Jack Cole (1911-1974)
Jack Cole is known as the Father of Jazz Dance Technique and Father of Theater Dance. Cole started out as a modern dancer but during the Great Depression he switched to the jazz style of dancing. He is famous for combining jazz steps with modern and ethnic dances. Some of his famous choreographies include “Man of La Mancha”, “There´s No Business Like Show Busines” and “Les Girls”.
Eugene Louis “Luigi” Faccuito (1925-2015)
Luigi is a dancer whose physical handicap from a car accident made him create a new style of jazz dance. He improvised the jazz steps by incorporating warm-up and stretching exercises into dance routines. He ...
