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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

5

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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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

8.83 Great

10

Alvin Ailey

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

Modern African American American 20TH Century

8.79 Great

11

Busby Berkeley

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

American 20TH Century Film Spectacle

8.79 Great

12

Jerome Robbins

Jerome Robbins (1918-1998) was a highly influential American choreographer renowned for his innovative blending of balle...

Ballet American 20TH Century Broadway

8.74 Great

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Katherine Dunham

Katherine Dunham was a pioneering choreographer who blended Caribbean, African, and modern dance traditions. Her work, b...

Modern African American 20TH Century Caribbean

8.74 Great

14

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

8.74 Great

15

Maurice Béjart

Maurice Béjart was a prominent 20th-century choreographer of French origin who developed a distinctive style blending ba...

Ballet French 20TH Century Theatrical

8.69 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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Lester Horton

Lester Horton was a pivotal 20th-century American choreographer renowned for developing the Horton Technique. This metho...

Modern American Multicultural 20TH Century

8.69 Great

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Agnes de Mille

Agnes de Mille was a prominent 20th-century choreographer known for her innovative work blending classical ballet with m...

Ballet Narrative American 20TH Century

8.69 Great

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Donald McKayle

Donald McKayle was an influential African-American modern dancer and choreographer whose 1959 work Games became a staple...

Modern African American 20TH Century Social Justice

7.91 Good

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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

7.64 Good