December 24: Today in Dance

Born Today: Carol Haney

Dancer/choreographer Carol Haney (1924–1964) died too soon, at age 39. But she packed a lot of performing into her short life, dancing with Jack Cole (1911–1974), assisting Gene Kelly (1912–1996) with choreography for several films before appearing with Bob Fosse in Kiss Me Kate (1953) in the minute of choreography that made his career. Haney joined Fosse in The Pajama Game (both the…