Frank Veloz (1906–1981) and Yolanda Casazza (1908–1995) were a self-taught American ballroom dance team, husband and wife, who became stars in the 1930s and 1940s, and were among the highest paid dance acts during that era. They performed on stage in productions such as Hot-Cha!, which ran for 119 shows on Broadway in 1932. They also appeared in popular films such as Under the Pampas Moon (1935), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), Honeymoon Lodge (1943), Brazil (1944) and The Thrill of Brazil (1946), the latter of which is credited as being of major importance to the growth in popularity of Samba in America.
Veloz and Yolanda specialized in Latin ballroom dance styles, and opened their own chain of dance studios, where many middle-class people learned the art of ballroom dancing. The studios closed down in the mid-1950s as new forms of dance became popular. Veloz and Yolanda did much to legitimize ballroom dance as a performance art and invented the "Cobra Tango", a dance which interpreted a fight between a snake and a tiger. A full-length ballet written by their son Guy Veloz, An American Tango, is based on their life story.
Frank Veloz (1906–1981) andYolanda Casazza (1908–1995) were a self-taught American ballroom dance team, husband and wife, who became stars in the 1930s...
and Yolanda Jean Veloz (1924-2023), American dancer and actress Juan Veloz (born 1982), Mexican swimmer Julissa Veloz (born 1988), American singer and musician...
later divorced. In 1963, she married her dance partner Frank Veloz, of VelozandYolanda. They remained together until his death in 1981. She had no children...
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to join a roadshow with the dancers VelozandYolanda. In 1936, he was booked at Chicago's Palmer House Hotel, and the concert was broadcast live on the...
boys go into a double pretzel bend with variations on a theme by VelozandYolanda. After CBS radio gave Allen a weekly prime time show, CBS television...
as a boy Gene Collins as Billy, age 8 David Holt as Billy, age 17 VelozandYolanda as specialty dance team Frank Faylen as Yankees' 3rd Base Coach (uncredited)...
until 1956 there were two separate awards, Best Short Subject, One-reel and Best Short Subject, Two-reel, referring to the running time of the short:...
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in New York between 1931 and 1939, and in Burbank, California with producer Gordon Hollingshead in charge between 1940 and 1946. Among the most popular...
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and television productions despite his advanced age. Kopell has been married three times, first to actress Celia Whitney, then actress YolandaVeloz,...
(1960)– comedian and host on The View Gertrude Berg – actress, screenwriter[citation needed] Yolanda Casazza – dancer of the VelozandYolanda ballroom dancing...
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Witter & Co., occupied the ground floor, and other major tenants included Household Finance Co. andVelozandYolanda dance studio. In 1962, the building was...
George Irving as Don Bennett Blanca Vischer as Elena Veloz as Café Dancer – The Cobra Tango Yolanda as Café Dancer – The Cobra Tango Rita Hayworth as Carmen...
(director); Max Apple (screenplay); Kevin Bacon, Charles Gitonga Maina, Yolanda Vasquez, Winston Ntshona, Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole, Sean McCann, Dennis Patrick...
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