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Teacher's wisdom: Luigi.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-AUG-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Teacher's wisdom: Luigi.(TEACH-LEARN CONNECTION)(Eugene Louis Facciuto)(Interview)

Article Excerpt
Eugene Louis Facciuto's first career as a lead dancer in Hollywood was destroyed at age 21 by a near-fatal car accident. His doctors predicted that the former child star wouldn't emerge from his coma, let alone rise again on half-toe. But the Ohioborn dancer rallied to recover and become a chorus staple. During pauses on film sets, he created his own exercises to stay limber and strong. While filming On the Town, Gene Kelly affectionately nicknamed him Luigi and the name stuck. Soon, dancers were following Luigi, 10 or 20 at a time, as he performed his warm-up routines. He has now been teaching his self-preservational movement studies for 56 years. Liza Minnelli, Susan Stroman, Ben Vereen, Debbie Allen, and Ann Reinking all studied with him. Last spring, Luigi spoke to Rachel Straus about...

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