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I agree.01/28/2003 01:04 FAX 702 739 2323 TROPICA MARKETING i)002 JERRY JACKSON BIO Jerry Jackson, creator and director of ?╟úThe Best of Folies Bergere,?╟Ñ has often been called a Renaissance Man and for good measi cson has been ?╟úThe Man?╟Ñ responsible for conceiving, choreographing and directing the 15th, 16th, 17th and now, the new 18th edition of the Folies Bergere. / In fact, Jackson has been associated with the Tropicana?╟╓s ?╟úFolies?╟Ñ since 1966. Jackson has been acclaimed not o nly for his ability to write, produce, direct and stage shows, but also for his expertise in designin g costumes, composing music and writing lyrics, all of which he has done for the new edition. While acquiring a Masters Degree in Art at UCLA, Jackson simultaneously worked as an Assistant Student Professor in the Music Department and as a professional photographer for Saks Fifth Avenue, as well as shooting portraits of many stars. After Jackson graduated from UCLA, he worked as a regular dancer on ?╟úThe Danny Kaye Show?╟Ñ and assisted Hermes Pan, Fred Astaire?╟╓s choreographer. 1966, he was asked to choreograph the 100th Anniversary of the Folies Bergere in ' (I \ ' 1 t Paris, Since then, he began an ussociation with the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana in Las Vegas* conceiving, choreographing and directing the 15th ?√ß?√ß(t975-8'3)rl6th?╟╓( 1983'-97)rriJ?^ff993a2000) 18th editions of the Folie?╟ ; Bergere~| - more -