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Date of Birth
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28-January-1906
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Place of Birth
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Bennington
(Vermont, Bennington County, Bennington-2-1 Vermont Representative District, 2002–12, Bennington-2-2 Vermont Representative District, 2002–12, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Robert Alton Hart, Bob Alton, Alton
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Profession
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Choreographer, Dancer
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Robert Alton was an American dancer and choreographer, a major figure in dance choreography of Broadway and Hollywood musicals from the 1930s through to the early 1950s. He is principally remembered today as the discoverer of Gene Kelly, for his collaborations with Fred Astaire, and for choreographic sequences he designed for Hollywood musicals such as The Harvey Girls, Show Boat, and White Christmas.
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