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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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Isadora Duncan

Rejecting the restrictions she associated with conventional ballet, Isadora Duncan pursued a dance language based on nat...

Modern American Pioneer Early 20TH Century

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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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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Ruth St. Denis

Ruth St. Denis was a pivotal figure in the development of modern dance. She established Denishawn with Ted Shawn, explor...

Modern American 20TH Century Pioneer

8.65 Great

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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

8.60 Great

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Anna Halprin

Anna Halprin was a significant 20th-century American choreographer who profoundly impacted dance. Her work moved beyond...

American 20TH Century Pioneer Postmodern

8.56 Great

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Ted Shawn

Ted Shawn was an innovative choreographer instrumental in developing modern dance in America. He challenged established...

Modern American 20TH Century Pioneer

8.46 Great

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Hanya Holm

Hanya Holm was a pioneering 20th-century choreographer renowned for her innovative approach to modern dance. She introdu...

Modern 20TH Century Pioneer Broadway

8.42 Great

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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

8.37 Great

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Padma Subrahmanyam

Padma Subrahmanyam is a choreographer renowned for her dedication to preserving and reviving Bharatanatyam, a classical...

Classical Indian 20TH Century Scholar

8.37 Great

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Doris Humphrey

Doris Humphrey was a significant 20th-century American choreographer known for her innovative approach to modern dance....

Modern American 20TH Century Pioneer

8.23 Great

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Mrinalini Sarabhai

Mrinalini Sarabhai was a pioneering choreographer deeply rooted in Indian classical dance traditions. She primarily work...

Classical Indian 20TH Century Pioneer

8.19 Great

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Chandralekha

Chandralekha was an Indian choreographer and dancer recognized for integrating the classical Indian dance form of Bharat...

Contemporary Indian 20TH Century Feminist

7.82 Good

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Astad Deboo

Astad Deboo was an Indian contemporary dancer and choreographer known for pioneering a unique style that blended the tec...

Contemporary Indian 20TH Century Fusion

7.54 Good

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Mui Cheuk-yin

Mui Cheuk-yin is a Hong Kong choreographer and dancer who founded DanceArt Hong Kong in 1989. She is recognized for crea...

Contemporary 20TH Century Pioneer Chinese

7.54 Good