Ric Silver

Ric Silver - Creator of The Electric Slide and the only square dance created in the last 50 years called The Texas 'Silver' Star which premiered on the Country Music Awards Show in 1989 has been credited with the inception of such notable dances as The Robot - created in 1972 at Connecticut College for a Master's Recital where he played a Jukebox and the costume worn was so constricting that he was forced to style a robotic dance for this performance. A copy of this video is in the archives of the Connecticut College Library.
Breakdancing and Lockin' & Poppin'and Tecktronix. He moved to New York City and was one of the 1st GoGo dancers making such a stir at The ToolBox that the owner's opened a separate club called The Department Store where he was the only dancer to perform at this short lived club. While pursuing a career in Dance and Theatre, he worked as an accountant for Robert Half and SSI while auditioning and performing off-Broadway with Vinnette Carroll's Urban Arts Corp. He was selected over 600 auditioners to play Frank in the Bus and Truck company of "Over Here" with the Andrews Sisters but the tour was cancelled when the Sisters decided that a tour would be too much for them. Ric auditioned for Michael Bennett three times for "A Chorus Line" when in the middle of the 3rd audition he was called to the front of the stage and told by Michael "Your Too Good, You'll Stand out. This is the 3rd time you have come to audition for me. Don't bother coming back. I can't use you." The following week he auditioned for Bob Fosse for "Dancin'" and was told the same thing. He moved to Hollywood the next month and was hired by the Mitzi Gainer dancers to choreograph a ballet for the Producer's version of "Come in from the Rain" in their Production of "Hollywood Dancin'" but the dance was pulled 3 days before the opening and the show closed in one night at the Wilshire Ebell.Ric was spoken of as the only real dancer besides Nureyev and Baryshnikov by a New York Times Columnist. His resume can be found at [http://the-electricslide.com] or on Imdb.com