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George Balanchine

George Balanchine shaped modern ballet as a Russian-born American choreographer. His innovative approach emphasized musi...

Ballet Neoclassical 20TH Century Nycb

10.0 Brilliant

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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

9.9 Brilliant

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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

9.9 Brilliant

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Merce Cunningham

Merce Cunningham reshaped twentieth-century dance through his innovative approach. He developed a system incorporating c...

Modern American 20TH Century Experimental

9.7 Brilliant

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Pina Bausch

Pina Bausch was a German choreographer renowned for her innovative Tanztheater style. Her work, primarily developed at T...

German 20TH Century Experimental Tanztheater

9.7 Brilliant

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Mary Wigman

Mary Wigman (1883-1973) was a pioneering German choreographer whose work fundamentally shaped dance in the 20th century....

German 20TH Century Expressionist Pioneer

9.7 Brilliant

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Alvin Ailey

Alvin Ailey reshaped American dance through his innovative choreography blending modern techniques with rich African and...

Modern African American American 20TH Century

9.6 Brilliant

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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

9.6 Brilliant

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Busby Berkeley

Busby Berkeley was an American choreographer renowned for his innovative and highly stylized dance sequences in Hollywoo...

American 20TH Century Film Spectacle

9.6 Brilliant

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Kazuo Ohno

Kazuo Ohno was a significant Japanese choreographer renowned for his intensely physical and deeply expressive movement v...

Japanese 20TH Century Expressionist Pioneer

9.6 Brilliant

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Tatsumi Hijikata

Tatsumi Hijikata was a pivotal Japanese choreographer and theatre practitioner. He is most recognized as a foundational...

Avant Garde Japanese 20TH Century Founder

9.6 Brilliant

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Rukmini Devi Arundale

Rukmini Devi Arundale was a pivotal 20th-century choreographer renowned for her dedication to reviving and popularizing...

Indian 20TH Century Pioneer Bharatanatyam

9.5 Brilliant

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Jiří Kylián

Jiří Kylián was a twentieth-century choreographer renowned for his innovative and emotionally resonant works within cont...

Ballet Contemporary Ballet 20TH Century Czech

9.3 Excellent

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Angelin Preljocaj

Angelin Preljocaj is a choreographer born in Albania but working primarily in France. He established Ballet Preljocaj in...

Contemporary Ballet 20TH Century Lyrical Political

8.9 Great

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Nacho Duato

Nacho Duato is a Spanish choreographer who directed the Compañía Nacional de Danza from 1990 to 2011, celebrated for his...

Ballet Contemporary Ballet Spanish 20TH Century

8.8 Great

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Birgit Cullberg

Birgit Cullberg was a pioneering Swedish choreographer who founded the Cullberg Ballet and gained international fame for...

Ballet Narrative 20TH Century Dramatic

8.8 Great

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Johan Inger

Johan Inger is a Swedish choreographer and former artistic director of the Cullberg Ballet, celebrated for his contempor...

Contemporary Ballet Narrative 21ST Century Swedish

8.7 Great

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Alexander Ekman

Alexander Ekman is a Swedish choreographer known for his witty, theatrical contemporary works created for major companie...

Contemporary Ballet 21ST Century Theatrical Swedish

8.7 Great

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Eleo Pomare

Eleo Pomare was a Colombian-American choreographer whose socially conscious works, like his 1964 piece Blues for the Jun...

Modern 20TH Century Expressionist Social Justice

8.3 Great

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Pontus Lidberg

Pontus Lidberg is a Swedish choreographer and filmmaker renowned for blending contemporary dance with cinematic techniqu...

Contemporary Ballet 21ST Century Film Lyrical

8.1 Great