Dancers And Choreographers
27 entries in the Dancers And Choreographers compendium.
Dancers And Choreographers — Era Chart
La ArgentinitaSpanish-Argentine flamenco dancer and choreographer of the Generation of '27.La GoulueFrench can-can dancer and star of the Moulin Rouge.Loie FullerAmerican dancer who pioneered modern dance and theatrical lighting.Marge ChampionDancer, actress, and Disney animation model for Snow White.Maria TallchiefOsage ballerina who became America's first major prima ballerina.Marie TaglioniRomantic-era ballerina credited with pioneering en pointe dance.Martha GrahamAmerican modern dancer who created the Graham technique.Mary WigmanGerman dancer and choreographer who pioneered expressionist dance.Matthew BourneBritish choreographer known for radical ballet reinterpretations.Maya PlisetskayaSoviet prima ballerina assoluta who refused to defect.Merce CunninghamAmerican dancer and choreographer who transformed modern dance.Michael FlatleyAmerican-Irish dancer who reinvented Irish dance and created global stage shows.Ninette de ValoisFounder of The Royal Ballet and godmother of English ballet.Erik BruhnDanish ballet dancer known for technique and dramatic partnerships.Fanny ElsslerAustrian ballerina of the Romantic Period, famed for the Cachucha.Frederick AshtonBritish ballet dancer and choreographer who created an English genre of ballet.George BalanchineRussian-American choreographer who shaped 20th-century ballet.Isabella AndreiniItalian actress and writer who shaped commedia dell'arte.Ted ShawnPioneer of American modern dance and founder of Jacob's Pillow.Twyla TharpAmerican choreographer who pioneered crossover ballet.Uday ShankarIndian dancer who fused European theatrical techniques with Indian classical dance.Vasyl AvramenkoUkrainian dancer and impresario who spread folk dance globally.Vera ZorinaGerman-Norwegian ballerina and actress known for Balanchine-choreographed films.Vernon and Irene CastleHusband-and-wife dance team who revived modern dancing.Victor SilvesterEnglish dancer and bandleader who shaped ballroom dance and strict tempo music.Vladimir Vasiliev (dancer)Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, Bolshoi principal and director.Étienne DecrouxFrench actor who developed corporeal mime.
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