Helen Tamiris

American Jewish modern dancer and choreographer, born Helen Becker, who won the 1950 Tony Award for choreography for Touch and Go. In Jewish World Records, Helen Tamiris is connected to the record “First Jewish Woman to Win the Tony Award for Choreography,” based on the stored achievement of Choreographer — Touch and Go, 9 April 1950. Helen Tamiris won the 1950 Tony Award for Choreography for Touch and Go. JTA identifies Tamiris among the influential Jewish pioneers of modern dance in America. The Tony Awards official 1950 winners list names Helen Tamiris as Choreographer winner for Touch and Go. Earlier Tony choreography winners included women and Jewish men, but JWR found no earlier Jewish woman in the official winner sequence; Tamiris is the earliest qualifying Jewish woman.