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Award for tap dance
The Flo-Bert Award honors "outstanding figures in the field of
tap dance ".
[1]
History
Named for eminent African-American performers
Florence Mills and
Bert Williams ,
[2] the awards began in 1991. Flo-Bert, Ltd , the non-profit organization that makes the selections, was founded by historian and researcher
Delilah Jackson in 1989.
[1] The organization is sponsored by the
New York Foundation for the Arts .
The Flo-Bert Award is given annually. Honorees include
Gregory Hines ,
Cab Calloway ,
Gene Kelly ,
Savion Glover , and the
Nicholas Brothers .
[2] The award is meant to recognize life achievement in performing, teaching or supporting the art of tap dance.
The organization holds an awards show, The Tap Extravaganza . It is produced by The New York Committee to Celebrate
National Tap Dance Day .
[1]
Honorees
listed alphabetically; year of award indicated
Jerry Ames, founder and artistic director of Jerry Ames Tap Dance Company; 2006
Maceo Anderson, original member of The Four Step Brothers, early innovator of the acrobatic tap style; 1994
Cholly Atkins , partner of
Charles "Honi" Coles ;
Motown choreographer; 1993
Bob Audy; 2007
Jean Bach; 2008
Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates ; 1991
John Bedford; 2006
[3]
Phil Black ; 1996
Bunny Briggs; 1999
[2]
Ernest "Brownie" Brown , member of the Hoofer's Club, original member of
The Original Copasetics , half of vaudeville duo Cook and Brown; 2003
Brenda Bufalino, creator and choreographer for the American and International Tap Dance Orchestras;
[4] 1999
[2]
Cab Calloway , dancer and bandleader; 1992
Lon Chaney ; 1991
The
Cotton Club Girls; 1992
Harold Cromer, Stumpy of the tap team
Stump and Stumpy ; 2005
Stanley Donen , film director (Singing in the Rain , Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ); 2003
Paul Draper , partner of
Larry Adler ; 1993
Arthur Duncan ; 2004
Mercedes Ellington , choreographer, dancer, producer; first black member of the
June Taylor Dancers , granddaughter of
Duke Ellington ; 2009
Savion Glover , star of
Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk ; 2000
Yvette Glover, mother of Savion Glover; 2007
Jane Goldberg, tap performer and historian;
[5] 2002
Chuck Green ; 1991
Ralph Guild; 2006
Lionel Hampton , musician; 1995
Barry Harris , pianist, composer and teacher; 1998
George Hillman ; 1991
Gregory Hines , brother of Maurice Hines; 1998
Maurice Hines , brother of Gregory Hines; 2008
Milt Hinton , jazz bassist; 1997
Melba Huber; 1996
Delilah Jackson , founded Flo-Bert, Ltd. and the Flo-Bert Awards; 2001
Gene Kelly ; 1994
Sali Ann Kriegsman; 1997
[6]
Mable Lee , singer-dancer, one of the original
Apollo Girls ; 2004
Jeni LeGon, member of the
Whitman Sisters ; 2001
[7]
Henry LeTang , taught Gregory Hines;
[7] choreographer of the movies Tap and The Cotton Club , Broadway plays Eubie , Black and Blue and Sophisticated Ladies ; 1995
Bernard Manners; 1991
Frankie Manning , member of
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers ; 2004
Ann Miller ; 1994
Deborah Mitchell, founder of the New Jersey Tap Ensemble; 2007
[6]
Cobi Narita; 2005
The
Nicholas Brothers ; 1992
Donald O'Connor ; 1997
Frank Ownes, pianist/arranger/composer; 2002
Radio City Rockettes ; 1996
Leonard Reed , inventor of the
Shim Sham Shimmy ; 2000
LaVaughn Robinson ; 2005
Jo Rowan; 2006
[3]
The Silver Belles ; 1992
[8]
Randy Skinner ; 2010
Jimmy Slyde ; 1991
Prince Spencer, one of the
Four Step Brothers ;
[7] 2009
Peggy Spina; 2008
Bross Townsend , pianist; 1996
Tommy Tune ; 2003
Dianne Walker ; 2003
George Wein , originator of the
Newport Jazz Festival ; 2004
Ruth Williams, founder of the Ruth Williams Dance Studio in
Harlem ; 1996
Heather Cornell, co-founder of Manhattan Tap; 2012
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