Luigi was the innovator of the world’s first jazz dance technique.
Born Eugene Louis Faccuito in Steubenville, Ohio, Luigi was the eighth of eleven children of Italian immigrant parents Nicholas and Antonette (Savoia). With coaching from his brother Tony, Luigi grew up winning talent shows with his singing, dancing and limber acrobatic tricks. By his teens, he headlined as "Steubenville's Own Bobby Breene" (the male Shirley Temple), and becam...read more