Dance marathon
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Dance marathons are events in which people dance or walk to music for an extended period of time. They started as dance contests in the 1920s and developed into human endurance contests, or exploitati
Marathon dancing, 1923
Dancers at a 1923 event
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June Havoc
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June Havoc was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, stage director and memoirist.
Dance marathon
…Section 11 of Minneapolis’s Lakewood Cemetery reads: "deVillier, World Champion Marathon Dancer 3,780 continuous hours." Vaudeville and Broadway star June Havoc began competing in dance marathons professionally at the age of 14. Havoc's longest dance marathon was reportedly 3,000 hours, or more than four months…
Baby June c. 1916–1917
November 13, 1927 ad in The Decatur Review By age 15, "Baby June" had become "Dainty June."
June Havoc with chorus boy Van Johnson in the 1940 original production of Pal Joey