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.
