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BUSINESSES The development of LGBT communities after the Stonewall Riots of 1969 spurred the growth of commercial institutions to serve and reach...
Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History in America, 10/25/05 by Jeffrey Escoffier · More from publication -
Social Dancing
Social dancing refers to all those forms of dance that are recreational and public. It is not a professional form of dance, except for exhibition...
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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were the greatest dance team in the history of American movies. In the course of developing their partnership and...
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Twyla Tharp
A leading choreographer of modern dance and ballet, Twyla Tharp rose to prominence during "the dance boom" of the 1960s and 1970s. Tharp's...
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Sexual Revolution
Reports of a "sexual revolution" first appeared in the media in the mid-1960s. The reports identified a number of trends and developments taking...
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George Balanchine
The greatest choreographer of the twentieth century, George Balanchine transformed and modernized the classic tradition of Russian ballet. A...
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Mark Morris
The most important new choreographer to emerge since the mid-1970s, Mark Morris has created a bold synthesis of ballet, folk and modern dance....
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Swing Dancing
In the 1930s swing bands emerged at the forefront of American popular music, evolving from the jazz genre, which was primarily produced and...
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Gene Kelly
A dancer and choreographer of enormous grace and indefatigable vitality, Gene Kelly created a new synthesis of music and dance in American movies....
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Martha Graham
The greatest and most influential choreographer of modern dance, Graham built on the foundations created by American pioneers like Isadora Duncan,...
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