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Brady Jackson |
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"Jigsaw" Jackson was a unique Eccentric
Freak dancer that no would or could copy. He was actually a contortionists
that danced. He could make his body move in ways that only others
could only gasp at rather than grasp but he was really impressive
dance wise as well. When he came on stage his face would seem
dead center on the stage while the rest of his body was performing
around the floor. His style of dance was called "Freak Dancing."
In Pittsburgh, 1938, the Variety Paper reported
that; "He was a dancer with a gimmick, a Sock Novelty. It
takes a tough stomach to stand the things he does with his body
... most unusual trick stuff, his midriff is twisted in a knot
while his head faces one way and feet another. He keeps his feet
doing a Jig all of the time to Jazz rhythms, doing everything
to the beat." Jigsaw was not really a Jig dancer, but they
didn't really know what to call his style of dance.
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any of the other dancers with his "hoofing" but all conceded
that he was a real success. He was a well paid performer / Dancer
who was never copied. Long since retiring by the 1950s, he was living
in Harlem working as an Iceman. |
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Rockin'
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