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Joe Lanza was a wonderful
Ballroom dancer of the 1950's. Stating to have learned "Real
Swing" from Dean
Collin's, adding Collin's style of dancing to his ballroom
studio, and taught many people to dance over the years. Joe Lanza
has been said to have invented the Bossa Nova dance of the 1950's. The Hollywood Reporter announced
in May of 1957 that he was Hollywood's leading 'Rock & Roll
Choreographer' and he is said to have originated the "Overhead
Throw' ( An acrobatic movement) called the "Lanza
Flip" with Charlotte Cross in 1956.
Lanza proudly served in the Air Force in W.W.II
as well as taught out of his own dance studio called "Lanza
Dance Studio" and started the (now Defunct) Hollywood
Dance Club in 1957. Lanza was an unaccredited dancer in many movies
as well as the recipient of the 1952 Valentino Award for tango. | 
