Pattie Obey is an American Jazz dance choreographer[1] and a Jazz dance master teacher. In 2000 she was awarded the Jazz Dance World Congress Award due to her significant contribution to the world of Jazz Dance.[2]
Biography
editObey is a native of Chicago.[2] She had early roots in performance: her father worked for the Chicago Lyric Opera and she had two aunts who were professional dancers.[3] She started dancing at age three, and began to perform professionally in the 1970s with Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago.[3]
Obey was the first woman to teach at the Jazz Dance World Congress in 1992.[2]
References
edit- ^ "HSPVA Dance Concert Set for Nov. 21". Chron. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ a b c "Pattie Obey". Outerbridge. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ a b Leigh, Merrill (August 2000). "Jazz Adventurer Pattie Obey". Dance Magazine. 78 (8): 46. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
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