The Stage Coach, Pretoria (2026)

07/04/2024

Show day! What a privilege to still do this!
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A little ballet math explained. There are too many more, but those will have to be saved for another reel. 🩰 #parttimeprincipal #neverstuckintheslowrehearsals #allmusicisan8 #biscuitmath

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05/12/2023

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A little ballet math explained. There are too many more, but those will have to be saved for another reel. 🩰 #parttimeprincipal #neverstuckintheslowrehearsals #allmusicisan8 #biscuitmath 👚Sweatshirt from the Biscuit Ballerina merch line 🩰

04/12/2023

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Actor Patrick Swayze, his mother Patsy Swayze, and his wife Lisa in 1980

Little known fact, Patrick Swayze's mother was a famous hollywood choreographer.

Yvonne Helen "Patsy" Swayze (February 7, 1927 – September 16, 2013) was an American film choreographer, dancer, and dance instructor, and the mother of actors Patrick Swayze and Don Swayze. Her credits include choreography for Urban Cowboy, Liar's Moon and Hope Floats.

In the 1960s, Swayze founded and directed both the Houston Jazz Ballet Company, and her own Houston dance studio, the Swayze School of Dance. All five of her children became dancers and actors, and Patsy's training has been credited for leading her son Patrick to his starring role in Dirty Dancing in 1987. Patrick met his future wife, film director and actress Lisa Niemi, while they were Patsy's students at the Swayze School of Dance.

In addition to her own dance studio, for eighteen years Swayze taught dance and choreography at the University of Houston. Her most famous students included future Emmy Award winner Debbie Allen, Randy Quaid, Jaclyn Smith and future ten-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune.

Patsy Swayze transitioned to film by choreographing her first movie, Urban Cowboy, starring John Travolta and Debra Winger. The success of Urban Cowboy essentially launched her career as a film choreographer.

In 1981, Patsy Swayze moved from Houston to southern California. She choreographed numerous films over the next three decades, including Liar's Moon in 1982 and Hope Floats in 1998. She teamed with her daughter-in-law Lisa Niemi to choreograph the 2003 film, One Last Dance, which starred Niemi, Patrick Swayze and George de la Peña.

She planned to retire from teaching and focus on film work, but instead opened a dance studio in a Simi Valley shopping center that operated for more than twenty years.

On September 8, 2013, Swayze suffered a stroke at the age of 86. She died of stroke complications eight days later at her home in Simi Valley. She died 2 days after her son, Patrick Swayze's, 4th death anniversary.