6 Degrees of Separation: Jack Cole & Casey Nicholaw Six degrees of separation is a theory based on the idea that all people or things in this world can be “connected” through six steps or less. While it may be broad, and not always clear connections, it is very possible to connect any two people in less than six degrees. For this assignment, I will be connecting two famous dance choreographers: Jack Cole, and Casey Nicholaw. Though the two don’t seem to have much in common other than their choreographing professions, we will find that they have more similarities than we originally may have thought. I have found connections to Casey Nicholaw from Jack Cole, through other dancers and choreographers they have met throughout their lives, placed they’ve worked and lived, along with awards they have won. While some connections are direct, and some are through the 6 (or less)
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He is known as the “father of jazz dance” and had many successes during his life. He began his dance choreographing career with Denishawn; training with Cecchetti, and studying with Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. He took inspiration from his mastery of Indian style, bharate natyam, when creating jazz pieces. He worked with Columbia Pictures, and 20th Century Fox in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, where he later died on February 17, 1974. Cole had choreographed for musicals, television-including commercials, music videos. and even nightclub revues; and had also performed on Broadway many times. Cole had one of the most diverse dancing and choreographing career, beginning with modern dance and ballet, mastering Indian and other Asian dances, then moving toward contemporary and jazz. He had a unique combination of all styles, that made him well admired and quite popular among the arts. He was seen as an innovator a dance movement, and was a mentor to many major dancers that have continued to dance and produce, in Cole’s
He is known as the “father of jazz dance” and had many successes during his life. He began his dance choreographing career with Denishawn; training with Cecchetti, and studying with Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. He took inspiration from his mastery of Indian style, bharate natyam, when creating jazz pieces. He worked with Columbia Pictures, and 20th Century Fox in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, where he later died on February 17, 1974. Cole had choreographed for musicals, television-including commercials, music videos. and even nightclub revues; and had also performed on Broadway many times. Cole had one of the most diverse dancing and choreographing career, beginning with modern dance and ballet, mastering Indian and other Asian dances, then moving toward contemporary and jazz. He had a unique combination of all styles, that made him well admired and quite popular among the arts. He was seen as an innovator a dance movement, and was a mentor to many major dancers that have continued to dance and produce, in Cole’s