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There, he began instruction in ballet, tap, and ballroom dance, working with Cole and others.As a young man, he interrupted his studies for service as a fighter pilot with the US Army Air Forces in World War II.One of Mr. Mattox’s dance teachers, Nico Charisse, had a wife, Cyd, who was a pretty fair dancer herself, and through her connections Mr. Mattox got his start in movies, appearing in films including ­‘‘Yolanda and the Thief’’ (1945), ‘‘Till the Clouds Roll By’’ (1946), ‘‘Guys and Dolls’’ (1955), and ‘‘Song of Norway’’ (1970).On television, Mr. Mattox danced and choreographed for ‘‘The Bell Telephone Hour,’’ broadcast on NBC starting in 1959.He also choreographed the Broadway musical ‘‘Jennie,’’ starring Mary Martin, which opened in 1963; and a Metropolitan Opera ‘‘Aida’’ in 1959.In the early 1970s, Mr. Mattox moved to London, where he started his own dance company, JazzArt, taking it with him when he moved to Paris in the mid-1970s.Since the early 1980s, he had lived in Perpignan, in the south of France.Mr. Mattox, who had made his home in France for many years, had a prominent career dancing in films and on Broadway in the 1940s and afterward.Though he was not as well known as some of the celebrated Hollywood dancers of his era, he was by all accounts every bit their peer.‘‘He was one of the greatest male dancers that ever was on a performing stage,’’ Jacques d’Amboise, the distinguished dancer and choreographer, said in a telephone interview.

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He leaves his wife, Martine Limeul Mattox; three sons, ­Matthew, Christopher and Timothy; and grandchildren.In an interview with Dance magazine in 2003, Mr. Mattox explained the genesis, at midcentury, of his singular style:‘‘I went home, I sat down, and I drew one line on a blank piece of paper,’’ he said. Verify and try again.Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive?This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review.Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried.For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab.All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. His best-known film role was as one of the brothers in the 1954 film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. And I thought, ‘That’s the way the body should move.’ ’’ He formed a concert jazz dance company in 1975 in England and eventually brought it to France. (The show was ‘‘I Can Get It for You Wholesale,’’ and Streisand got the part.

In 1975, he formed a concert jazz dance company in England called JazzArt.

Matt Mattox — a dancer, choreographer and teacher who helped shape contemporary jazz dance in the United States and Europe — died Feb. 18 in France. Harold Mattox, known as Matt, was born in 1921 in Tulsa, Okla., and moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was about 11. Biography: Matt Mattox was born on August 18, 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. Mattox helped conceive a genre that was subtler, more rhythmically complex, and far more eclectic, as well suited to the concert hall as to the theatrical stage.Combining his own extensive training in ballet with tap dance, modern dance, and folkloric dance traditions from around the world, he created a new, fluidly integrated art form he liked to call ‘‘freestyle dance.’’‘’That elegance of ballet was there, but still, the energy and the shape of the inner body was from jazz,’’ said Boross, an assistant professor of dance at Radford University in Virginia.From the mid-1950s on, Mr. Mattox taught this personal brand of dance to generations of students, first in New York and later in Europe.In both places, students from around the world flocked to study with him; over the years, they ­included the noted choreographer and theater director Graciela Daniele, and a young woman, about to sing an audition for her first Broadway show and anxious to learn a dance to go with it, named ­Barbra Streisand. and moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was about 11.

He was a Broadway performer and a specialty dancer in many Hollywood musicals.

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He was 91. He served as a fighter pilot with the Army Air Forces in World War II. After his Broadway and film career, Mattox moved to Europe, where he became a well-respected dance teacher.Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery.

Matt Mattox is credited with helping to transform jazz dance into a more rhythmically complex and eclectic form.NEW YORK — Matt Mattox — a dancer, choreographer and teacher who helped shape contemporary jazz dance in the United States and Europe — died Feb. 18 in France. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their requestYou are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial.The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Carrie Weilgus Show Director.

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Matt lived and worked in Perpignan, France.