“Just watch me peg it, you can tell by the way I leg it, I’m Peg-Legged Bates, the one-legged dancing man.” – Clayton Bates Clayton Bates was born in 1907, and raised in South Carolina. At the young age of 5, he began dancing on the street of Fountain Inn, South Carolina for change. At…
“No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.”-Martha Graham A truly American dancer, Martha Graham took on the essence of American life, tribulations, and triumphs within her movement that is based upon the raw and expressive human body. “A dance reveals the spirit…
“I’ve never lived my life by the expectations society puts on you. When something doesn’t feel right or isn’t going the way it should, I listen to my instincts and change it.” -Fatima Robinson At the forefront of the music and video industry is the amazing Fatima Robinson. While working as a young cosmetologist, Fatima…
“The dancer’s body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul.” -Isadora Duncan Known as the “Mother of Modern Dance,” Isadora Duncan was a revolutionary whose influence spread around the globe. Her style of dancing embraced the notion of free-spiritedness coupled with Ancient Greek ideals of beauty, philosophy, and humanity. She brought a totally new…
“To dance, put your hand on your heart and listen to the sound of your soul.”-Eugene Louis Faccuito As a professional dancer in California, Luigi was in a serious car accident. It left one side of him paralyzed and with double vision. Doctors didn’t think he would recover, but Luigi was determined. During his recovery,…
Dance Legends Recaptured 