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Encyclopedia > Chorus line

A chorus line is a substantial 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 were called ponies, but are now called gypsies. A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... Synchronization is coordination with respect to time. ... The Fantasticks was the longest-running musical in history. ... Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with speech. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... A revue is a type of theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches that satirize contemporary figures, news, or literature. ...

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Musicals based on Chorus lines

A Chorus Line is a Broadway musical that opened at the Shubert Theatre on July 25, 1975 and closed on April 28, 1990 after 6,137 performances. ...

Famous chorus lines

The Rockettes are a well-known precision dance company, stationed out of the Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, New York City. ...

Famous performers

Performers who started out dancing in chorus lines include:

Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977) was an acclaimed, iconic, Academy Award winning American actress. ... Marion Davies illustrated by Hamilton King, 1920 Marion Davies (born January 3, 1897; died September 23, 1961) was an American comedic actress. ... Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty April 24, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, well-known not only for her acting, but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation. ... Gwen Evelyn Verdon (January 13, 1925 in Culver City, California – October 18, 2000 in Woodstock, Vermont) was an acclaimed Tony Award winning American dancer and actress. ...

See also

*The Lady Greys performing a chorus line routine in 2006 The Can-can (also spelt Cancan, Can Can) is regarded today primarily as a music hall dance, perfomed by a chorus line of female dancers who wear costumes with long skirts, petticoats, and black stockings, harking back to the fashions of the 1890s. ...

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A Chorus Line Tickets - A Chorus Line Broadway Theater Tickets - A Chorus Line Musical Ticket Broker (419 words)
A musical adventure for the entire audience, A Chorus Line is an event surely not to be missed.
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Broadway: The American Musical . Memorable Musicals . A Chorus Line | PBS (322 words)
"A Chorus Line" had the slimmest plot a musical had seen since "On the Town," but it had a hell of a great idea: 25 dancers desperately auditioning for eight jobs on the chorus line of a new musical.
"A Chorus Line," like "Hair," was developed downtown at the Public Theater, and upon its transfer uptown in the fall of 1975, it caught the public's imagination.
The overwhelming success of the show is particularly impressive because "A Chorus Line" ran counter to most every convention the American musical had carefully built up over a century.
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