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George Balanchine

A Russian-born American choreographer and co-founder of New York City Ballet, George Balanchine helped shape modern ball...

Ballet Neoclassical 20TH Century Nycb

9.15 Excellent

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Martha Graham

Martha Graham was a pivotal 20th-century American choreographer. Her innovative technique, developed in the 1920s, remai...

Modern American 20TH Century Pioneer

9.13 Excellent

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Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire was an American choreographer renowned for his innovative and elegant dance style. His work defined ballroo...

American 20TH Century Film Ballroom

9.06 Excellent

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Pina Bausch

At Tanztheater Wuppertal, German choreographer Pina Bausch developed a form of dance theater that brought movement into...

German 20TH Century Experimental Tanztheater

8.92 Great

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Merce Cunningham

Chance procedures helped Merce Cunningham rethink how twentieth-century dance could be made. The American choreographer...

Modern American 20TH Century Experimental

8.91 Great

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Mary Wigman

Mary Wigman (1883-1973) was a German dancer and choreographer closely associated with Ausdruckstanz, or expressionist da...

German 20TH Century Expressionist Pioneer

8.88 Great

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Frederick Ashton

Frederick Ashton (1904-1989) was a prominent British choreographer whose work significantly influenced ballet. He develo...

Ballet Royal Ballet 20TH Century Lyrical

8.83 Great

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Kazuo Ohno

Japanese dancer and choreographer Kazuo Ohno was a formative figure in butoh, a performance tradition associated with ex...

Japanese 20TH Century Expressionist Pioneer

8.83 Great

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Yvonne Rainer

Yvonne Rainer was an American choreographer whose work profoundly impacted modern dance. As co-founder of Judson Dance T...

American Minimalist 20TH Century Postmodern

8.69 Great

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Trisha Brown

Trisha Brown developed a significant body of work as an American choreographer during the 20th century. Her innovative a...

American Minimalist 20TH Century Postmodern

8.65 Great

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Kenneth MacMillan

Kenneth MacMillan was a prominent 20th-century British choreographer renowned for his dramatically intense and psycholog...

Ballet Royal Ballet 20TH Century Dramatic

8.60 Great

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Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is a prominent 21st-century choreographer based in Belgium. She leads the Rosas company, know...

Contemporary Minimalist 21ST Century Belgian

8.46 Great

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Lucinda Childs

Lucinda Childs is an American choreographer celebrated for pioneering a distinctly minimalist movement vocabulary in dan...

American Minimalist 20TH Century Postmodern

8.42 Great

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Lloyd Newson

Lloyd Newson is a British choreographer recognized for his innovative work blending dance with theatrical elements. He e...

20TH Century Experimental British Physical Theatre

8.19 Great

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Siobhan Davies

Siobhan Davies is a prominent contemporary choreographer based in Britain. Her work, often characterized by its postmode...

Contemporary 20TH Century British Postmodern

8.00 Great

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Ralph Lemon

Ralph Lemon is an American contemporary choreographer, conceptual artist, and author who serves as the artistic director...

African American Contemporary Conceptual 20TH Century

7.91 Good

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Christopher Bruce

Christopher Bruce is a British dancer and choreographer closely associated with Rambert, where he performed, created wor...

Contemporary 20TH Century Social Commentary British

7.50 Good

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Lea Anderson

Lea Anderson is a British choreographer who co-founded two London-based contemporary dance companies in the 1980s: The C...

Contemporary 20TH Century Theatrical British

7.27 Good

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Richard Alston

Richard Alston is a British choreographer whose work in contemporary dance is closely associated with musical structure...

Contemporary 20TH Century Lyrical British

7.01 Good

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Liz Aggiss

Liz Aggiss is a British choreographer, performer, and artist associated with experimental contemporary dance. Her work c...

Contemporary 20TH Century British Feminist

5.75 Mediocre