Graham Tainton

Tainton in Stockholm in 2011.

Graham Tainton (born 17 September 1927 in South Africa) is a Swedish choreographer[1] and dancer[2] who came to Sweden in 1959. He married a Swede, and their oldest daughter Blossom Tainton-Lindquist was born in 1962. He is also the father of three more Swedish entertainment celebrities and a cousin of Miriam Makeba.

Tainton was ABBAs choreographer[3] and has more recently appeared in UR's Living Room where he accounted for his early years in South Africa with Desmond Tutu as his priest and Nelson Mandela the lawyer who got him out of prison under apartheid.[4] He has also been in the jury and appeared on a Swedish TV show called Floor Filler.[5]

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References

  1. Article in Expressen
  2. Several sources listed at Pipl
  3. Article in VeckoRevyn 1978-10-25
  4. UR release 2004
  5. Article in Göteborgs-Posten