Jack Cole

Jack Cole was a trained Modern dancer, he was a great influence for most of the great 20th century masters of performance jazz. His first professional appearance was in August 1930. It was in the 1930's roughly that Jack Cole began to add into his choreography the African influences. He was also known for incorporating some East Indian cultures and mo

His influence meant Jack Cole became a famous choreographer in Hollywood. Due to his fame he worked with many a celebrity and singers with their choreography. Rita Hayworth, Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe. In particular Cole was known for working closely with Marilyn Monroe he was the choreographer of the inconic of performance "Diamonds are a girl's best friend ". Working with Marilyn Monroe was definitely the major first step in Cole's life to become of the most famous jazz dance choreographers of his time.

His male dancers slither low to the ground before erupting into leaps, falls and his famous knee slides. His females are as suggestively sexy as strippers and are often dressed like them, in body-hugging sheaths, feathers and opera gloves that can be peeled off at the right moment. He had a keen instinct for group movements in his dances, yet was detailed enough to choreograph the lip-pursings of Grable and Monroe as they sang.