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    Donn AUD ASSOCIATES Biography -2- 1271 St. Ives Place ?╟≤ Los Angeles 69, Calif. * Br i( er skills by des: iing the cost -.cing ige elee trieiati?╜ lier was the first star, to" take note'of. the young m, i-1 i cling talents; so impressed was she with his creativity 1 she b in his first night club act* oville, playing all the top circuit in Mike ToddTs show at the Chicago Century of Progress* hired him as cured act at .-w York club and asked out wi - her dancers* routines0 ually branched into choreography, deciding he much pr ferred the challenge and excitement of creating a show rather than inter' fActing someone elsefs ideas* His first Manhattan triumph i< was at the Hotel New Yorker where his ice show staging was sc an the same assign* or 10 yearst garnering inuch ield al 2 nr; :laim with each succeeding production* ollowing rid War II, he was invited iris t choreograph the extravaganzas at the Lido -?╜- e world of night c equivalent of being called to the le House to preside ei.ee I This was the pinnacle to which a young America i sprene then aspire* a fascinating experience* He loved Paris, and Paris He ..orican tempo and spirit to his job, and at the found Paris offering him the finest opportunities he?d thu his imagination and flair take flight unrestrained* The French w lighted with him and the feeling was m^tual^ So much s0 that he