swap_horiz Reinhild Hoffmann Alternatives

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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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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

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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

8.79 Great

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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

8.79 Great

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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

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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

8.74 Great

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Mats Ek

Mats Ek was a significant 20th-century Swedish choreographer renowned for his intensely expressive and often unconventio...

Contemporary Ballet 20TH Century Expressionist Swedish

8.56 Great

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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

8.46 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

8.19 Great

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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

8.19 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

7.64 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

7.18 Good