George W. Faison (born December 21, 1945) is an American dancer, choreographer, teacher, and theater producer, and winner of a 1975 Tony, a Drama Desk Award, and a 1991 nominee for the Emmy Award for choreography. He was a featured dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, founder of the George Faison Universal Dance Experience, and co-founder/producing artistic director of the Faison Firehouse Theater. Faison was born December 21, 1945 in Washington, D.C. and attended Dunbar High School. As a student he performed with the American Light Opera Company in Show Boat and studied with the Jones-Haywood Capitol Ballet and Carolyn Tate of Howard University, where he matriculated in 1964. Wikipedia
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