Pattie Obey is an American Jazz dance choreographer [1] and a Jazz dance master teacher. In 2000 she was awarded the Jazz Dance World Congress Award due to her significant contribution to the world of Jazz Dance. [2]
Obey is a native of Chicago. [2] She had early roots in performance: her father worked for the Chicago Lyric Opera and she had two aunts who were professional dancers. [3] She started dancing at age three, and began to perform professionally in the 1970s with Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago. [3]
Obey was the first woman to teach at the Jazz Dance World Congress in 1992. [2]
Pattie Obey is an American Jazz dance choreographer [1] and a Jazz dance master teacher. In 2000 she was awarded the Jazz Dance World Congress Award due to her significant contribution to the world of Jazz Dance. [2]
Obey is a native of Chicago. [2] She had early roots in performance: her father worked for the Chicago Lyric Opera and she had two aunts who were professional dancers. [3] She started dancing at age three, and began to perform professionally in the 1970s with Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago. [3]
Obey was the first woman to teach at the Jazz Dance World Congress in 1992. [2]