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After the war, Giordano left the service and moved to New York City where he studied dance, with the top teachers of the day and auditioned for Broadway shows. In Guarino, Linsday; Oliver, Wendy. After the war, Giordano returned to the University of Missouri to finish his Bachelor of Arts degree. festival in Chicago; he applied and was accepted.In 1953, he moved back to Chicago and opened a dance studio where he could teach and choreograph (Gus). The dance company Giordano established in 1963 still exists and tours extensively, and the technique he meticulously codified, illustrated, and published in 1975 is still known and used by . Giordano received numerous honors and awards for his work throughout his lifetime. To make money he taught all, forms of dance to students in schools and dance studios, wherever. The troupe performed in the Soviet Union in 1974, the first jazz dance company to do so. Years After Strokes, Renowned Dancer Kirby Reed Teaches Others To Dance The film won prizes for Excellence at the Canada International Film Festival and for Best Do*entary at the 2010 Burbank International Film Festival. In 1980, Giordano's television showThe Rehearsalwon anEmmy, thePBSaward and the Ohio State award. Gus Giordano (July 10, 1923 March 9, 200812), born August Thomas Giordano III, was an Americanjazz dancer, master teacher and gifted choreographer. True or False. Florida Scholarship Online. ORIGINAL GUS GIORDANO DANCE SCHOOL Founded Gus & Peg Giordano . Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daleyalso made October 13 Gus Giordano Day in Chicago. teacher, choreographer and author died early Sunday, March 9, of pneumonia. It is a living art form which is always about to do something new.2, His efforts were acknowledged early on. He auditioned and was hired at the Roxy Theater in New York where they performed four shows a day. Nan Giordano said, My father could go into a ballroom to teach five hundred students, and somehow he would emerge having touched or spoken to each and every participant. A master teacher, Gus has been credited with creating generations of professional dancers and for touching the lives of hundreds of thousands of non-dancers who could experience the joy of dance and connect with his aesthetic, his discipline, and his ability to elicit the best from each student.