Giordano, Gus

Giordano, Gus
▪ 2009
August T. Giordano 
      American jazz dancer and choreographer

born July 10, 1923, St. Louis, Mo.

died March 9, 2008, Chicago, Ill.
was one of the pioneers of the style known as jazz dance and succeeded in gaining it the respect already enjoyed by ballet and modern dance. Following a Broadway career that included performances in Paint Your Wagon and On the Town, Giordano moved (1953) to the Chicago area and opened a dance studio. In 1962 he founded what became Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, considered the first troupe to concentrate exclusively on jazz dance. Giordano organized (1990) the first Jazz Dance World Congress, an annual international convention featuring master classes and performances, choreographed hundreds of dance numbers, and wrote several books on jazz dance. A 1980 Emmy Award for his television special “The Rehearsal” was only one of his numerous honours.

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