Chorus line
For the Broadway musical, see A Chorus Line.
Theatrical poster from 1900 showing an early chorus line.
A chorus line is a large group of dancers who together perform synchronized routines, usually in musical theatre. Sometimes, singing is also performed.
Chorus line dancers in Broadway musicals and revues have been referred to by slang terms such as ponies, gypsies and twirlies. Ballet uses the term corps de ballet. A chorus girl or chorine is a female performer in a chorus line (or in a chorus), and the word "chorine" is not to be confused with chlorine.
Musicals
A modern chorus line
- A Chorus Line (1975) - centers on a chorus line audition in Broadway
Famous chorus lines
- Gaiety Girls (started in England during1890s)
- The Rockettes (U.S. act founded in 1925)
- Tiller Girls (international act starting in 1890s)
- Ziegfeld girls
Famous performers
Performers who started out dancing in chorus lines include:
- Josephine Baker[1]
- Tallulah Bankhead
- Joan Blondell
- Betty Boothroyd[2]
- Louise Brooks[1]
- Ruth Chatterton
- June Clyde
- Ellen Corby
- Joan Crawford[3]
- Bette Davis
- Marion Davies
- Marlene Dietrich
- Alice Faye
- Paulette Goddard[1]
- Betty Grable
- Rita Hayworth
- Audrey Hepburn
- Miriam Hopkins
- Lena Horne[1]
- Dorothy Jordan
- Ruby Keeler[3]
- Dorothy Mackaill
- Shirley MacLaine
- Jessie Matthews
- Virginia Mayo
- Marilyn Monroe
- Aida Pierce
- Ginger Rogers
- Barbara Stanwyck[1]
- Inger Stevens
- Gwen Verdon
- Jane Wyman
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Cantu, Maya. American Cinderellas on the Broadway Musical Stage: Imagining the Working Girl from Irene to Gypsy, p. 49 (Palgrave Macmillan 2015).
- ↑ "Profile: 'Call me Madam'". BBC News. 2000-10-23. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
- 1 2 Cantu, Maya. American Cinderellas on the Broadway Musical Stage: Imagining the Working Girl from Irene to Gypsy, p. 18 (Palgrave Macmillan 2015).
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