Santley

Swing Dance

1928-1/27/1990

Stanley
(santley?)

John

n/a

Variety Girl

n/a

Specialty Dancer

c.1947

Stanley

Joseph

NY

Girl On The Magazine Cover

Gaby Deslys

Gaby Glide

c.19??

Stanton

Ronald

n/a

Swing Parade

Jivin' Jacks

Swing Dance

c.1946

Stamper

George

n/a

Runnin' Wild [1923]

Tommy Woods, Solo Dancer

Slow Dance w/ Splits?

c.1924

Stanwyck

Barbara

Brooklyn, NY

1922 Ziegfeld Follies.
George White Scandals

n/a

Chorus, Actress

1907-1990

Starbuck

James

n/a

Your Show of Shows

Imogene Coca,
Tamara Toumanova

Ballet, Ballroom,
Specialty

c.1950s

Step Brothers

n/a

CA

n/a

n/a

Tap, Swing

c.1950s

Stephen

Marie Guy

n/a

Las Boleras de Cadiz

n/a

Ballet, Bolero, Spanish

c.1844

Stepney

Francis

Massachusetts

(1st American dance Teacher)

n/a

Dance Master

c.1685

Steppers, the

Ebony

Just a Minute [1928]

Step, Tap,  

c.1928

Stepping Stones

the

n/a

Vaudeville Dancers

n/a

Tap, Step Dance

C.1930s?

Stewart

Richard

n/a

n/a

n/a

Novelty Dancer

c.1920s?

Stone

Amy

n/a

1865 - Fanchon

n/a

Ballet

c.1865

Stone

Bentley

Plankinton, SD

Black Crook. Street Singer. Second Little Show

Margaret Stevens,
Albertieri

Ballet, Tap,
Ballroom,

c.1930s

Stone

Fred

n/a

Tip Top [1919]

(family danced), Dave Montgomery

Tap, Stop-Time Dance Routine

c.1920s

Stratton

Dave

USA

Dewey Weinglass first partner

n/a

Russian?

c.1913

Strauss

Sarah Mildred

n/a

n/a

n/a

Ballet, Modern?

c.1930s

Strohman

"Scoby"

n/a

The Spirit Moves

n/a

AppleJack, Tap, Jazz, Lindy,

c.1950s

Strelska

Vera

n/a

n/a

Concerts

Ballet,?

c.1927

Stringbeans

n/a

n/a

Christopher Columbus [1937]. Globe Theatre

Stringbeans and Susie, Sweetie May.Real Name: Buddy LeMay

Truckin', Buck and Wing, The Grind, Snake Hips, Musician

c.1918

Struggy

n/a

n/a

Brown Buddies [1930], Nagasaki [1934], Don Redman & His Orchestra [1934]

aka: Red and Struggy

Satires, Lindy Hop, Tap, Eccentric, Comedy, Pantomime

c.1930s

Studholme

Marie

n/a

n/a

n/a

Dancer, Actress

c.1900s?

Stump &

Stumpy

n/a

Apollo, Stump and Stumpy short [1948]

aka: James Cross, Harold Cromer

Tap Dancers, Comedians

c.1930s

Stuart

Nick

NY?

Blake Of Scotland Yard

aka: Nicholas Pratza

Apache

4/10/1903 -4/7/1973

Stuart

Richard

Fairmont, WV

Life Begins at 8:40

aka: Stuart and Lea, & Richard & Flora Ossana

Ballroom, Ballet,

S:1901
F:1916

Subligny

Marie Therese de

France?

n/a

Ballon

Allemande, Court, Ballet

1666-1736

Sujata

n/a

n/a

n/a

Asota

Fire Dancers

c.1940s

Sullivan

Jim & Louise

n/a

Trianon Ballroom. Fox Newsreel. The Night they Raided Minsky's

(Gloria Cranwell - Cotchonis is daughter)

"World Charleston Champions"

c.1926

Sullivan

Ruth "Sugar"

Harlem, NY

1955 Harvest Moon Ball Winner, The Spirit Moves Video, member of the Jiveadeers, Sonny Allen's Rocket's

Partner of Al Minns, Big Nick. m: George Sullivan

Lindy Hop

c.1950s

Surrat

Valeska

NY?

n/a

Gould

Apache

c.1909

Sushinsky

Marion

NY

1940s Harvest Moon Ball

Al Toneatti

Rumba

c.1940s

Swayze

Patrick

Houston, TX

Dirty Dancing

Jennifer Gray

Mambo, Dirty Dance, Ballroom,

B.8/18/1952

Sweepstone

n/a

n/a

n/a

aka: Sweepstone & Tweedle

Ballroom, Tango

c.1920s?

Swinton

Harry

n/a

Old Kentucky, Bijou Theatre - Brooklyn, successful Contest dancer

n/a

Sand Dancer, Spreadin' the Sand, Legendary Tap dancer

c.1900s

Sygietynski

Mira Ziminska & Tadeusz

n/a

(co-founder and director of the Mazowsze Song and Dance Ensemble).

n/a

Folk, Polka

M-1901-1/26/1997
T-D.1955