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Vernon and Irene Castle were a husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers and dance teachers who appeared on Broadway and in silent films in the early 20th century. They are credited with reviving the popularity of modern dancing .
Vernon and Irene Castle were an American husband-and-wife dancing team, famous as the originators of the one-step and the turkey trot. Vernon and Irene were married in 1911 and as dance partners became famous worldwide.
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Vernon Castle was a famous ballroom dancer and actor in the early 20th Century. He died in a plane crash in 1918 while training US pilots for World War I.
- Actor, Writer
- February 15, 1918
- May 2, 1887
February 22, 1881, Mobile, Alabama, U.S. Died: May 9/10, 1919, Boston, Massachusetts. Founder: Clef Club. Notable Works: “All of No Man’s Land Is Ours” “How Ya Gonna Keep ’Em Down on the Farm?” Role In: World War I.
English dancer Vernon Castle and U.S. dancer Irene Castle were a famous husband-and-wife dance team who added a sense of spontaneity to formal ballroom dancing. They appeared in several vaudeville acts, ran a dance school, and owned two nightclubs in New York City.
Widely admired for their graceful dance routines and smart fashion sensibilities, ballroom dancers Vernon and Irene Castle spurred the national craze for new, jazz-oriented dance styles in the years before World War I. In an age of widespread racism, the Castles helped popularize African-American and Latin-American dances, including the foxtrot ...
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In the spring of 1912, Vernon and Irene Castle became the sensation of Paris. Word spread and in a short time they were renowned, a dance couple like none the world had ever seen. Around the entire civilized world, men and women alike sought out any news of the Castles.
