George Hepburn Wilson (June 17, 1875 – ?) was an American dance instructor and a writer and editor of Modern Dance magazine.[1][2] He also supervised jazz recordings by Prince's Band.[3] He was the first dance master to advertise widely in the newspapers for individual pupils.[4] Wilson was at odds with the established American National Association of Masters of Dancing, describing the foxtrot and the one-step as dances of a bygone age and advocating jazz dancing, the ramble and the toddle.[5]

Dance instructor George Hepburn Wilson (b. 1875) with his niece, Doris Durling

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  1. ^ "Club Notes". The Baltimore Sun. March 11, 1917. G. Hepburn Wilson master member of the international society of masters dancing and editor of Modern Dance magazine ...
  2. ^ Eve Golden (2007). Vernon and Irene Castle's ragtime revolution. University Press of Kentucky. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-8131-2459-9. George Hepburn Wilson.
  3. ^ Brooks, Tim; Rust, Brian (1989). The Columbia Master Book Discography Volume 4. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 171. ISBN 0-313-21464-6. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ^ Groppa, Carlos G. (2004). The Tango in the United States: A History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company Inc. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-7864-4681-0. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  5. ^ Griswold, Wick (2015). Austin in the Jazz Age. Charleston SC: The History Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-62619-918-7. Retrieved 19 September 2021.