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Stage Name

Birth Name

Jack Cole John Ewing Richter

    Dancer and Choreographer, today is known as the "Father of Theatrical Jazz Dance." Cole attended the Columbia University in New York, but after seeing a great performance by the Denishawn dance company soon left school to seek a dance career. Eventually landing in Hollywood and choreographed many Musical Films . Worked with such stars as Gwen Verdon (assistant Choreographer to Cole), Marilyn Monroe, Marge Champion, Rita Hayworth, Ann Miller and Lauren Bacall and many others.
    Jack Cole began as a modern dancer with Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn and later Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey. Cole had a back ground in East Indian dancing as well as an avid devotee of American Vernacular dances such as the Charleston and the American Lindy hop. Many dance Choreographers watched and or copied Cole.

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring

New Brunswick, NJ 4/27/1911 - 2/17/1974 n/a n/a
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Jack Cole Dancers

Ballet Denishawn dance Company Carol Haney
Ballroom Florence Lessing      
Charleston Gwen Verdon      
Flamenco Jack Cole and Company      
Jazz Jack Cole Dancers      
Ethnic (East Indian Dance) Ted Shawn's Dance Company      
Lindy Hop            
Modern Dance            
Swing            
Tap            
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage

Chez Paree (1940s) 44th St Theatre (1942) 1934 - Thumbs Up (danced)
Rainbow Room 46th St Theatre (1961) 1942 - Keep 'Em Laughing (danced)
Savoy Ballroom Adelphi Theatre (1944) 1943 - Something For The Boys (chor)
Slapsy Maxie's Alvin Theatre (1943) 1944 - Allah Be Praised (chor)
      Imperial Theatre (1959) 1947 - Bonanza Bound
      St. James Theatre (1934) 1948 - Allah be Praised
      Winter Garden Theatre (1950) 1948 - Magdalena
      Ziegfeld Theatre (1947) 1950 - Alive and Kicking (JC Dancers)
            1953 - Kismet
            1959 - Jamaica
            1958 - Carnival at Flanders
            1961 - Donnybrook
            1962 - A Funny Thing Happened ...
            1962 - Kean
            1964 - Foxy
            1965 - Man Of La Mancha
            1966 - Chu Chem
            1967 - Mata Hari
            1969 - Bomarzo
            Ziegfeld Follies
 

Films

Television

(Other)

$1941 - Moon Over Miami (group) n/a n/a
1944 - Kismet (Chor)            
1945 - Eadie was a Lady (Dancer)            
$1945 - Tonight and Every Night (C)            
$1946 - Al Jolson Story (Chor)            
$1946 - Gilda (Chor)            
1946 - Meet Me on Broadway            
1946 - Tars and Spars            
1946 - Thrill of Brazil (Chor)            
$1947 - Down To Earth (Chor)            
$1951 - David & Bathsheba (Chor)            
1951 - On The Riviera (Chor)            
1951 - Meet Me After The Show            
$1952 - The Merry Widow (Chor)            
1953 - The I Don't Care Girl (Chor)            
$1953 - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes            
$1953 - Farmer Takes a Wife (Chor)            
$1954 - River of no Return (Chor)            
$1955 - Three For The Show            
$1955 - Kismet (Chor)            
1955 - Gentlemen Marry Brunettes            
$1957 - Designing Women (Chor)            
$1957 - Les Girls (Chor)            
1960 - Let's Make Love            
1960 - The Millionaire            
1993 - Rub Down            
Jack Cole: Denishawn - Birth Of Modern            
NOTE:
August 14, 2007
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