When you watch the old Motown groups do their famous dance routines .. you can thank Cholly Atkins for teaching them their moves .. as Michigan Music History remembers Cholly Atkins, who passed away 20 years ago today. Born Charles Atkinson in September of 1913 in Pratt City, Alabama.. “The Man with the Moves” would get his start in Vaudeville in the 30s, and with his partner Honi Coles, became one of the top dance teams at the Apollo Theater. Appearing in the Broadway production of “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” from 1949-1952 .. he would pass along his dancing techniques, known as “vocal choreography’ to acts like the Moonglows, the Cadillacs, Little Anthony & the Imperials and others. When the Miracles were just getting started, Bobby Rogers of the group was their choreographer, and even taught other Motown acts a few moves, until Cholly Atkins began to work with the Miracles as a freelance choreographer. Officially hired by Berry Gordy in 1964, he would teach the Temptations, 4 Tops, Supremes .. all the acts, their famous routines. In the 70s, Atkins would work with acts like the O’Jays, Sylvers and others. Cholly Atkins developed the ‘partner’ dance, which he called the Graystone .. named after the famed Graystone Ballroom. Moving to Vegas, he would continue to teach dance until 2003 .. when he died of pancreatic cancer on April 19th, 2003, just 5 months shy of his 90th birthday. Remembering Motown choreographer Cholly Atkins …
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canvas 🫶 for the 24th
THE ENTIRE 24TJH... alright ough i wont fail you
canvas: Does your OC have any scars, piercings, tattoos, or other markings? Do they display or cover them up at all?
Percy
Baby boy doesn't really have scars as it stands, but his hands are rough and they have some healed scars. Since his entire body is entirely covered in freckles though, the scars get kinda lost in his complexion. The skin on his hands is rough, similarly to the skin on his knees. Up until the day he joined the RFC, Percy was working around in his family's farm, so its a byproduct of years of manual labour.
Christian
Similar enough to Percy, since they both used to work around in their respective farms. His knuckles are rough, there was a point in his life where he threw a lot of punches. My silly headcanon is that Christian would have his ears pierced and black painted nails in a modern AU lmfao. Neither Percy nor Christian care for their little scarred hands. It's just something they got from their day-to-day life.
Orlando
This guy's hands are smooth like a baby's. Well, all of his skin is. His skin heals pretty well so nothing really remains, even if he has gotten some cuts in the past (mostly from fencing). His upper body is covered in little beauty marks though, mostly on his chest and back. Orlando's index finger has the tiniest of dents on the skin there, because of the copius amounts of writing he has done in his life.
Webster
Rough little hands with some cuts!! He has a few freckles on his face and shoulders, but other than his hands, his skin is smoooth. He's done his fair share of labour in his youth. Webster has some beauty marks and birthmarks on his body but they're not really visible when his clothes are on. I love this little guy sm I'm sure he'd have sleeve tattoos or back tattoos in a modern au.
Atkins
Besides the obvious (missing tooth), the little rascal has scars all over his body, but mostly in places that arent visible; knees, ankles, elbows, shoulders, they're all over the place. Frequent causes; shovings, punchings, falling over. Name any British-on-British violence you can come up with, and he has endure it. But, funnily enough, he shares the same little index finger dent that Orlando has. In a modern AU, Atkins would have a really shitty or meme tattoo somewhere on his body, either because of a bet he lost or he woke up with it randomly one day with no recollection of it getting there.
Enfield
Enfield's skin is rough all over, for no particular reason. its just how he be. He has some scars on his lower abdomen, on the sides of his body. Bayonette cuts, and a bullet wound that has healed over. Nothing else besides that.
Bancroft
Smooth skin, rough hands combo. All his scars are covered up by his clothes, which are mostly on his legs; cuts and scrapes, both visible and faint. He's got some light scarring on his hands (his fingers mainly) but they're well healed, you need to be looking at them close to notice (also he wears his gloves all the time so good luck with that). Bancroft is not particularly ashamed of them, but hes not really comfortable showing them off either, he makes effort to conceal them.
Shelby
Where do I even begin with Shelby lmfao. His body has scars all over; shoulders, back, lower stomach, chest, arms, his right leg, and that signature red eye and scar. All of them gained at the same instance, minus a cut on his right bicep. Besides that, his skin is smooth, even in the spots where he's injured. I can envision Shelby with tattoos in a Modern AU, maybe a sleeve or a lower arm tattoo that he got in his youth without thinking too much about it. He would probably also have pierced ears too, but whether he'd maintain them or the piercings would be old and healed/closed, I'm not sure haha.
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