Famous American Choreographers: 601 Biographies
Biographies of notable american choreographers, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)
MC Hammer
American rapper
Mýa
American singer
Harold Hecht
American producer, choreographer and talent agent (1907–1985)
Cris Judd
American actor and choreographer
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
Aaron Copland
American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor (1900-1990)
Janet Jackson
American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress (born 1966)
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
Gene Kelly
American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912–1996)
Leonard Crofoot
American singer, actor and dancer
Catherine Turocy
American dancer
George de la Peña
American dancer
Teyana Taylor
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1990)
Nat Horne
American dancer, choreographer, and director
May O'Donnell
Dancer, Choreographer (1906–2004)
Donnie Yen
Hong Kong actor, film director and martial artist (born 1963)
Carl Lesch
American musical conductor
Emery LeCrone
American dancer
Lisa Joann Thompson
American dancer, choreographer and actress
Solange Knowles
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1986)
John Jasperse
American choreographer
David Dorfman
American choreographer
Gemze de Lappe
American ballet dancer, Broadway theatre choreographer, and 're-creator'
Matt Mattox
American dancer (1921-2013)
Keith Hennessy
Canadian-American dancer
Beth Soll
Dancer and choreographer
Paula Abdul
American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality
Fred Astaire
American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer (1899–1987)
Merian Soto
Puerto Rican artist
David Winters
British-born American producer, director, actor, choreographer and dancer (1939-2019)
Anthony Shay
American dancer and choreographer
Lacey Schwimmer
American ballroom dancer and singer (born 1988)
Travis Payne
American dancer
Ulysses Dove
American dancer and choreographer (1947-1996)
Daniel Nagrin
American dancer and choreographer (1917-2008)
Bob Fosse
American choreographer, dancer, and director (1927–1987)
Sophie Maslow
American dancer (1911–2006)
Charles Walters
American film director and choreographer (1911-1982)
Merce Cunningham
American dancer and choreographer (1919–2009)
James Starbuck
American ballet dancer and choreographer (1912-1997)
Dania Krupska
American dancer and choreographer
David Brimmer
American actor
Larissa FastHorse
playwright and choreographer
Kevin Stea
American dancer, choreographer, actor
Chen Shi-Zheng
American theatre director
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Latvian-American dancer, choreographer and actor
Debbie Allen
American actress, choreographer, television director, television producer, singer, and dancer (born 1950)
Carolee Schneemann
American visual experimental artist (1939–2019)
Kriota Willberg
American cartoonist and choreographer
Keith Terry
musical artist
Anna Halprin
American dancer (1920–2021)
Christopher Calvin Harrison
American choreographer
Katherine Dunham
American dancer, choreographer, songwriter, actress and activist (1909/1912–2006)
David Gordon
American choreographer (1936–2022)
Portia Mansfield
American dance educator and choreographer
Derek Hough
American dancer
Karel Shook
American ballet teacher and company director (1920-1985)
Kathryn Doby
American actress and dancer
Morleigh Steinberg
American choreographer and dancer, wife of The Edge
Vicente Nebrada
Venezuelan choreographer and ballet dancer (1930–2002)
Donald McKayle
American dancer (1930–2018)
Alan Weeks
American actor
Maya Deren
Ukrainian-born American avant-garde filmmaker (1917–1961)
Willam Christensen
American ballet dancer (1902-2001)
Mikhail Mordkin
Russian-American ballet dancer (1880–1944)
Marguerite Derricks
choreographer
Shen Wei
Chinese-born American choreographer, visual artist and director (born 1968)
Chet Walker
American basketball player (1940–2024)
Harry Shum Jr.
American actor and dancer (born 1982)
Patricia Bowman
American ballet dancer (1904-1999)
Stanley Donen
American film director and choreographer (1924-2019)
Alexis Arquette
American actress (1969–2016)
Simone Forti
American dancer and choreographer (1935–2026)
Jay Park
South Korean-American rapper and singer (born 1987)
Bobby Byrd
American R&B/soul singer, songwriter, bandleader, talent scout, record producer, and musician (1934–2007)
Matteo Vittucci
American ballet dancer and choreographer (1919-2011)
Victor Kanevsky
Ukrainian dancer
Patrick Swayze
American actor, producer, singer and dancer (1952–2009)
Dita Von Teese
American Egyptian burlesque dancer and model (born 1972)
Margaret Fisher
American artist (born 1948)
Danny Daniels
American dancer
Kay Teer Crawford
National Dance Competition Producer (1914-2001)
Raphael Xavier
American dancer, rapper and photographer
Harriet Browne
American tap dancer, educator and choreographer (1932-1997)
Julianne Hough
American dancer, choreographer, actress, singer, and songwriter (born 1988)
Charles Coles
American tap dancer (1911-1992)
Camille A. Brown
American dancer
Christopher Chadman
American dancer (1948–1995)
David Warren Gibson
American actor, dancer, choreographer, and fine artist
Khandi Alexander
American dancer, choreographer, and actress
Erika Chong Shuch
American choreographer
Nick Castle
American dancer and choreographer (1910–1968)
James Waring
Choreographer and director (1922–1975)
George Balanchine
American choreographer, dancer and ballet master (1904–1983)
Don Loper
American fashion designer (1906-1972)
Paul De Rolf
American actor, choreographer and dancer (1942-2017)
Richard Jacobs
American rabbi
Jacki Sorensen
originator of aerobic dancing
Alvin Ailey
African-American dancer, choreographer and activist (1931-1989)
Richard Jackson
American dancer, creative director, and choreographer
Seymour Felix
American director, performer, and choreographer (1892-1961)
Calico Cooper
American singer, actor, and dancer
Julio Agustin
American stage actor
Jacob Brent
American actor
Eugene Louis Faccuito
American dancer (1925–2015)
Kenny Ortega
American television and film director, producer, choreographer
Herbert Ross
American film director (1927–2001)
Adam Shankman
American actor, director, choreographer and dancer (born 1964)
Bridget Breiner
American dancer
Raoul Trujillo
American actor and dancer
Ashley Roberts
American singer, dancer and television personality
Annie Sprinkle
American sex educator and artist (born 1954)
Troy Schumacher
American ballet dancer
Alyssa Edwards
American drag queen
Rennie Harris
American choreographer
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer and director (1918–1998)
Loren Hightower
American ballet dancer and choreographer
Pooh Kaye
American choreographer and filmmaker
Michael Flatley
American step dancer
Laurie Anderson
American artist and musician (born 1947)
Shabba-Doo
American actor and dancer
Jeffrey Hornaday
Film director, choreographer
Anna Sokolow
American dancer (1910–2000)
Sasha Gradiva
Russian entertainer
Free Marie
American media personality, producer, choreographer and rapper
Marc Breaux
choreographer (1924-2013)
Todrick Hall
American entertainer (born 1985)
Robert Rauschenberg
American painter and graphic artist (1925–2008)
Lester Wilson
American dancer and choreographer; recording artist (1942-1993)
Jack Cole
choreographer (1911-1974)
Liz Lerman
American choreographer
Carla Blank
American writer, editor, choreographer, director and dramaturge
Eleanor King
American dancer (1906–1991)
Archie Savage
American actor, dancer, and choreographer (1914-2003)
Steve Paxton
American experimental dancer and choreographer (1939–2024)
Jennifer Monson
American dancer and choreographer
Jon M. Chu
American filmmaker
Richard Move
choreographer, performer, director, filmmaker
Karen Pearlman
Australian dancer, filmmaker, and film scholar (born 1960)
Ray Barra
American ballet dancer
Tamara Toumanova
Russian ballet dancer (1919-1996)
Stuart Hodes
American dancer (1924–2023)
Joe Coleman
painter
Danny Mefford
American choreographer and director (born 1982)
André De Shields
American entertainer
Ann Marie DeAngelo
American dancer
Brenda Way
American choreographer
Stephan Koplowitz
American choreographer
Iziegbe Odigie
US/Nigerian choreographer
Twyla Tharp
American dancer and choreographer
David J. Williams
American writer
Felia Doubrovska
Russian ballet dancer (1896-1981)
Michael Kidd
American film choreographer (1915–2007)
Willi Ninja
American dancer (1961-2006)
Jacques d'Amboise
American dancer and choreographer (1934-2021)
Marietta Bonfanti
American ballet dancer (1845–1921)
Bobby Connolly
American film director and choreographer (1897-1944)
Mia Michaels
American contemporary choreographer
Derick K. Grant
American dancer
Mandy Moore
American choreographer
Ronald K. Brown
American choreographer
Alex Romero
American dancer and choreographer (1913–2007)
Léonide Massine
ballet dancer (1896–1979)
Gregory Hines
American actor and dancer (1946–2003)
Hermes Pan
American dancer, choreographer (1909-1990)
Susan Stroman
American theatre director
Ntozake Shange
African American writer and performance artist (1948-2018)
Darrin Henson
American choreographer, dancer and actor
Theodore Kosloff
Russian-American ballet dancer, choreographer, actor (1882-1956)
Steve Merritt
American dancer (1945-1993)
Arthur Mitchell
American dancer and choreographer, co-founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem (1934-2018)
Peggy Holmes
American dancer
Leiomy Maldonado
American dancer and choreographer
Alison Becker Chase
American choreographer
Kimberly Wyatt
American dancer and choreographer
Karen Graffeo
American photographer
Martha Clarke
American theater director and choreographer
Ethel Winter
American ballet dancer
Kyle Abraham
American choreographer
Catherine Littlefield
American dancer
Tony Charmoli
American actor and director (1921-2020)
Katherine LaNasa
American actress (born 1966)
Richard Powers
dance historian
Shamel Pitts
performance artist
Lil' C
hip-hop dancer and choreographer
Casey Nicholaw
American theatre director and choreographer
Tommy Wonder
American dancer (1914-1993)
Pat E. Johnson
American martial artist (1939–2023)
Shaun Evaristo
choreographer
Meredith Monk
American musician (born 1942)
Dianne McIntyre
American dancer and choreographer
Ruth St. Denis
American dancer (1879-1968)
Elaine Summers
American choreographer, intermedia-pioneer, originator of bodymind-work (1925-2014)
Stephen Mills
American ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1960)
Ellen Albertini Dow
American actress (1913–2015)
Rob Marshall
American film and theatre director and producer
Stephanie Bissonnette
American stage choreographer (1990–2022)
Eva Palmer-Sikelianos
American scholar of Greece (1874-1952)
Lucia Dlugoszewski
American composer and poet (1931–2000)
Avery Brooks
American actor and director
Alan Johnson
American choreographer and film director (1937–2018)
Justin McCarthy
Dancer and choreographer
Sonny Kiss
American professional wrestler, dancer, choreographer, and professional wrestling manager
Mercedes Ellington
American dancer, choreographer, art director, and educator
Adrienne Truscott
American Stand-up comedian
Buddy Bradley
American dancer and choreographer
Andy Blankenbuehler
Broadway dancer and choreographer
William Forsythe
American actor
David Vaughan
British-American dance historian and critic (1924-2017)
Justin Peck
American choreographer
Monty Oum
American animator
Muriel Miguel
indigenous theatre artist in what is known as the U.S.
LaVaughn Robinson
American dancer
Deborah Hay
American choreographer (born 1941)
Charles Weidman
American choreographer (1901–1975)
Rhodessa Jones
American actress, teacher, director, writer, and founder of the Medea Project
Bill T. Jones
American artist and dancer (born 1952)
Sue Samuels
American dancer
Helen Tamiris
American choreographer (1905-1966)
Robert North
American choreographer
Kherington Payne
American dance musician and actress
Michael Bennett
American choreographer (1943-1987)
Neal Kenyon
American choreographer and theatre director
Jenna Johnson
American professional dancer
Dana Tai Soon Burgess
choreographer, dance artist, cultural figure
Travis Wall
American choreographer
luciana achugar
Uruguayan-American choreographer
Elsie Augustave
Haitian-American author
Only Won
rapper
Bella Lewitzky
modern dance dancer and choreographer (1916–2004)
Ann Reinking
American dancer, choreographer and actress (1949-2020)
Witney Carson
American actress and dancer
Annie-B Parson
American choreographer
Talley Beatty
American dancer (1918–1995)
Bertram Ross
American dancer and choreographer (1920-2003)
Auti Angel
actress
Damian Woetzel
American dancer
Carmencita Romero
American dancer, choreographer, and actor (1914-2001)
Robert Wilson
American stage director and playwright (1941–2025)
William Forsythe
American choreographer (born 1949)
Hedwig Gorski
American poet and performance artist
Lois Bewley
American dancer and choreographer (1934–2012)
Amanda Celine Miller
American voice actress
Elizabeth Swados
American composer (1951-2016)
Tamara Geva
Soviet-American actress and dancer (1906–1997)
Luis Salgado
Puerto Rican actor
Loyce Houlton
American dancer and choreographer
Steve Barton
American actor/singer (1954-2001)
Kelli Erdmann
American social media personality
Pola Nireńska
Polish dancer and choreographer (1910-1992)
Antonia Franceschi
American actor and choreographer
Frances Taylor Davis
American dancer and actress (1929-2018)
Benji Schwimmer
American dancer and choreographer
Okwui Okpokwasili
Nigerian-American artist (born 1972)
Cheryl Burke
American dancer
Abby Lee Miller
American dance instructor and choreographer (born 1965)
Kangol Kid
Haitian-American hip hop producer, songwriter, break dancer, and emcee
LeRoy Prinz
American film director and choreographer (1895-1983)
Dawn Kramer
American artistic director (born 1945)
Donna McKechnie
American dancer, actress and singer
Sharon Kinney
American dancer
Lila York
American dancer and choreographer
Carrie Ann Inaba
American television personality, dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer
Cynthia Harvey
American ballet dancer
Frank Gatson, Jr.
American choreographer/director
Robert Alton
American dancer and choreographer
Candis Cayne
American actress and performance artist
Kate Bornstein
American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist
John Moran
American composer
Nina Winthrop
American choreographer
Eddie Torres
Salsa instructor
D'Arcy Drollinger
American actor, writer, musician, director, producer & choreographer
Doris Humphrey
American dancer and choreographer (1895–1958)
Eliot Feld
American ballet dancer and choreographer
Dwight Rhoden
American choreographer
Ted Shawn
American dancer (1891–1972)
Lar Lubovitch
American choreographer, founder of the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
Lincoln Kirstein
American writer (1907–1996)
Leland Palmer
American actress, dancer and singer (b. 1945)
Lindsay Arnold
American professional Latin and ballroom dancer
Martha Graham
American dancer and choreographer (1894–1991)
Kym Johnson
Australian ballroom dancer and TV performer
Sonya Tayeh
American choreographer
Grethe Barrett Holby
American producer, stage director, choreographer and dramaturge
Marge Champion
American dancer and actress (1919–2020)
Alexander Godunov
Russian-American ballet dancer and film actor (1949-1995)
Walter Bobbie
American theatre director and choreographer
Jeraldyne Blunden
American choreographer (1940-1999)
Cleo Parker Robinson
American dancer and choreographer (born 1948)
Janette Manrara
dancer
Marilyn Wood
American choreographer and writer (1929-2016)
Renaldo Benson
American musician (1936–2005)
Sally Gross
American choreographer and dancer (1933–2015)
Jerron Herman
interdisciplinary dancer, choreographer, and researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-0754-8517)
Amanda Schull
American actress, professional ballet dancer
Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi
American playwright and actress
John Neumeier
ballet dancer, choreographer and director
Fayard Nicholas
Choreographer, dancer, actor (1914–2006)
Dan Karaty
Dancer and choreographer
Denise Faye
American actor and dancer
Germaine Ingram
American choreographer and lawyer
Sylvia Lewis
American actress
Ruthanna Boris
American ballet dancer and choreographer (1919-2007)
Ian Eastwood
U.S. dance artist
Isadora Duncana
American dancer and choreographer (1877–1927)
Flick Colby
American dancer, choreographer (1946-2011)
Neon
US belly dance and stiletto dance instructor
Kathryn Posin
American choreographer
Peter Chu
American dancer
Judith Jamison
American dancer and choreographer (1943–2024)
Carole Johnson
African American dancer and choreographer
Kelli Finglass
American cheerleader
Tim Federle
American actor
Jeanne Beaman
American choreographer (1919–2020)
Rachel Brice
American belly dancer
Larry Fuller
American dancer
Artem Chigvintsev
Russian dancer
Clark Tippet
American choreographer
Busby Berkeley
American film director and musical choreographer (1895-1976)
Sabrina Bryan
American singer
Julie Atlas Muz
burlesque performer
Margo Sappington
American choreographer
Ruth Currier
American dancer (1926-2011)
Ernest Flatt
American choreographer and dancer
Emily Johnson
American dancer
Marcia Milgrom Dodge
American theatre director, writer and choreographer
Charles Holston Williams
American choreographer
Marta Becket
American ballet dancer (1924-2017)
Jessica Deahr
dancer
Bailey Sok
South Korean-American singer, rapper, choreographer and dancer
Hilary Easton
American choreographer
Nandini Sikand
Indian-American filmmaker and dancer-choreographer
Lucinda Childs
American choreographer and dancer (born 1940)
Robin Antin
American choreographer
Anneliese von Oettingen
Ballerina and choreographer (1917-2002)
Matt West
American choreographer
Allegra Fuller Snyder
American dancer and dance scholar
Joan Jonas
American artist (born 1936)
John Durang
American actor and dancer (1768-1822)
Jon Rua
American actor, singer and choreographer
Nelson Barclift
American choreographer and dancer
Tyce Diorio
American jazz choreographer
Aaron Tolson
American choreographer
Jack Donohue
American actor and director (1908-1984)
Peggy Willis-Aarnio
choreographer, historian, author and teacher of classical ballet
Sascha Radetsky
American ballet dancer and actor
Lil Buck
American dancer (1988-)
George Faison
American dancer and choreographer
Pam Tanowitz
American dancer and choreographer
Moses Pendleton
American choreographer
Todd Bolender
American ballet dancer and choreographer (1914-2006)
Mimi Kagan
American dancer (1918–1999)
Alexei Ratmansky
Ukrainian-Russian-American ballet dancer and choreographer
Lillian Shapero
American dancer and choreographer (1908-1988)
Judy Trammell
American cheerleader
Tatiana Riabouchinska
ballet dancer and teacher (1917–2000)
Gates McFadden
American actress and choreographer
Adam Darius
American dancer (1930-2017)
Loretta Abbott
American dancer (1933-2016)
Christopher Stowell
ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director
Vera Embree
American dancer and choreographer
Judy Dearing
Costume designer, choreographer, dancer
Lew Christensen
American ballet dancer and choreographer (1909–1984)
Benjamin Harkarvy
American choreographer (1930–2002)
Aku Kadogo
choreographer, director, actress, and educator
Rosina Galli
Italian born American dancer (1892–1940)
Margaret Tedesco
American curator, visual artist (c. 1965–2025)
Catie Cuan
American roboticist and choreographer
Alexis Warr
American dancer and choreographer (born 2000)
Brian Puspos
musical artist
Shanell Woodgett
American songwriter
Zeena Parkins
American musician
Carolyn Carlson
American dancer
Dave Scott
Hip-hop choreographer and talent developer
Jeanne Lee
American singer (1939-2000)
Laura Dean
American choreographer
Columbus Short
American choreographer
Alan Bersten
American professional dancer
Lorca Massine
American ballet dancer and choreographer
Ralph Lemon
American choreographer and visual artist (born 1952)
Jill Johnston
British-born American feminist author and cultural critic
Nana Shineflug
American dancer and choreographer
Dean Collins
American dancer
Zoe Scofield
American choreographer
George Zoritch
Russian-born American ballet dancer (1917–2009)
Lydia Steier
American stage director based in Germany
Mark Ballas
American actor and dancer
Mura Dehn
American dancer, choreographer, and documentary filmmaker (1905-1987)
Michael Le
American choreographer, dancer and TikToker
Maxine Munt
American dancer, educator (1912–2000)
Janet Collins
American dancer (1917–2003)
taisha paggett
American choreographer (born 1976)
Albert Evans
American dancer and choreographer (1968-2015)
Scott Wise
American actor
Bobby Van
American actor and game show host (1928-1980)
Joseph Duell
American dancer and choreographer for the New York City Ballet
Miguel Gutierrez
American dance and music artist
Kenneth King
American dancer (born 1948)
Paul Williams
American singer (1939–1973)
Trish Sie
American choreographer
Lateef Crowder Dos Santos
American actor
Kevin Tancharoen
American film director, producer, screenwriter, dancer and choreographer
Ray Arnett
American choreographer and theatre director
Karole Armitage
American dancer and choreographer
George Reich
American dancer, actor and choreographer
Morgan Lewis
American musician
Beverly Schmidt Blossom
American dancer, choreographer, teacher (1926-2014)
Elizabeth Aldrich
American historian
Syvilla Fort
American dancer (1917-1975)
Walter Toscanini
Broadcaster, locutor (1898–1971)
Diane Martel
American music video director
Molly Molloy
American choreographer
Anna Kisselgoff
American academic
David Dukes
American character actor (1945–2000)
Claire Porter
American choreographer
Jean Butler
American dancer, choreographer and actress
Alwin Nikolais
American choreographer (1910-1993)
Carolyn Brown
American choreographer and dancer
Carmen De Lavallade
American dancer (1931–2025)
Chrystelle Trump Bond
American dancer and historian
Hinton Battle
African-American actor, dancer, and choreographer
Stefan Sittig
American Director/Choreographer
Tina Landon
choreographer
Pearl Lang
American dancer (1921–2009)
Robert Cohan
British-American dancer
Jennifer Muller
American choreographer (1944–2023)
Satya Narayana Charka
American dancer
Tommy Abbott
American actor (1934–1987)
Desmond Richardson
American choreographer
William Dollar
American ballet dancer (1907-1986)
Peta Murgatroyd
New Zealand-born Australian professional Latin dancer
Wendy Perron
American dancer and choreographer
Kathy Long
American martial artist
Annabelle Gamson
American dancer
Kevin Bellie
American director and choreographer
John Soares
American actor
Joshua Allen
Television contest winner
Shawn Ku
US film maker
Edward Villella
American ballet dancer (born 1936)
Louis Horst
American choreographer, composer and pianist (1884-1964)
Rozie Curtis
American actress
Trisha Brown
artist, dancer, and choreographer (1936-2017)
Toni Basil
American singer, actress, choreographer, dancer, and director (born 1943)
Robert Joffrey
Ballet choreographer (1928–1988)
Ethan Stiefel
American ballet dancer
Nick De Noia
American director, screenwriter, and choreographer
Sarah Friedland
American filmmaker and choreographer
Edwin Denby
American dance critic and poet (1903–1983)
Carolyn Adams
American dancer, educator (b. 1943)
Anna Trebunskaya
Ballroom dancer and Reality TV contestant
Fernando Bujones
American dancer (1955–2005)
Carol Haney
American dancer and actress (1924–1964)
Gene Anthony Ray
actor, dancer, choreographer (1962-2003)
Daniel Ezralow
American dancer and choreographer
Deneen Graham
American model
Vincent Paterson
American choreographer and film director
David Hallberg
American dancer
Christine Jowers
American dancer, teacher, producer, and dance critic
Nora Kaye
American ballet dancer and choreographer (1920-1987)
Anita Mann
American choreographer
Wendy Raquel Robinson
American actress (born July 25, 1967)
Peter Walker
American ballet dancer and choreographer
Tiler Peck
American ballet dancer and choreographer
Tony Stevens
American choreographer, director, dancer (1948-2011)
Marina Benedict
American actress
Russell Lewis
American choreographer, dancer and theatre producer
Allison Holker
American dancer
Judith Chazin-Bennahum
American historian (born 1937)
Loïe Fuller
American dancer (1862–1928)
Richard Cragun
Ballet dancer and choreographer
Robin Gee
American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker
Marc Platt
American ballet dancer, musical theatre performer, and actor (1913-2014)
Britt Stewart
American dancer (born 1989)
Emile Ardolino
U.S. American film director, choreographer, and producer (1943-1993)
Robert Garland
American dancer and choreographer (born 1961)
Gladys Bailin
choreographer 1930– (born 1930)
JaQuel Knight
American choreographer and dancer
Waldeen Falkenstein
Mexican ballet dancer and choreographer (1913-1993)
Michael Rooney
American choreographer
Trajal Harrell
American dancer and choreographer (born 1973)
Julie Kent
ballet dancer
Anna Kaiser
American fitness professional
Jeanne Ruddy
American dancer and choreographer
Roselee Goldberg
South African-born art historian
Jane Dudley
American dancer (1912–2001)
Misha Gabriel
American dancer, choreographer, and actor
Chuck Davis
American dancer and choreographer
Johannes Birringer
American choreographer (born 1953)
Dee Dee Wood
American choreographer
Suzanne Douvillier
Ballerina, mime & choreographer (1778-1826)
Deborah Jowitt
American dance critic
Patsy Swayze
American choreographer and dancer (1927-2013)
Niv Acosta
American choreographer
Lee Theodore
American choreographer (1933-1987)
Jose Gutierez Xtravaganza
American dancer, choreographer and recording artist from the New York ballroom scene
Silas Farley
American ballet dancer and choreographer
Ronne Arnold
Australian dancer (1938–2020)
Olga Spessivtseva
Russian ballet dancer (1895–1991)
Ryan Heffington
American dancer and choreographer
Laganja Estranja
American drag queen and dancer
Eleanor Reissa
American singer, actress, and director
Farzaneh Kaboli
Iranian dancer and actress
Alexandra Danilova
American ballet dancer (1903–1997)
Ayodele Casel
American actress and tap dancer
Ashly DelGrosso
American dancer
Henry LeTang
American dancer (1915–2007)
Benjamin Zemach
American dancer and choreographer (1901-1997)
Dominic Zito
American choreographer (born 1982)
Arnold Taraborrelli
American-Spanish choreographer
La Meri
American dancer, choreographer, teacher, scholar, poet (1898–1988)
María Benítez
American dancer
Popin Pete
American dancer
Yvonne Rainer
American artist (born 1934)
Charles Klapow
American choreographer
Chloe Arnold
American dancer
Paul Taylor
American choreographer
Chelsie Hightower
American dancer
Anne Fletcher
American actress, film director and choreographer
Hope Clarke
American singer, actor and dancer
Renée Victor
American choreographer (1938–2025)
Pjetër Malota
Albanian actor
Don Correia
American actor and choreographer
Pavel Tchelitchew
Russian artist (1898-1957)
Rosella Hightower
ballerina and ballet teacher (1920–2008)
Kitty Doner
American vaudeville performer and male impersonator (1895-1988)
Tommy Tune
American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer
Charm La'Donna
American dancer and choreographer (born 1988)
Patrick Makuakāne
Hawaiian hula choreographer
Wayne Cilento
American dancer and choreographer
LaVelle Smith Jnr
American choreographer
Walter Nicks
American dancer and choreographer (1925-2007)
Lauren Raine
American artist
Marion Morgan
American choreographer and film writer (1881-1971)
Mia Frye
actress, singer, professional dancer and dance choreographer
Doug Varone
American choreographer and dancer
Mary Anthony
American choreographer, modern dancer, and dance teacher (1916–2014)
Roland Dupree
American actor (1925-2015)
Jonah Bokaer
American choreographer and media artist
George F. Marion
American stage and screen actor (1860-1945)
Jeffrey Daniel
American singer and choreographer
Philip Ng
American actor based in Hong Kong
Eva Evdokimova
American dancer (1948-2009)
Ann Carlson
American dancer
Pepsi Bethel
American jazz dancer and choreographer (1918-2002)
William Archibald
Trinidad and Tobago playwright
Glen Tetley
American ballet and modern dancer (1926-2007)
Randy Skinner
American choreographer
Patrice M. Regnier
choreographer
Rachel Lampert
American playwright, director and choreographer
Muriel Stuart
ballet dancer and teacher (1900-1991)
Tina Ramírez
American dancer (1929–2022)
Maureen Fleming
American dancer
Brunilda Ruiz
Puerto Rican ballet dancer
Brian Friedman
American dancer and choreographer
Jane Desmond
American academic
Tere O'Connor
American choreographer
Denny Martin Flinn
American screenwriter (1947–2007)
Melissa Barak
ballet dancer
Chachi Gonzales
American dancer and actress (born 1996)
Graciela Daniele
American dancer and choreographer
Nanette Bearden
choreographer (1927–1996)
Donya Feuer
American dancer and choreographer (1934–2011)
Edward Ferrero
Union Army General (1831–1899)
Harriet Hoctor
American ballet dancer and actor (1905-1977)
Dorothy Alexander
American choreographer (1904–1986)
Andrew Veyette
American dancer
Kevin McKenzie
American ballet dancer and choreographer
Blondell Cummings
American dancer (1944-2015)
Jonathan Roberts
Ballroom dancer and choreographer
Susan Marshall
American choreographer
Mary Helen Bowers
American ballet dancer, fitness professional, author
Yuriko Kikuchi
American dancer and actress (1920-2022)
Albert Marre
American stage director, choreographer and theatrical producer (1924–2012)
Ismay Andrews
teacher of African dance in the United States from 1929 through World War II
June Taylor
American choreographer
Wakefield Poole
American pornographic film director (1936–2021)
Ann Williams
American dancer
Kenneth von Heidecke
American dancer (1952–2021)
Robert Ellis Dunn
American musician and choreographer (1928-1996)
Kenny Wormald
American dancer, choreographer and actor
Jack Haskell
American choreographer (1886-1963)
Zach Woodlee
American choreographer
Arnie Zane
American dancer/choreographer
Remy Charlip
American artist and children's writer (1929–2012)
Bruce Darnell
American model and choreographer
Frankie Manning
American dancer and choreographer (1914–2009)
Kameron Saunders
American dancer, choreographer, and creative director
Michael Smuin
American dancer
Don Lurio
Italian dancer (1927–2003)
Sasha Farber
Australian and American professional dancer
Sharon Gannon
American yoga teacher
Ze'eva Cohen
Israeli American dancer and choreographer (1940–)
Myra Kinch
American dancer, choreographer, and actor (1904-1981)
Dayna Hanson
American choreographer
Lawrence Rhodes
American dancer (1939–2019)
Reed Jones
American dancer (1953–1989)
Boris Sichkin
American actor (1922-2002)
Nina Martin
US choreographer, dancer, and pedagogue
George Skibine
ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (1920–1981)
Gerald Arpino
American dancer and choreographer (1923-2008)