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Patsy Swayze's interest and career in dance began in the aftermath of a car accident as a child.<ref name=latimes/> Her mother had her take dances classes as part of her recovery.<ref name=latimes/>
Swayze founded the Houston Jazz Ballet Company and served as the ballet's director.<ref name=latimes/> She also opened a Houston [[dance studio]], the Swayze School of Dance.<ref name=hc/> Her son Patrick met his future wife, [[film director]] and [[actress]] [[Lisa Niemi]], while they were enrolled as her students at the Swayze School of Dance.<ref name=latimes/> (The couple married in 1975). In addition to her own dance studio, Swayze taught dance and choreography at the [[University of Houston]] for eighteen years.<ref name=latimes/> Patsy Swayze's former students included [[Debbie Allen]], [[Randy Quaid]], [[Jaclyn Smith]] and [[Tommy Tune]].<ref name=latimes/>
Patsy Swayze transitioned to film by choreographing her first movie, ''[[Urban Cowboy]]'', starring [[John Travolta]] and [[Debra Winger]].<ref name=latimes/> The success of ''Urban Cowboy'' essentially launched her career as a film choreographer.<ref name=latimes/> In 1980, Patsy Swayze moved from Houston to southern California.<ref name=latimes/> She choreographed numerous films over the next three decades including ''[[Liar's Moon]]'' in 1982 and ''[[Hope Floats]]'', directed by [[Forest Whitaker]], in 1998.<ref name=khou/> She teamed with her daughter-in-law, director [[Lisa Niemi]], to choreograph the 2003 film, ''[[One Last Dance (2003 film)|One Last Dance]]'', which starred Niemi, Patrick Swayze and [[George de la Peña]].<ref name=latimes/>
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