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Lynne Taylor-Corbett Dies: Choreographer For Hollywood’s ‘Footloose’, Broadway’s ‘Titanic’ Was 78

Taylor-Corbett was Tony Award-nominated for her choreography and direction of Broadway's 'Swing!'

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, the Tony Award-nominated choreographer of Broadway ‘s Swing and Titanic who also left an indelible mark on Hollywood by guiding Kevin Bacon through his famed solo dance in the 1984 hit film , died of breast cancer January 12 at a hospital in Rockville Centre, N.Y., on Long Island. Taylor-Corbett would be back on Broadway in 1994, choreographing dance scenes for Sally Marr…And Her Escorts, a biographical play about Lenny Bruce’s mother starring Joan Rivers in the title role. Through her Broadway career, Taylor-Corbett also worked steadily in Hollywood, beginning with 1984’s Footloose, which included one of the most popular dance scenes of the era, with star Kevin Bacon energetically moving to the film’s soon-to-be-hit title song written by Kenny Loggins.

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