Pepsi Bethel

Pepsi Bethel

Alfred "Pepsi" Bethel (August 31, 1918 in Greensboro, North Carolina – August 30, 2002 in New York, New York) was a jazz dancer, choreographer, and leader of his own dance troupe, the Pepsi Bethel Authentic Jazz Dance Theater, which he founded in 1960.

He cut his teeth on dances like the Cakewalk, Lindy Hop, and Charleston at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, and worked with the Mura Dehn Jazz Ballet and other companies before forming his own troupe. He choreographed the Lindy Hop jazz routine Tranky Doo and was consultant choreographer on several Broadway shows, including "One Mo' Time", "Staggerlee", and "Jelly Roll!"

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