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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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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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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 prominent choreographer recognized for his innovative approach to ballet and contemporary dance. His wo...

Ballet Contemporary Ballet Spanish 20TH Century

8.8 Great

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Birgit Cullberg

Birgit Cullberg was a significant 20th-century Swedish choreographer known for her innovative approach to ballet. She de...

Ballet Narrative 20TH Century Dramatic

8.8 Great

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Johan Inger

Johan Inger is a prominent Swedish choreographer known for his innovative work in contemporary ballet. His choreography...

Contemporary Ballet Narrative 21ST Century Swedish

8.7 Great

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Alexander Ekman

Alexander Ekman is a prominent Swedish choreographer recognized for innovative work blending contemporary ballet with th...

Contemporary Ballet 21ST Century Theatrical Swedish

8.7 Great

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Eleo Pomare

Eleo Pomare was a Colombian-American modern dance choreographer known for his expressionist works addressing social just...

Modern 20TH Century Expressionist Social Justice

8.3 Great

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Pontus Lidberg

Pontus Lidberg is a Swedish choreographer, dancer, and filmmaker whose work combines contemporary dance with visual stor...

Contemporary Ballet 21ST Century Film Lyrical

8.1 Great

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John Alleyne

John Alleyne is a Barbadian-Canadian choreographer who served as the artistic director of Ballet British Columbia from 1...

Contemporary Ballet 20TH Century Lyrical Barbadian Canadian

7.8 Good

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Susanne Linke

Susanne Linke is a prominent German choreographer and a central figure in the development of Tanztheater (dance theater)...

German Solo 20TH Century Expressionist

7.8 Good

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Reinhild Hoffmann

Reinhild Hoffmann is a German choreographer, dancer, and director associated with the development of Tanztheater, a form...

German 20TH Century Expressionist Political

7.0 Good