Dancers Sidetracked by Other Careers

angela · **Posted:** Sun Oct 07, 2001 5:55 am

3 very sexy ladies from the old BATMAN TV series:Julie Newmar(Catwoman),Eartha Kitt(also Catwoman,danced for Kathryn Dunham-spell wrg),Yvonne Craig(Batgirl,trained in ballet,I believe was in a co. as well).

Maggie · **Posted:** Sun Oct 07, 2001 11:23 am

Right, Angela. Yvonne Craig joined the Ballet Russe in 1954. She also collects African masks that were used in ceremonial dancing.

angela · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2001 3:10 pm

WOW--thanks MAGGIE!!!So it was the Ballet Russe?Seeing her in that costume again motivates me to DEFINITELY continue my lessons!

Maggie · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2001 3:11 pm

Yes, Angela. Then you can get a costume just like it! I wonder what it was made of.

angela · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2001 2:19 pm

LOL-Maggie) The Tilly sisters also danced Meg(Big Chill) and Jennifer(Bullets Over Broadway)--Meg was on her way to ABT from Canada ,I believed when she was 1st side tracked by a back injury....

angela · **Posted:** Wed Oct 10, 2001 6:53 am

CARMEN ELECTRA was/is a dancer.You know her--from that VERY INFORMATIVE show about lifeguards,Baywatch.

LMCtech · **Posted:** Wed Oct 10, 2001 8:57 am

Has anyone mentioned Michelle Yeoh of "Croaching Tiger..." fame. She was at the Royal Academy and had to quit when the also developed a back injury. She then went on the do the much less strenuous art of Hong Kong action films...

angela · **Posted:** Wed Oct 10, 2001 9:57 am

Thats right LMCtech-I remember reading that too!Hasnt done so bad,has she?

mehunt · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2001 7:52 am

Zhang Ziyi (Who played Jen, Jade Fox's protegee) was also ballet trained as a child in Beijing.

LMCtech · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2001 3:10 pm

Seems like the transition might be an easy one. Maybe I should try that next...

Azlan · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2001 9:34 am

And then there was Lucille Ball: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>'I Love Lucy': Coolly Confident, Timelessly FunnyJOYCE MILLMAN, NY Times...Trained as a dancer, she took pratfalls, contorted herself into pretzels and arches, and it all made for a thrilling lesson in the strength and agility of the female body. (Decades later, physical comedians like Lily Tomlin and Gilda Radner finished what Ball started, turning chaotic energy into a feminist statement.)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/14/arts/television/14MILL.html target=_blank>More</a>

angela · **Posted:** Mon Oct 15, 2001 6:37 am

Lucy was on TWICE in the morning here --than it was replaced by this stupid show SEX WARS.

angela · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2001 1:04 pm

Actress JASMINE GUY from series A DIFFERENT WORLD--she danced in the Broadway cast of the WIZ. And the late,beautiful ANITA MORRIS;who was in the Broadway hit NINE(in that famous, blacklace, see-through outfit),and made many TV,movies appearances.She was married to GROVER DALE--who also and continues to dance--besides being a columnist for DANCE MAGAZINE and publisher of DANCE FITNESS.He was part of the original WEST SIDE STORY,and many other wonderful Broadway and movie musicals.

angela · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2001 12:10 pm

ZELDA FITZGERALD;I'm watching a documentary on F.Scott Fitzgerald-its very sad. Basically she gave up her dancing and her OWN writing talent to be his wife(she tried to break into the pro ballet circuit and had at least one book published);she was intentionally overshadowed by him and if you ask me thats probably the REAL reason she became crazy.

bebounce · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2001 4:22 pm

yeah, Jasmine guy is currently teaching dance in california.


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