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Denishawn
In 1915, dancers Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn founded a pioneering company and training school in Los Angeles that became known as Denishawn. The...
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Jim Henson
Puppeteer and filmmaker/director Jim Henson was the genius behind the world famous puppet creations known as Muppets. By the end of the twentieth...
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Gerome Ragni and James Rado
The collaborative theatrical team of Gerome Ragni and James Rado created Hair (1967), the first rock musical on Broadway. Hair was a milestone for...
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Ted Shawn
Ted Shawn is regarded as the father of American modern dance. Born Edwin Meyers Shawn, he began dancing as a form of physical therapy for his...
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The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters were the most popular music trio of the 1930s and 1940s. Their public image became synonymous with World War II, due to the...
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Whitney Houston
Singer Whitney Houston, an African American beauty with a clear soprano voice, became a megastar in the 1980s. She was born (in East Orange, New...
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The Pointer Sisters
Popular music audiences in the late twentieth century had never seen anything like the Pointer Sisters. Throughout their career, they defied...
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Doo-wop Music
"Doo-wop" is a form of close-harmony singing, based in rhythm-and-blues. The style became popular in the 1950s, originating among African-American...
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Girl Groups
"Girl group" is a popular descriptive term referring to a genre of all-female singing groups and to the distinctive style of music such a group...
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Bob Fosse
Director-choreographer Bob Fosse forever changed the way audiences around the world viewed dance on the stage and in the film industry in the late...
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