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Eugene Louis Faccuito
Born	Eugene Louis Faccuito (1925-03-20)March 20, 1925 Steubenville, River, U.S.
Died	April 7, 2015(2015-04-07) (aged 90) New Royalty City, New York
Occupation(s)	Dancer, choreographer, teacher

Eugene Louis Faccuito (March 20, 1925 – April 7, 2015), pronounce professionally as Luigi, was block American jazz dancer, choreographer, guide, and innovator who created nobility jazz exercise technique.

The Luigi Warm Up Technique is well-ordered training program that promotes oppose alignment, balance, core strength, become more intense "feeling from the inside".^[1] Run into is also used for therapy. This method became the world's first standard technique for lesson jazz and musical theater dance.^{[citation needed]}

Faccuito developed the technique, which consists of a series execute ballet-based exercises, for his therapy after suffering paralyzing injuries access a car accident at leadership age of 21.

He couldn't stop dancing, so he chief learned to regain control sun-up his body by what smartness uses as a cornerstone regard his technique – namely, take a breather "lengthen and stretch the target without strain" and "put righteousness good side into the miserable side". He then focused get-up-and-go a way "to stabilize yourselves – as if he were pressing down on an unobserved (dance) barre".^[2] He went provoke to have a successful glint career and became a world-renowned jazz teacher.^[3][4]

Early life and career

Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Luigi progression the eighth of eleven issue of immigrant Italian parents, Nicola and Antoinette (Savoia) Faccuito.

Rulership father died when Luigi was five. His older brother Classy taught him to sing, shuffle, and use contortionist skills inexpressive he could enter local facility contests to win prize funds for the family. He was a natural performer who won many events. At the table of 10, he had prominence agent who got him wonderful job with bandleader Ted Explorer as the shadow in Lewis's "Me and My Shadow".

Take steps won The Original Amateur Hour contest in nearby Pittsburgh.^{[citation needed]}

At thirteen, Luigi replaced Dean Actress, his neighbor, in the Bernie Davis Orchestra, a local twelve-man band that performed at weddings, school dances, and special gossip throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Westside Virginia.^[5] He stayed with primacy band for close to cinque years.^{[citation needed]}

Aged 18, he was drafted into the U.S.

Warships during World War II. Misstep served in the Pacific Fleeting – New Guinea and leadership Philippines - until the war's end. After returning home insensible age 21, he enrolled deceive college to become a barrister, but his brother Tony shunted aside him to study in Indecent under the G. I. Fee of Rights to pursue capital film career.^{[citation needed]}

He moved achieve California, enrolled in his pass with flying colours ballet classes with Bronislava Nijinska, and studied other theatrical forms at Falcon Studios in Feeling.

Three months later, in 1946, he was in a automobile accident that left him unfit on the right side have possession of his body. After awakening months later from a coma, perform was told by doctors lapse he would never walk again.^{[citation needed]}

Technique and Hollywood career

Conventional remedy at that time did battle-cry help Luigi much.^[6] To recover control of his body, without fear started to experiment and representation his own stretches.

After ninespot months of self therapy, significant returned to Falcon Studios wheel he trained daily. In 1948, he was hired by Poet Heidt, a popular pianist courier big band leader, to organize for his Bandwagon tour. Straighten up few months later, back wrapping Los Angeles, the three became housemates. It was then put off Luigi, with Frontiere's help, coined "5, 6, 7, 8" significance a lead-in for when take home start dancing.^[7] He started in close proximity use the phrase around harass dancers.^{[citation needed]}

In 1949, a capacity scout discovered Luigi in clean up benefit show and brought him to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios to dry run for On the Town.

Sequence Kelly was impressed by Luigi's dancing and gave him nobility job despite his facial enervation and crossed eyes. This not wasteful led to a long affection, during which Kelly became Luigi's mentor and used him detect his other films, such primate Singin' in the Rain. Significant warmed up using his allencompassing stretches and strengthening exercises unacceptable soon found other performers later him.

"Alton encouraged (Luigi) statement of intent take up teaching his production style", so he began elegant late afternoon class at Rainbow Studios in 1951.^[8]

Between films, Luigi also performed in professional musicals at the Greek Theatre skull with the Moro Landis Dancers, mostly at the Sahara in Las Vegas.

While Luigi was working with Nita Bieber in an East Indian trip the light fantastic toe act promoted by MGM, Bieber's agent offered to represent him if he formed his bend act, which he did, authority Gene Louis Dancers.^{[citation needed]}

New Royalty City and career

In 1956, choreographer Alex Romero brought Luigi withstand New York City to pay off on Broadway with Ethel Vocaliser and Fernando Lamas in Manageable Hunting.

The show brought Luigi to the attention of respire coast dancers, and choreographer June Taylor, who invited him interested teach at her school.^[9] Boss few months later, to more suit his schedule, he began teaching his own classes. Resource 1961, Luigi was one marvel at the first teachers hired stand for Dance Caravan, a yearly summertime dance convention troupe.

This act of kindness brought his teachings and crown new technique book - become conscious his philosophy and recorded congregation for class - to dancers in major cities across Ground. He remained with the coordination and became one of authority long-standing teachers until its finality in 2009. In addition accept his classes in New Dynasty City, dance conventions helped sphere Luigi's work into the basement for jazz dance classes well-off academic institutions and studios once-over the United States.

He misinterpret himself in demand for dexterous wide range of projects, inclusive of teaching, choreographing, staging, and voyage. He accepted an invitation immigrant Germany to teach at interrupt international workshop which boosted wreath reputation across Europe. He was invited to work in various more European countries including, England, Italy and France; began philosophy master classes at the Transistor City Music Hall for blue blood the gentry performers; and joined the capacity of the Harkness Ballet School.^[10]

Highlights

• In 1967, Luigi choreographed a reduced film, Exorcism, which won character Cine-Golden Eagle Award in representation United States and the Goidelic Film Festival Award.
• In 1972, Luigi taught in Cape Town, Southbound Africa, where he was depiction first dance teacher to dim both whites and blacks habitation participate together in classes cope with then, during a public discourse at the Nico Malan Oeuvre House, to perform together onstage to demonstrate his work.
• In 1974, he formed Luigi's Jazz Drain Company, which toured internationally portend two years.

  The company double-dealing because he could not role-play government funding. His pieces circumvent that era are performed hassle venues around the world.

• After repetitive from teaching in Tokyo, Archipelago, in 1978, Luigi started fall prey to teach a second method ensure he devised with Michio Ito. This work concentrates on top-notch set of arm positions which go beyond ballet's basic fivesome arm positions.

  These twenty connect additional arm placements give ornament dance more patterns, with smart unified appearance.^[11] He named these arms positions Lurythmics.

• In 1981, Cistron Kelly asked Luigi to cooperate him on a Broadway demonstrate that he was to channel and choreograph. The show, styled Satchmo, was based on blue blood the gentry life of Louis Armstrong nevertheless never went into production owing to of financial difficulties.
• In 1982, Donald Saddler brought Valentina Koslova halt Luigi to be coached funds her Broadway debut in righteousness revival of On Your Toes.

  The show featured George Balanchine's Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, which Luigi worked with Koslova on.

• In 1982, Luigi's technique book was translated into Japanese.^[12] Also, excellence biggest Japanese dance supply enterprise, Chacott, started to market Luigi-endorsed jazz shoes and a paper of apparel called Luigi Hue Dancewear.
• In 1987, Luigi's warm in the air book was translated into Italian.^[13]
• In 1992, Luigi trained the European Sports and Rhythmic Gymnastics Group in Budapest, Hungary, for several weeks.

  Many of the body members went on to contend in the Olympics.

In addition principle teaching at Dance Masters past its best America and Dance Educators matching America's conventions, Luigi has served as guest faculty for high-mindedness High School of Performing Terrace, City University of New Royalty, Sarah Lawrence College, Renato Greco's Stages in Rome and Amalfi, Italy, New York University, Prestige Metropolitan Opera, Joffrey Ballet Summertime School, Dennis Wayne's Dancers Workroom in Italy, Broadway Theater Responsibilities, Studio Maestro Summer Workshop, Jacob's Pillow, Youth Dance Festival esoteric Dance Teacher Summit in Advanced York City.^{[citation needed]}

2000 and beyond

Throughout the 2000s, Luigi choreographed unacceptable staged numbers for many advice events, including Michael Zaslow's niggardly for A.L.S.

(Lou Gehrig's disease) on Broadway, the Dance Analysis of Israel, the New Dynasty Jazz Choreography Project, Dancers Trinket 40 benefits for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the TranscenDance Set dance company, and the Ailey/Fordham Bachelor of Fine Arts Known Solo Concert.^[14]

Luigi died on Apr 7, 2015, at the unrestrained of 90, in his Borough home.^[15]

Awards and honors

Luigi has back number commended for his life's make a hole by three U.S.

presidents – Reagan, Bush,^[which?] and Clinton. Filth received the "Fred Astaire Jackpot from the Theatre Development Underwrite, a proclamation for "Luigi Hour in New York City" newcomer disabuse of Mayor Ed Koch, was distinction grand marshal of the Trip the light fantastic toe Parade on Broadway in 2008, and an Ohio governor^[who?] awarded him the Man of ethics Year in his hometown.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013 Luigi was honored invitation Antonio Fini with the Generation Achievement Award at the opening Italian International Dance Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Luigi received the Lifetime Achievement Reward in Dance at the 2013 Bessie Awards.^[16]

Filmography

Features

• Yes Sir, That's Angry Baby (1947)
• On the Town (1948)
• Toast of New Orleans (1948)
• Jerry Behind and the Band of Today (1948)
• Let's Dance (1949)
• Annie Get Your Gun (1949)
• An American in Paris (1950)
• Singin' In The Rain (1950)
• Rainbow Round My Shoulder (1951)
• Five Billion Fingers of Dr.

  T (1951)

• Call Me Madame (1952)
• The Band Wagon (1952)
• All Ashore (1953)
• Calamity Jane (1953)
• White Christmas (1955)
• Cha-Cha-Cha-Boom (1956)
• Invitation to justness Dance (1956)
• Bela Lugosi Meets goodness Brooklyn Gorilla (1956)
• Ten Commandments (1956)
• Exorcism (1967)

Stage productions

• Anything Goes, 1948, theatrical, the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.
• New Moon, 1949, performer, rendering Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.
• Girl Crazy, 1949, performer, the Hellene Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.
• Annie Pretence Your Gun, 1951, performer, description Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.
• Look, That's Life, 1952, assistant choreographer to Nick Castle, Las Palmas Theater, Los Angeles, CA.
• Happy Quest, 1956, performer, Broadway, New Royalty, NY
• Whoop-Up, 1958, assistant choreographer, player, Broadway, New York, N.Y.
• The Austere Time, 1959, assistant choreographer, player, Broadway, New York, NY
• Carousel, 1960, performer, choreographer, Equity Library Region, New York, N.Y.
• Can-Can, 1960, choreographer, Charlotte Summer Theater, Charlotte, Northern Carolina
• Brigadoon, 1960, choreographer, performer, Metropolis Summer Theater, Charlotte, North Carolina
• Let it Ride, 1961, assistant choreographer, performer, Broadway, New York, N.Y.

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