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Michael Kidd (August 12, 1915 – December 23, 2007) was an American film and stage choreographer, dancer and actor, whose career spanned five decades, and who staged some of the leading Broadway and film musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
Michael Kidd was an award winning American choreographer who over his long and productive career spanning decades revolutionized choreography on the American stage and cinema.
Dec 21, 2018 · 1915 – 2007. From Broadway to Hollywood, Michael Kidd was a well respected award winning choreographer, dancer, director and actor. Mr. Kidd would often draw on ideas/inspirations for his choreography from silent screen era of Charlie Chaplin.
Michael Kidd, the award-winning choreographer of exuberant dance numbers for Broadway shows like “Finian’s Rainbow,” “Guys and Dolls”‘ and “Can-Can” and Hollywood musicals like ...
Lithe, diminutive and unimposing, Michael Kidd never asked a dancer to perform a step or move he himself could not do. One of Broadway's and Hollywood's most distinguished, inventive and gifted choreographers, it was not uncommon to remember his expert dance sequences above all else.
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An important choreographer, director, and dancer who pioneered a joyful and energetic style of dancing. Kidd was a soloist with the Ballet Theatre (later called the American Ballet Theatre)...
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Michael Kidd was a renowned Broadway choreographer known for his iconic dance sequences in both theater and film. Born on August 12, 1915, in New York City, Kidd developed a passion for dance at a young age.