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Matt Mattox (August 16, 1921 – February 18, 2013 [1]) was an American jazz and ballet dancer. He was a Broadway performer and a specialty dancer in many Hollywood musicals. His best-known film role was as Caleb Pontipee in the 1954 film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers .
30. Apr. 2013 · A jazz dancer, choreographer, and teacher who created a freestyle movement vocabulary that mixed ballet, modern, tap, and flamenco. He appeared in almost 20 films, including Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and The Band Wagon, and died on Feb. 18 in France.
25. Feb. 2013 · Matt Mattox, a dancer, choreographer and teacher who helped shape contemporary jazz dance in the United States and Europe, died in France on Feb. 18. He was 91. His death was confirmed by Bob...
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Long before Mattox became an iconic dance figure, however, he lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Born Harold Henry Mattox in 1921, his dance training didn’t begin until his family moved from Oklahoma to Los Angeles when he was about 11 years old. There, Mattox began taking ballet, tap and ballroom dance. He later credited his dance training to tapper Willie...
Mattox’s ballet background put him in high demand for both stage and screen. In the Hollywood realm, Mattox held nearly 20 movie roles and made a lasting impression as frontiersman Caleb Pontipee in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” (1954). One scene in particular, the barn raising dance, became one of Mattox’s most memorable feats among moviegoers...
Elaborating on Cole’s work over time, Mattox is known for developing jazz dance into a genre separate from the high-energy Broadway hoofing style it was previously associated with, making it appropriate for both theater and concert dance. Rather than use the term “jazz,” however, Mattox preferred to call his technique “freestyle,” and pulled from b...
Mattox choreographed nearly 30 ballets in the course of 30 years.Mattox had some very memorable students throughout his time as an instructor. He told Dance Magazine in 2003 about meeting one particular student: “She was wearing a long, white shirt and jeans and...Learn about the life and legacy of Matt Mattox, one of the greatest male dancers of jazz dance history. He created a jazz technique that merged ballet, tap and flamenco, and choreographed for Broadway and film. He also mentored Barbra Streisand and other stars.
Zum Tode des Jazz-Tänzers, Choreografen und Tanzpädagogen Matt Mattox. Am 18 Februar starb Matt Mattox in Frankreich im Alter von 91 Jahren. Ein Nachruf von Berry Doddema.
2. Apr. 2013 · Learn about the life and legacy of Matt Mattox, a renowned dancer, choreographer and teacher who shaped contemporary jazz dance in the US and Europe. Discover how he developed his own style and approach to jazz dance, influenced by Jack Cole and other traditions, and how he died in France in 2013.
Learn about Matt Mattox, a dancer-teacher-choreographer who influenced jazz dance in Hollywood, Broadway, and Europe. Discover his free style technique, his codified method, and his legacy in the field of theatrical jazz dance.
