#Charles 'Honi' Coles

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Dirty Dancing 1987

[of-fear-and-love]

A cappella music from Rocky II (1979) [Credited singers are Frank Stallone, Charles 'Honi' Coles, Doug Flor, Robert Kondyra and James Zazzarino]

[kemetic-dreams]

When you watch the old Motown groups do their famous dance routines .. you can thank Cholly Atkins for teaching them their moves .. as Michigan Music History remembers Cholly Atkins, who passed away 20 years ago today. Born Charles Atkinson in September of 1913 in Pratt City, Alabama.. “The Man with the Moves” would get his start in Vaudeville in the 30s, and with his partner Honi Coles, became one of the top dance teams at the Apollo Theater. Appearing in the Broadway production of “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” from 1949-1952 .. he would pass along his dancing techniques, known as “vocal choreography’ to acts like the Moonglows, the Cadillacs, Little Anthony & the Imperials and others. When the Miracles were just getting started, Bobby Rogers of the group was their choreographer, and even taught other Motown acts a few moves, until Cholly Atkins began to work with the Miracles as a freelance choreographer. Officially hired by Berry Gordy in 1964, he would teach the Temptations, 4 Tops, Supremes .. all the acts, their famous routines. In the 70s, Atkins would work with acts like the O’Jays, Sylvers and others. Cholly Atkins developed the ‘partner’ dance, which he called the Graystone .. named after the famed Graystone Ballroom. Moving to Vegas, he would continue to teach dance until 2003 .. when he died of pancreatic cancer on April 19th, 2003, just 5 months shy of his 90th birthday. Remembering Motown choreographer Cholly Atkins …

[noah-andrews]

Text: Yeah. I think that's it. I haven't really thought about it. It's cool. In the end I just want you to do what makes you feel comfortable.

Text: There's a famous tap dancer named Charles 'Honi' Coles. He said if you can walk you can tap dance. I don't think it's that simple, but pretty close. You're gonna pick it up hella quick.

Text: Friends. No cap. You me and Kyla dance bros.

Text: Which makes your offer to simply walk in, make total sense! You had experiences where knocking wasn't... really an option. I'm also sure there are people who would have taken you up on the offer to let themselves in. I just happen to prefer knocking first.

Text: Cool! I'm excited to try it! I tend to be a fairly quick learner, and I'm hoping that will extend to dancing.

Text: I'm happy you seem to agree. <3

Text: There's nothing wrong with wanting to chill. The important thing is you managed to have fun!

[kafkasapartment]

The Cotton Club, New York, Harlem, early 20th century. Unknown photographer.

The Cotton Club was a New York City nightclub from 1923 to 1940. It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue (1923-1936), then briefly in the midtown Theater District (1936-1940).The club operated during the United States' era of Prohibition and Jim Crow era racial segregation. Black people initially could not patronize the Cotton Club, but the venue featured many of the most popular black entertainers of the era, including musicians Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Fats Waller, Willie Bryant; vocalists Adelaide Hall,Ethel Waters, Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, Aida Ward, Avon Long, the Dandridge Sisters, the Will Vodery Choir, The Mills Brothers, Nina Mae McKinney, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, and dancers such as Katherine Dunham, Bill Robinson, The Nicholas Brothers, Charles 'Honi' Coles, Leonard Reed, Stepin Fetchit, the Berry Brothers, The Four Step Brothers, Jeni Le Gon and Earl Snakehips Tucker. ~Wikipedia

[delux2222]

“Honi makes butterflies look clumsy. He was my Fred Astaire.” Lena Horne

Happy Birthday, Charles 'Honi' Coles (1911-1992)

With Duke Ellington at the piano and Billy Strayhorn looking on, in the Stanley Theatre, c 1942-1943

[rjt4]

Honi Coles, Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington. Photo by Charles "Teenie" Harris

[saturdaynightmatinee]

CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 7 / 10

Título Original: Dirty Dancing

Año: 1987

Duración: 128 min.

País: Estados Unidos

Director: Emile Ardolino

Guion: Eleanor Bergstein

Música: John Morris, Varios

Fotografía: Jeff Jur

Reparto: Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston, Jane Brucker, Kelly Bishop, Lonny Price, Max Cantor, Charles 'Honi' Coles, Neal Jones

Productora: Great American Films Limited Partnership / Vestron Pictures. Distribuida por Vestron Pictures

Género: Drama, Music, Romance

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092890/

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIcmQNy9FsM

[harlemworldmagazine]

Harlem's Honi Coles Apollo Headliner NY 1940's (Video)

Harlem’s Honi Coles Apollo Headliner NY 1940’s (Video)

Leaders, Legends & Trailblazers

Charles “Honi” Coles, April 2, 1911 – November 12, 1992, was an amazing American actor and tap dancer, also known for his role as Tito Suarez in the film Dirty Dancing. (more…)

[dancebabydancethemovie]

For Throwback Thursday, thanks to @tapdancearchiveproductions and @livinthetaplife for introducing us to who Will Gaines is! What an incredible dancer... Read all below to learn about Will Gaines! 🤗🤗🤗 ・・・・・・ #Repost @livinthetaplife (@get_repost) ・・・ #ThursdayTapThrowback: This is Will Gaines (1928-2014). Born in Baltimore and raised in Detroit, Will saw the Duke Ellington and Count Basie orchestras, master swing orchestra, but was most impressed with the bebop style of Dizzy Gillespie. When he saw young bebop #rhythmtap virtuoso Teddy Hale dance, he dedicated himself to performing the improvisational bebop style. In the 1950s, Gaines worked with jazz greats Lucky Thompson, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, and Sonny Stitt at New York's Apollo Theatre. In 1957, he joined Cab Calloway's orchestra and Martha Ray's Night Club in Miami, and also danced in Las Vegas and Washington, D.C., for President Dwight Eisenhower. He opened at the 500 Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and went on to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Buffalo, New York. Gaines made London his home in the 1960s, appearing at several venues, from concerts halls to countless street appearances alongside major names of British jazz. He was the first American jazz #hoofer to perform at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. In 1983, Gaines appeared in “Masters of Tap” with tap masters Charles “Honi” Coles and Chuck Green, recorded at Riverside Studios in London. In 2005, when he was nearing eighty, Gaines was a featured performer in Cross Currents: Turned On Tap at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at South Bank Centre in London, in which he performed with English, Irish, and American #tapdancers. He received rave reviews for his career as a rhythm #tapdancer. After his death five years ago, Gaines is still regarded as one of America's great ambassadors of jazz #tapdance. This is Will on the Arthur Haynes Show in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Credits to @tapdancearchiveproductions for the clip! https://www.instagram.com/p/By83efRA2os/?igshid=mjzcbh0o5u4h

[luxmagnafest]

Ethel Bruneau: Celebrating A Life in Tap

Lux Magna presents:

Ethel Bruneau: Celebrating A Life in Tap

Initiated by professional dancer Sonya Stefan for Festival Lux Magna in Montreal Quebec, this project is inspired by the beginnings of Montreal tap dancing to present contemporary practices. Trained as tap dancer, she is inspired by this movement form which has been an integral part of Montreal dance history.

Ethel Bruneau, now 82 years old, who was born in Harlem and began her life of tap at only 3 years of age. In 1953 she left Harlem with the Cab Calloway Orchestra dancing as a soubrette, and arrived in Montreal for a 3-week gig. There, she was scooped up by a Montreal agent and the promise of 365 days a year work in Canada’s own Sin City, or Neon City, so-called for its marquee lights, where she performed in all of the hot-spots during the height of Montreal’s jazz era, across Quebec and Ontario and on television. Ethel was immersed among tap's greatest stars: Bill Robinson, Sandman Sims, Honi Coles, Sammy Davis Jr. and Gregory Hines

Ethel Bruneau is joined by her grandchildren Tesfa Llewellyn, Tisha Llewellyn and Majiza Phillip, the next generation of dancers in Montreal. Also performing is Travis Knights, a student of Ethel’s who has been professionally dancing since 2000. He has had the incredible opportunity to work alongside and grow from many of the best talents, including Jackie Richardson, Arthur Duncan, and Gregory Hines.

The evening will be wrapped in the sounds of The Liberté Big Band, a 17-piece big band based in Montreal formed in 2013. Led by Liberté-Anne Lymberiou, this modern, multi-generational ensemble plays compositions by Lymberiou and her contemporaries. The band’s broad mission is to constantly perform new works while maintaining the all-encompassing creativity and communality of the jazz tradition. You’ll hear pieces ranging from afro-latin to free-jazz, bebop to funk, and lots more that even the bandleader has yet to anticipate. Greatly influenced by Charles Mingus, Lymberiou captures the spontaneity and unpredictability of jazz through extended compositions. The moods of the music swing as much as the rhythms do, and inevitably move her audiences, both inside and out.

Doors: 20h00

$17 / $20 doors [Tickets/Billets]

www.luxmagna.ca Twitter / Instagram: @luxmagnafest

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The Sala Rossa is located on the second floor (there are 38 steps total). There are gender neutral washrooms which are not wheelchair accessible. We have a Hearing Assistance System on the FM dial at 101.1 FM. Anyone needing assistance accessing our space can contact us as we are more than happy to try and accommodate people to the best of our ability.

[floxanul]

Rock 'n Roll Revue 1955 from Florin Cosma on Vimeo.

Cast

Cholly Atkins as Himself Louie Bellson as Himself Delta Rhythm Boys as Themselves Ruth Brown as Herself Willie Bryant as Himself - Master of Ceremonies The Clovers as Themselves Nat "King" Cole as Himself Charles "Honi" Coles as Himself Larry Darnell as Himself Martha Davis as Herself Duke Ellington as Himself Lionel Hampton as Himself Little Buck as Himself Mantan Moreland as Himself Leonard Reed as Himself Nipsey Russell as Himself Big Joe Turner as Himself Dinah Washington as Herself

Soundtrack

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - "The Mooche" Big Joe Turner - "Okimoshebop" Dinah Washington - "Only a Moment Ago" Nat "King" Cole and his trio - "The Trouble With Me Is You" Larry Darnell - "What More Do You Want Me to Do" The Clovers - "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash"

[delux2222]

“Honi makes butterflies look clumsy. He was my Fred Astaire.” Lena Horne

Happy Birthday, Charles 'Honi' Coles (1911-1992)

With Duke Ellington at the piano and Billy Strayhorn looking on, in the Stanley Theatre, c 1942-1943

[dancebabydancethemovie]

For Throwback Thursday, here's two legends for the price of one! Charles "Honi" Coles and Dr. Charles "Cholly" Atkins! Enjoy! https://www.instagram.com/p/BucUKgXneUp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sotmzw0c43lw