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Dance teachers I have known: Stanley Holden, revisited — 8 Comments

  1. And he was your teacher, Neo? Lucky you!

    He reminded me very much of Danny Kaye. The face, the joy, the playfulness and just plain fun.

  2. Irene:

    I’ve had many dance teachers—some fascinating, eccentric, wonderful, mean, really all kinds. Most of them were very interesting. Stanley Holden was the most joyful, and a joy to be around. I was a young adult at the time.

    It was at his studio in Los Angeles that a lot of the “Turning Point” dancers came to take class.

  3. Wonderful!!

    Yes, Neo, Irene, pure, enthusiastic, joy, like Danny Kaye or Ray Bolger (if I remember rightly), crazy and delightful and absolutely filled with the girlishness of the “female” character who is dancing! Holden IS the character, and I’m certain she would be affronted if you suggested to her that it was choreographed.

  4. Ha, that was fun. Neo, I assume that at some point you wanted to become a professional dancer. When did that change?

  5. There’s a tulip festival in Holland, MI where this sort of dancing would be right at home. Not Holden’s, but the corps de clog.

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