• Eccentric dance is a style of dance performance in which the moves are unconventional and individualistic. It developed as a genre in the United States...
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  • Jack Lorimer (category Eccentric dancers)
    Jack "Jock" Lorimer (1883–1920) was a Scottish comedy actor and popular music hall entertainer. Originally from Forres in Scotland, he performed as "The...
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    Midnight Oil. As a performer he is known for his signature bald head, his eccentric dance style, and a "mesmerising onstage presence". He served as President...
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    Eddie Foy (category Eccentric dancers)
    and Irving then perform a comedy routine. Next, Eddie Jr. does an eccentric dance routine, there's a short song interlude, and the film ends with soft...
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    Ray Bolger (category Eccentric dancers)
    (/ˈboʊldʒər/; January 10, 1904 – January 15, 1987) was an American actor, dancer, singer, vaudevillian, and stage performer (particularly musical theater)...
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  • Joe Bennett (1889 - August 31, 1967) was an American vaudeville eccentric dancer. Harland Dixon described him as "[having] legs of iron ... He only had...
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    6, 1867 – January 13, 1946) was an American vaudeville performer, eccentric dancer and silent film actor. He was the father of actor Buster Keaton and...
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  • good measure) sung by Powell, adds in an eccentric dance routine by Ebsen, and ends in a flurry of tap dancing by Powell culminating in a patriotic salute...
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  • Tony Azito (category Eccentric dancers)
    (born Antonio Zito; July 18, 1948 – May 26, 1995) was an American eccentric dancer and character actor. He was best known for comedic and grotesque parts...
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    Buddy Ebsen (category Eccentric dancers)
    6, 2003), also known as Frank "Buddy" Ebsen, was an American actor and dancer. One of his most famous roles was as Jed Clampett in the CBS television...
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    Betty Knox (category Eccentric dancers)
    coming up with the idea of wearing Egyptian costumes and performing eccentric dancing in a comic imitation of hieroglyphic wall paintings. This rapidly...
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    to shape a dance culture in Mexico. Various scenic proposals began to emerge, including opera, the cancán, eccentric dances, Mexican dances, variety shows...
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  • Damsel in Distress and "They Can't Take That Away From Me" from Shall We Dance. "Musicals Tonight!", New York City, presented a staged concert in September...
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  • Egyptian imagery following the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. The "sand dance" that formed the highlight of their act was a parody of postures from Egyptian...
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  • teaching methods. A few one-off characters include Mrs. Waloosh, the eccentric dance teacher at the school; Mrs. Franklin, a substitute from the second...
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  • Harland Dixon (category Eccentric dancers)
    remained married until his death. Dixon was known for his inventive and eccentric dance moves, being especially good at mimicry and use of a cane. His signature...
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    – incorporates a wild and eccentric dance style; Guardian journalist Andrew Stafford wrote that Garrett has a "unique dance step that captivated audiences...
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    Norka Rouskaya (category Eccentric dancers)
    Swiss eccentric dancer and actress. Her mother was named Mercedes Franciscus. Rousaya was born in 1899 in the Canton of Ticino. She trained as a dancer and...
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  • May 1916 – 1 January 2000) was a vaudevillian style comic, clown and eccentric dancer. Carl was born in Ohio, and he started his comedy career traveling...
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    Joe Frisco (category Eccentric dancers)
    American vaudeville performer who first made his name on stage as a jazz dancer, but later incorporated his stuttering voice to his act and became a popular...
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    Gordon Dooley (category Eccentric dancers)
    August 1898 - 23 January 1930) was an American vaudeville comedian and eccentric dancer. He was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, to Robert Roger Dooley (originally...
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  • Sally Eilers, and featuring George Raft as the sidekick with a solo eccentric dance performance. It was the first of only three films directed by Rowland...
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    An eccentric flint is an elite chipped artifact of an often irregular ('eccentric') shape produced by the Classic Maya civilization of ancient Mesoamerica...
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    Raft appeared at the climax when he "came to the front and did his eccentric dance routine, which he climaxed with the hottest black bottom ever. He goaled...
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    James Barton (actor) (category Eccentric dancers)
    "Whenever the book failed him, he shuffled into one or more of his eccentric dances." He commonly worked in blackface at the time. Barton's other theatre...
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  • Hal Le Roy (category Eccentric dancers)
    John LeRoy Schotte, December 10, 1913 – May 2, 1985) was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer appearing on stage, in film, and on television. Hal Le...
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    enhance his stage presence. He has also been known to break out into eccentric dance moves during songs with various facial expressions. Between tours and...
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  • Bruce". Ian Bruce is also known for his creative music videos and eccentric dancing both onstage and in his music videos. Ian Bruce was educated at Eton...
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    and closes with Minaj lying in the cage calmly after finishing an eccentric dance. The whole video has scenes flashing rapidly in and out of view. Upon...
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    George M. Cohan (category Eccentric dancers)
    an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and theatrical producer. Cohan began his career as a child, performing with...
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