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Charles "Cholly" Atkins (born Charles Sylvan Atkinson; September 13, 1913 – April 19, 2003) was an American dancer and vaudeville performer, who later became noted as the house choreographer for the various artists on the label Motown.
Apr 23, 2003 · Cholly Atkins, a superb dancer who brought the polished precision of his legendary tap act with Honi Coles to choreographing the sassy, synchronized moves of the most celebrated Motown...
Apr 22, 2010 · Learn about Cholly Atkins, a pioneer of tap and jazz dance who created the Motown look and style. He also partnered with Honi Coles, taught at the Katherine Dunham School, and won a Tony Award for Black and Blue.
Apr 23, 2003 · Cholly Atkins, who joined Charles “Honi” Coles in probably the most distinctively elegant tap-dance duo of the late 1940s through the mid-1960s, but later achieved his greatest fame as a...
Sep 19, 2012 · 102K views 11 years ago. Choreographer Cholly Atkins, rehearsing "Lady Soul" with the Temptations (from "Motown on Showtime: Temptations and Four Tops" 1986) Full video here: • Video ...more.
Mar 13, 2019 · Cholly Atkins Taught Motown to Dance. His Moves Get an Update in ‘Ain’t Too Proud.’. Cholly Atkins, left, rehearsed with the Four Tops in the basement of the Apollo Theater in 1964. Mr....
Master choreographer, master dancer, master diretor, and master teacher, Atkins is the quintessential American dancer. [Sources: Jaqui Malone, Class Act: The Jazz Life of Cholly Atkins; Jacqui Malone, "Cholly Atkins," International Tap Association Journal, July/August 2003 vol. 14 no. 1:18-19.
