Robert Alton

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Robert Alton (January 28, 1906 – June 12, 1957) was a Tony Award-winning American dancer and choreographer, a major figure in dance choreography of Broadway and Hollywood musicals from the 1930s through to the early 1950s. He is principally remembered today as the discoverer of Gene Kelly, for his choreographic collaborations with Fred Astaire, and for choreographic sequences he designed for Hollywood musicals such as Show Boat (1951) and The Harvey Girls (1942).

[edit] External links

• Robert Alton at the Internet Movie Database
• Robert Alton at the Internet Broadway Database