Busby Berkeley

Busby Berkeley

"By a Waterfall," from the film Footlight Parade (1933) exemplifies the spectacular scale of Busby Berkeley's production numbers, which created geometric patterns out of female bodies. (FP-82; from the collections of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Madison, Wisconsin.) Dance director Busby Berkeley (1895-1976) may have had his most critical training in the army. As an entertainment officer in 1917, he gained a reputation for exceptional drill routines. By 1930 he had...
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The Most Famous Dance Theatres Around the World

The Most Famous Dance Theatres Around the World

The stage is where an artist can express. And dance beautifully allows one to emote themselves and spread a message in the most effective way. It lets us bring forward our unique personalities before the crowd and unpeel the layers of talent and grit that nobody expected out of us. Here is a list of the dance theatres around the world, that have been witness to the grandeur of dance...
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