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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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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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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

9.5 Brilliant

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Ohad Naharin

Ohad Naharin is a prominent Israeli choreographer known for Gaga, a movement language developed with him and Tina Landau...

Contemporary Israeli 20TH Century Batsheva

9.4 Excellent

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Arthur Mitchell

Arthur Mitchell was a groundbreaking choreographer known for his innovative Dance Theatre of Harlem company. He fused cl...

Ballet African American 20TH Century Pioneer

9.4 Excellent

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Lin Hwai-min

Lin Hwai-min was a prominent 20th-century choreographer renowned for his innovative fusion of Western contemporary dance...

Contemporary 20TH Century Taiwanese Cloud Gate

9.4 Excellent

8

Bill T. Jones

Bill T. Jones is a prominent American choreographer known for his deeply moving and politically charged dance works. His...

African American 20TH Century Theatrical Political

9.2 Excellent

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Germaine Acogny

Germaine Acogny is a pioneering choreographer recognized for her significant contributions to contemporary dance. Born i...

Contemporary 20TH Century Pioneer Senegalese

9.1 Excellent

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Min Tanaka

Min Tanaka is a Japanese choreographer known for his experimental work blending butoh with natural movement. He establis...

Nature Japanese 20TH Century Experimental

9.1 Excellent

11

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

8.9 Great

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Maguy Marin

Maguy Marin was a prominent French choreographer active throughout the 20th century. Her work, often theatrical and poli...

French Contemporary 20TH Century Theatrical

8.9 Great

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Marie Chouinard

Marie Chouinard is a Canadian choreographer known for her intensely physical and experimental contemporary work. Establi...

Contemporary Canadian 20TH Century Experimental

8.9 Great

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Boris Charmatz

Boris Charmatz is a contemporary choreographer based in France. He’s notable for his experimental work exploring movemen...

French Contemporary 21ST Century Experimental

8.8 Great

15

Edouard Lock

Edouard Lock was a Canadian choreographer influential in contemporary dance during the 20th century. His work with La La...

Speed Contemporary Canadian 20TH Century

8.8 Great

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Wim Vandekeybus

Wim Vandekeybus is a celebrated Belgian choreographer known for his innovative and intensely physical contemporary dance...

Contemporary 20TH Century Physical Belgian

8.7 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

8.7 Great

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Jan Fabre

Jan Fabre is a Belgian multidisciplinary artist, choreographer, and theater director who founded the performance company...

Contemporary 20TH Century Experimental Endurance

8.6 Great

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Bebe Miller

Bebe Miller is an American contemporary choreographer and the founder of the Columbus, Ohio-based Bebe Miller Company, e...

African American Contemporary 20TH Century Theatrical

8.3 Great

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Sardono W. Kusumo

Sardono W. Kusumo is an Indonesian dancer, choreographer, director, and visual artist whose practice draws on Javanese p...

Contemporary 20TH Century Experimental Indonesian

8.1 Great