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Michael Kidd

American film choreographer (1915-2007) · United States · On the map · Died at 92

Michael Kidd was an American film and stage choreographer, dancer and actor, whose career spanned five decades, and who staged some of the leading Broadway and film musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.

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Academy Honorary Award1997
Tony Award for Best Choreography1947
American Choreography Awards

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Kidd, strongly influenced by Charlie Chaplin and Léonide Massine, was an innovator in what came to be known as the "integrated musical", in which dance movements are integral to the plot.

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United States
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Deceased
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Lived 1915 to 2007 · aged 92

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