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Eugene Louis Faccuito was born on 20 March, 1925 in Steubenville, Ohio, U.S., is an Eugene Louis Faccuito known professionally as Luigi. Discover Eugene Louis Faccuito's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?

Popular As Eugene Louis Faccuito
Occupation Dancer, choreographer, teacher
Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 20 March, 1925
Birthday 20 March
Birthplace Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.
Date of death 7 April, 2015
Died Place New York City, New York
Nationality United States

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1925

Eugene Louis Faccuito (March 20, 1925 – April 7, 2015), known professionally as Luigi, was an American jazz dancer, choreographer, teacher, and innovator who created the jazz exercise technique.

The Luigi Warm Up Technique is a training program that promotes body alignment, balance, core strength, and "feeling from the inside."

It is also used for rehabilitation.

This method became the world's first standard technique for teaching jazz and musical theater dance.

Faccuito developed the technique, which consists of a series of ballet-based exercises, for his rehabilitation after suffering paralyzing injuries in a car accident at the age of twenty one.

He couldn't stop dancing, so he first learned to regain control of his body by what he uses as a cornerstone of his technique – namely, to "lengthen and stretch the body without strain" and "put the good side into the bad side."

He then focused on a way "to stabilize himself – as if he were pressing down on an invisible (dance) barre."

e went on to have a successful dance career and became a world-renowned jazz teacher.

Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Luigi is the eighth of eleven children of immigrant Italian parents, Nicola and Antoinette (Savoia) Faccuito.

His father died when Luigi was five.

His older brother Tony taught him to sing, dance, and use contortionist skills so he could enter local talent contests to win prize money for the family.

He was a natural performer who won many events.

At the age of ten, he had an agent who got him a job with bandleader Ted Lewis as the shadow in Lewis's "Me and My Shadow".

He won The Original Amateur Hour contest in nearby Pittsburgh.

At thirteen, Luigi replaced Dean Martin, his neighbor, in the Bernie Davis Orchestra, a local twelve-man band that performed at weddings, school dances, and special events throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.

He stayed with the band for close to five years.

Aged 18, he was drafted into the U.S. Navy during World War II.

He served in the Pacific Theater – New Guinea and the Philippines - until the war's end.

After returning home at age twenty-one, he enrolled in college to become a lawyer, but his brother Tony pushed him to study in Hollywood under the G. I. Bill of Rights to pursue a film career.

He moved to California, enrolled in his first ballet classes with Bronislava Nijinska, and studied other theatrical forms at Falcon Studios in Hollywood.

1946

Three months later, in 1946, he was in a car accident that left him paralyzed on the right side of his body.

After awakening months later from a coma, he was told by doctors that he would never walk again.

Conventional therapy at that time did not help Luigi much.

To regain control of his body, he started to experiment and design his own stretches.

After nine months of self therapy, he returned to Falcon Studios where he trained daily.

1948

In 1948, he was hired by Horace Heidt, a popular pianist and big band leader, to choreograph for his Bandwagon tour.

A few months later, back in Los Angeles, the three became housemates.

It was then that Luigi, with Frontiere's help, coined "5, 6, 7, 8" as a lead-in for when to start dancing.

He started to use the phrase around other dancers.

1949

In 1949, a talent scout discovered Luigi in a benefit show and brought him to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios to audition for On the Town.

Gene Kelly was impressed by Luigi's dancing and gave him the job despite his facial paralysis and crossed eyes.

This job led to a long friendship, during which Kelly became Luigi's mentor and used him in his other films, such as Singin' in the Rain.

He warmed up using his own stretches and strengthening exercises and soon found other performers following him.

1951

"Alton encouraged (Luigi) to take up teaching his evolving style", so he began a late afternoon class at Rainbow Studios in 1951.

Between films, Luigi also performed in professional musicals at the Greek Theatre and with the Moro Landis Dancers, mostly at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas.

While Luigi was working with Nita Bieber in an East Indian dance act promoted by MGM, Bieber's agent offered to represent him if he formed his own act, which he did, the Gene Louis Dancers.

1956

In 1956, choreographer Alex Romero brought Luigi to New York City to perform on Broadway with Ethel Merman and Fernando Lamas in Happy Hunting.

The show brought Luigi to the attention of east coast dancers, and choreographer June Taylor, who invited him to teach at her school.

A few months later, to better suit his schedule, he began teaching his own classes.

1961

In 1961, Luigi was one of the first teachers hired for Dance Caravan, a yearly summer dance convention troupe.