Jerome Andrews

Jerome Andrews (1908 – October 26, 1992) was an American dancer and choreographer. He is remembered as a pioneer of modern dance in France.

Biography Early life Jerome Andrews was born in Plaistow, New Hampshire, in 1908. He was educated at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.

Career He started his career as a dancer in Paris in the early 1930s, where he was a dancer in Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin at Le Colisee. He also danced in London, where he was choreographed by Sigurd Leeder for Prometheus. At the same time, he worked as a dance teacher and assistant to Alyse Bentley.

He also worked as a choreographer in New York. For example, he choreographed Maurice Ravel's The Waltz, which was performed at the Radio City Music Hall.

He moved back to Paris permanently in the 1952, where he worked as a dance teacher and choreographer. A year later, in 1953, he established Les Compagnons de la Danse, a dance company. Some of his most renowned students were Dominique Dupuy and Francoise Dupuy. A decade later, in 1964, he formed the Jerome Andrews Dance Company. According to the Los Angeles Times, he pioneered modern dance in France, where ballet was a more popular form of dance in the 1950s.

Death He died on October 26, 1992, in Paris, at the age of eighty-four.