Famous Choreographers — Page 20: Lives & Works

Nathaniel Méchaly

French composer and choreographer

Will Tuckett

English director and choreographer

Lindsay Shearer-Nelko

choreographer

Inbal Pinto

Israeli choreographer, stage designer and artistic director

Sulamith Messerer

Russian ballerina and choreographer (1908–2004)

Margarete Wallmann

Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer

Ana Ines Barragan King

Peggy van Praagh

British ballerina (1910–1990)

Vincenzo Galeotti

Italian dancer, choreographer and ballet master (1733 – 1813)

Evgenia Obraztsova

ballerina

Hollywood Jade

Canadian dancer and choreographer

Ron Montez

American ballroom dancer

Kameron Saunders

American dancer, choreographer, and creative director

Gugum Gumbira Tirasondaja

Indonesian musician (1945-2020)

Perra de carrera

founder of a Cuban dance company

Christine De Smedt

Belgian dancer and choreographer

Wassily de Basil

Russian ballet impresario

Julian Lloyd Webber

British solo cellist and conductor

Michael Smuin

American dancer

Jiří Srnec

Czech theatre director and artist (1931–2021)

Don Lurio

Italian dancer (1927–2003)

Hofesh Shechter

Israeli born, German ballet dancer, choreographer and composer

Dorothée Munyaneza

British-Rwandan singer, actress, dancer and choreographer

John Nolan

Irish dancer and choreographer

Jarmila Jeřábková

Czech dancer, choreographer

Sasha Farber

Australian and American professional dancer

Peter Ekkart

Belgian dancer & dance teacher

Mia Arbatova

Israeli ballerina, ballet dancer and teacher (1911–1990)

Sharon Gannon

American yoga teacher

Charles Nuitter

French lawyer, playwright, librettist, and archivist at the Parisian Opéra (1828–1899)

Julia Mage’au Gray

dancer, choreographer and tattoo artist from Papua New Guinea

Donald Himes

Canadian choreographer, dancer, composer, and musician

Frank Staff

South African ballet dancer and choreographer

Ze'eva Cohen

Israeli American dancer and choreographer (1940–)

Pat Graney

American activist and choreographer

Teresa Trujillo

Uruguayan artist

Dona Massin

Canadian choreographer (1917–2001)

Myra Kinch

American dancer, choreographer, and actor (1904-1981)

Dayna Hanson

American choreographer

Matt Steffanina

American choreographer

Francesca Jaynes

British Choreographer

Lawrence Rhodes

American dancer (1939–2019)

Olga Lepeshinskaya

Soviet ballet dancer

Dmitry Gudanov

Russian ballet dancer

Lahcen Zinoun

Moroccan choreographer (1944–2024)

Olga Esina

Russian ballet dancer

Marie Sallé

French ballet dancer

Nikolai Yavorsky

Cuban choreographer and ballet teacher of Russian origin

Reed Jones

American dancer (1953–1989)

Ruth Sobotka

Austrian-born American dancer, costume designer, art director, painter, and actress (1925-1967)

Roland Petit

French ballet dancer and choreographer (1924–2011)

Vera Shabshai

Soviet dancer, choreographer and teacher (1905–1988)

Anthony Van Laast

English choreographer

Joan Denise Moriarty

Irish dancer, musician, teacher, choreographer

Josh Beauchamp

Canadian-American singer, dancer and choreographer

Randy Barceló

Cuban costume designer

Sridhar

Indian choreographer

José Montalvo

French dancer, choreographer

Peta Roby

Australian dancer and choreographer

Virginia Mauret

American dancer & musician

Flor de María Rodríguez

Ballet dancer, choreographer, researcher (1913-2001)

Neil Ieremia

New Zealand choreographer

Boris Sichkin

American actor (1922-2002)

Nacho Duato

Spanish ballet dancer and choreographer

Nina Martin

US choreographer, dancer, and pedagogue

María Nieves

Argentine tango dancer

George Skibine

ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (1920–1981)

Lilia Ignatova

Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast

Anders Selinder

Swedish ballet dancer (1806–1874)

Eleonora Abbagnato

Italian ballet dancer

Pierre Lacotte

French choreographer (1932-2023)

Gerald Arpino

American dancer and choreographer (1923-2008)

Hui Wen

Chinese dancer and choreographer

Coco Hotahota

French Polynesian dancer

Susanne Linke

German dancer and choreographer