Archie Savage

Archie Savage (April 19, 1914 — February 14, 2003) was an American dancer, choreographer, and film and theatre actor.^[1][2][3] He was a pioneer of the African-American modern dance. For several years he was a partner of Katherine Dunham in her dance company.^[3] He was among the teachers of Dunham Technique at her school.^[4]

Savage became interested in dancing while he was a student in public schools in New York.^[5]

Savage was one of the earliest black men to portray an astronaut in film.^{[citation needed]} Another one, in the same year of 1960, was Julius Ongewe in the East German/Polish film The Silent Star (known in the US as First Spaceship on Venus).^{[3][better source needed]}

The Archie Savage Dancers appear in the movie, “The Glenn Miller Story” and are acknowledged in the film's credits. In one scene, they appear on a screen in a recording studio as the band is recording the song “Tuxedo Junction,” to which they are performing.