"Jeni LeGon is one of the first African American women in tap dance to develop a career as a soloist. Not a high-heeled dancer in pretty skirts, she was a low-heeled dancer performing toe-stand in pants, and her rigorous combination of flash, acrobatics, and rhythm dancing proved you didn’t have to be a man to dance like a hoofer. Born in 1916 and raised near the south side of Chicago, her musical talents were developed on the street in neighborhood bands and musical groups. At the age of thirteen, buoyed by her brother who got a job touring as a singer and exhibition ballroom dancer, she landed her first job in musical theatre, dancing as a soubrette in pants, not pretty skirts." Thank you Ms. LeGon for all of your contributions and inspiration! Please click the link below and learn more about Jeni LeGon. :-)
http://www.atdf.org/awards/legon.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnGd6Gns4Is
“I danced like the boys. I could do the girls’ splits, but I used the boys’ splits because you could get up faster.” - Jeni LeGon
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