Choreographer · Dancer

Joseph Smith

American dancer and choreographer

Born 1875Died 1932
Joseph Smith
Image: unknown publicity photographer for the 1908 Broadway musical, "The Queen of the Moulin Rouge" · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Joseph Smith was a choreographer and dancer, born in 1875, who died in 1932.

Biography

Joseph C. Smith (1875–1932) was an American dancer, musical theatre actor, and choreographer. He introduced tango to the United States in 1911. In a letter to the New York Times he claimed that he introduced it at the Winter Garden Theatre, dancing with Dorothy Jardon, in the show called Review of 1911. He was the son of George Washington Smith (1820-1899), America's first male ballet star.

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