Gregory Oliver Hines (1946–2003) spent his boyhood days at Harlem’s Apollo Theater with his brother Maurice, watching tap dancers like Chuck Green, Charles “Honi” Coles, Teddy Hale, The Nicholas Brothers, and Howard “Sandman” Sims. Between performances, the hoofers would gather in the dimly lit, costume-cluttered basement to jam on the worn-in rehearsal floor. It was […]
Read up on Gregory Hines here, then test your students’ knowledge with this quiz! 1. As young children, Gregory Hines and his brother Maurice were a professional act called what? A) The Hines Kids B) Hines Times Two C) Hines+Hines 2. Who was Gregory Hines’ first teacher? 3. As a young kid, where did Hines […]
Maurice Hines, a dazzling member of tap dance and Broadway royalty, died on December 29, 2023, two weeks after his 80th birthday. If you were fortunate enough to meet the dapper dancer, actor, and singer—even if only briefly—Hines had a way of making you feel like you were a star in your own right. Family […]
Mikhail Nikolaevitch Baryshnikov is one of the greatest male ballet dancers of all time, ranked with Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev. Hailed for his performances with American Ballet Theatre in the 1970s and ’80s, Baryshnikov has had a wide-ranging career, spanning the realms of choreography, performance, direction, film, television and theater. After training at the […]