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"This Ballroom team specialized in satire," that was the term used to describe the Hartmans. Grace started dancing with the Ruth St. Denis school, then joined up with the Ferris Hartman Comic Opera Company where she met Paul, a member of the company since childhood. Paul performed with The Albertina Rasch dancers and after their marriage, they formed a serious dance team called "Hartman and Barrett."
They went on to tour England, France, Egypt, India, China,
Japan, U.S. etc. During this time they turned to dance satire
and had been very successful in satirizing ballroom dance
in nightclubs, musicals etc. They did most of their own
choreography (Felicia Sorel created a few for them)
and were very entertaining couple to watch dance. They also
danced in the Harvest
Moon Ball championships.
Paul went on to become an actor and became one of ABC's dance comedians. He is best remembered by playing "Emmett Clark" on the Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. and as Bert in Petticoat Junction, and he actually danced in a few of those loveable but corny TV productions.
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