Michael Kidd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michael Kidd

American film choreographer

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1915

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 23-Dec-2007

Profession: actor, choreographer, film director, theater director, dancer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Michael Kidd (August 12, 1915 – December 23, 2007) was an American film and stage choreographer, dancer and actor, whose career spanned five decades, and staged some of the leading Broadway and film musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
Kidd, who was 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. He was probably best known for his athletic dance numbers in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, a 1954 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical, and for helping Fred Astaire with the choreography for "Girl Hunt Ballet" and "Dancing in the Dark" in the 1953 musical film The Band Wagon.
Film critic Stephanie Zacharek called the barn-raising sequence in Seven Brides "one of the most rousing dance numbers ever put on screen".
He was the first choreographer to win five Tony Awards, and was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1996 for advancing dance in film.