Jane Sherman

Jane Sherman (June 14, 1908 – March 16, 2010) was an American writer, performer, composer, and one-time dancer and member of the Rockettes the famed in-house dance troupe of Radio City Music Hall.

[1] She was a former member and authority of Denishawn, the eclectic company, founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in 1915.

She performed with companies ranging from modern-dance groups to the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes.

From 1927 to 1928, she joined the Ziegfeld Follies and toured with the troupe, and later returned to modern dance as a member of the Humphrey-Weidman Company in 1928.

In 1940, Jane Sherman married Ned Lehac, a high school Science Teacher who was also a composer and lyricist for revues, contributing material to 14 shows from 1930 to 1942.