Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Dean_Collins> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 58 of
58
with 100 triples per page.
- Dean_Collins abstract "Note: For the actor with the same name, see Dean Collins (actor).Dean Collins (born Sol Ruddosky; May 29, 1917–June 1, 1984) was an American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and innovator of swing. He is often credited with bringing the Lindy Hop, from New York to Southern California. Collins worked in 37 or 38 films as well performing live and on television.He grew up in Newark, New Jersey and, at age 13, learned to dance from his two older sisters. and quickly began "doing amateur contests in Newark". He was soon dancing at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York. In 1935, he was named "Dancer of the Year" by The New Yorker.He moved to Los Angeles in 1936. He worked as a janitor at Simon's Drive-In Diner. At night, he danced at the Diana Ballroom and Casino Gardens. Worried that his Jewish name would hinder his career, he adopted the name "Dean Collins", derived from a wallet he found.His career started when he was hired by RKO pictures to choreograph the dancing in Let's Make Music, filmed in 1939 and released in 1940.In 1942 he appeared in the Soundies The Chool Song released 3/23/42. He and his partner were billed as "Collins and Colette", and music was recorded by Spike Jones.He eventually danced in or choreographed nearly forty Hollywood movies, including an appearance in the classic Hellzapoppin' (1941). He also taught dancing in Los Angeles from the 1930s until his death in 1984. During this time, he taught many people including Shirley Temple, Joan Crawford, Cesar Romero, Abbott and Costello, Jonathan Bixby, Sylvia Sykes, and Arthur Murray.Dean's wife Mary believes that he contributed a unique, smoothed out style that eliminated the bounce. According to jazz dance researcher Peter Loggins, Dean's style changed and evolved over the decades, returning toward the end of his life to the Lindy Hop he learned in the Savoy Ballroom in the 30s.The Collins style seen in Hollywood films was the main source for what became known in the 1990s as Hollywood-style Lindy Hop.He also popularized his own version of the Shim Sham, now called the Dean Collins Shim Sham.[citation needed]His version was meant as a 3 man performance, and the Choreography was held close to only those that performed it.Jack Arkin, and Johnny Mattox were the original performers along with Dean. Later,in Dean's life Bobby Hefner and Bart Bartolo would perform it as well.Collins is often mentioned in discussions of origin of West Coast Swing, a title he always denied. But there is no question the seed he planted, became an extremely popular style. building throughout the 1940suntil 1959 when the term "westcoast swing" is used by Arthur Murray studio in Fullerton, California. This term change was to separate themselves from Fred Astaire who like them had been using the term "Western Swing", and they believed people confused it with the music.When his wife, Mary Collins, was asked if he was responsible for the emergence of the dance, however, she said that Dean insisted there were "only two kinds of swing dance - good and bad".Some dancers who knew Dean, such as the wife of fellow legendary dancer Willie Desatoff, claim both Dean and Willie saw West Coast Swing (often incorrectly associated with Hollywood-style Lindy Hop) as "an abomination to the dance floor.".[citation needed]Jewel McGowan, called by her contemporaries the "greatest female swing dancer ever", was his dance partner for eleven years. She appears with him in Buck Privates (1941), Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942), and many other films.".
- Dean_Collins birthDate "1917".
- Dean_Collins birthYear "1917".
- Dean_Collins deathDate "1984".
- Dean_Collins deathYear "1984".
- Dean_Collins wikiPageExternalLink thing-about-dean.html.
- Dean_Collins wikiPageExternalLink fullcredits.
- Dean_Collins wikiPageExternalLink halloffame2.html.
- Dean_Collins wikiPageExternalLink watch?v=EY9iGPmtOl0.
- Dean_Collins wikiPageID "2032912".
- Dean_Collins wikiPageRevisionID "598334128".
- Dean_Collins dateOfBirth "1917".
- Dean_Collins dateOfDeath "1984".
- Dean_Collins hasPhotoCollection Dean_Collins.
- Dean_Collins name "Collins, Dean".
- Dean_Collins shortDescription "American dancer".
- Dean_Collins description "American dancer".
- Dean_Collins description "American dancer".
- Dean_Collins subject Category:1917_births.
- Dean_Collins subject Category:1984_deaths.
- Dean_Collins subject Category:American_choreographers.
- Dean_Collins subject Category:American_swing_dancers.
- Dean_Collins subject Category:Lindy_Hop.
- Dean_Collins type AmericanChoreographers.
- Dean_Collins type CausalAgent100007347.
- Dean_Collins type Choreographer109920283.
- Dean_Collins type Creator109614315.
- Dean_Collins type LivingThing100004258.
- Dean_Collins type Object100002684.
- Dean_Collins type Organism100004475.
- Dean_Collins type Person100007846.
- Dean_Collins type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Dean_Collins type Whole100003553.
- Dean_Collins type YagoLegalActor.
- Dean_Collins type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- Dean_Collins type Agent.
- Dean_Collins type Person.
- Dean_Collins type Person.
- Dean_Collins type Q215627.
- Dean_Collins type Q5.
- Dean_Collins type Agent.
- Dean_Collins type NaturalPerson.
- Dean_Collins type Thing.
- Dean_Collins type Person.
- Dean_Collins comment "Note: For the actor with the same name, see Dean Collins (actor).Dean Collins (born Sol Ruddosky; May 29, 1917–June 1, 1984) was an American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and innovator of swing. He is often credited with bringing the Lindy Hop, from New York to Southern California. Collins worked in 37 or 38 films as well performing live and on television.He grew up in Newark, New Jersey and, at age 13, learned to dance from his two older sisters.".
- Dean_Collins label "Dean Collins (Tänzer)".
- Dean_Collins label "Dean Collins".
- Dean_Collins sameAs Dean_Collins_(Tänzer).
- Dean_Collins sameAs m.06gjgf.
- Dean_Collins sameAs Q1181043.
- Dean_Collins sameAs Q1181043.
- Dean_Collins sameAs Dean_Collins.
- Dean_Collins wasDerivedFrom Dean_Collins?oldid=598334128.
- Dean_Collins givenName "Dean".
- Dean_Collins isPrimaryTopicOf Dean_Collins.
- Dean_Collins name "Collins, Dean".
- Dean_Collins name "Dean Collins".
- Dean_Collins surname "Collins".