Teddy Hale vs. Baby Laurence Challenge Dance 1954 Challenge Dance 1954 In 1954, Baby Laurence and Teddy Hale met again at Minton's Playhouse to battle each other. They had battled in the early fifties at the Club Harlem where, trumpeter Ray Nance remembers, they fought to a draw. Even Nance, a former dancer, could not decide which dancer was the best. Again, at Minton's Playhouse, there was the same verdict. A draw. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.720