Cholly Atkins

Cholly Atkins
Born	Charles Sylvan Atkinson September 13, 1913(1913-09-13) Pratt City, Alabama, USA
Died	April 19, 2003 (aged 89) Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Occupation	Choreographer, dancer
Spouse(s)	Maye Atkins (?-2003) Dottie Saulters (1962†) Catherine Atkins (div)
Awards won Tony Awards Best Choreography 1989 Black and Blue

Charles “Cholly” Atkins (13 September 1913 - 19 April 2003) was an American dancer and vaudeville performer, who later became noted as the house choreographer for the various artists on the Motown label.

Biography

Born Charles Sylvan Atkinson, a native of Pratt City, Alabama, Atkins first found fame as one-half of a top vaudeville tap dancing act with partner Charles "Honi" Coles. After working as a freelance choreographer for The Miracles, Atkins was hired by Berry Gordy to work as a Motown choreographer in 1964, and set about developing the routines that would later become the trademark moves of other Motown acts like The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & The Pips and others. Atkins would, in fact, continue working with Motown artists well into the 1980s. He choreographed for non-Motown artists as well, namely the dance routines of the Sylvers during the mid-70's and also for The Cadillacs in the 50's.

In 1989, Atkins received a Tony Award for choreographing the Broadway show Black and Blue. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003, Atkins died of the cancer on 19 April 19 of that year in Las Vegas, Nevada at 89.

References

• Vance Holmes (2008). "Charles “Cholly” Atkins". American Dance Legends. TheatreDance.com. Retrieved on 2008-08-13.
• Douglas Martin (2003-04-23). "Cholly Atkins, 89, Dancer and Choreographer", The New York Times. Retrieved on 13 August 2008. 

External links

• Cholly Atkins at Find A Grave
• Cholly Atkins at the Internet Broadway Database
• Cholly Atkins at the Internet Movie Database
• The Sylvers performing Boogie Fever and discussing Cholly Atkins' choreography of the number

v • d • e Tony Award for Best Choreography Michael Bennett / Bob Avian (1976) · Peter Gennaro (1977) · Bob Fosse (1978) · Michael Bennett / Bob Avian (1979) · Tommy Tune / Thommie Walsh (1980) · Gower Champion (1981) · Michael Bennett / Michael Peters (1982) · Tommy Tune / Thommie Walsh (1983) · Danny Daniels (1984) · Bob Fosse (1986) · Gillian Gregory (1987) · Michael Smuin (1988) · Cholly Atkins / Henry LeTang / Frankie Manning / Fayard Nicholas (1989) · Tommy Tune (1990) · Tommy Tune (1991) · Susan Stroman (1992) · Wayne Cilento (1993) · Kenneth MacMillan (1994) · Susan Stroman (1995) · Savion Glover (1996) · Ann Reinking (1997) · Garth Fagan (1998) · Matthew Bourne (1999) · Susan Stroman (2000) Complete list: (1947-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present)

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