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How An Out-Of-Work Ballerina In The Great Depression Became One Of America’s Most Famous Women

DANCE Posted: January 31, 2019 12:04 pm

The young lady née Helen Gould Beck found herself stranded in Chicago when the ballet company she was touring with collapsed, and the only job she could get was as a stripper at a nightclub in the Loop. She ended up as a star attraction at the 1939 World’s Fair, known for her fan dance and her “bubble dance” with a 65-inch balloon (and nothing else) — an act she toured with for years afterward as Sally Rand. — The Oregonian

DANCE Published: 01.31.19

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