Famous Choreographers — Page 5: Lives & Works
Biographies of notable choreographers, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
Jon M. Chu
American filmmaker
Rita Sangalli
Italian ballet dancer (1849–1909)
Osman Khalid Butt
Pakistani actor and director
Natricia Bernard
British choreographer
Corinne Chochem
Jewish American choreographer, dance teacher and painter
Marie-Helene Bellavance
Canadian artist, actress and dancer
Antonio Ruiz Soler
Spanish dancer and choreographer (1921–1996)
Javier Latorre
Spanish dancer
Jean-Baptiste Lully fils
French Baroque composer
Richard Move
choreographer, performer, director, filmmaker
Aditi Mangaldas
Indian dancer and choreographer
Josef Brown
Australian actor, dancer and choreographer
Wen Junhui
Chinese actor, singer, model and dancer
Staś Kmieć
American dancer
Ambra Senatore
Italian choreographer and university teacher
Ivan Vasiliev
Russian ballet dancer, choreographer
Toshiro Mayuzumi
Japanese composer (1929–1997)
Kate Champion
Australian dancer
Raimund Hoghe
German journalist and choreographer
Patrick Dupond
French choreographer (1959–2021)
Wilhelmina Frankfurt
American ballerina
Frank Rabon
Chamorro dancer and choreographer
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Brazilian composer (1887–1959)
Ronald Hynd
British choreographer
Béatrice Massin
French choreographer
Santha Bhaskar
Singaporean dancer, chief choreographer and artistic director of Nrityalaya Aesthetics Society (1939–2022)
Mira
fictional character from KPop Demon Hunters
Karen Pearlman
Australian dancer, filmmaker, and film scholar (born 1960)
Roman Jasinski
Polish ballet dancer (1907–1991)
Sanjukta Panigrahi
Indian dancer (1944–1997)
Ray Barra
American ballet dancer
Deryk Mendel
British actor (1920-2013)
Tamara Toumanova
Russian ballet dancer (1919-1996)
Stuart Hodes
American dancer (1924–2023)
Joe Coleman
painter
Raoul Auger Feuillet
French choreographer
Danny Mefford
American choreographer and director (born 1982)
Ashley Page
British former ballet dancer
Kim Gavin
choreographer
Pierre Rameau
French dancer
Elsa Maria Sylvestersson
Finnish ballet dancer (1924–1996)
Rukmini Vijayakumar
Indian dancer and actress (born 1986)
Kevin Clifton
British dancer
Chitresh Das
Indian dancer (1944-2015)
Birju Maharaj
Indian dancer (1938–2022)
André De Shields
American entertainer
Daniel Spoerri
Swiss artist (1930–2024)
Ann Marie DeAngelo
American dancer
Brenda Way
American choreographer
Carles Casagemas
Spanish artist (1880-1901)
Thingbaijam Babu Singh
Indian choreographer
Austin McCormick
American director and choreographer
Emilio Ingrosso
Swedish dancer
Stephan Koplowitz
American choreographer
Bertrand Castelli
French artist and ballet producer (1929-2008)
Iziegbe Odigie
US/Nigerian choreographer
Twyla Tharp
American dancer and choreographer
Rima Pipoyan
Armenian choreographer, director, dancer
Gillian Gregory
British dancer
David J. Williams
American writer
Felia Doubrovska
Russian ballet dancer (1896-1981)
Matt Lee
Australian actor
Marco Goecke
German choreographer
B. Sohanlal
Indian film choreographer
Tanusree Shankar
Indian dancer and choreographer
Gauri Jog
Indian dancer
Michael Kidd
American film choreographer (1915–2007)
Minoti V. Apte
medical researcher
Tumata Robinson
French Polynesian dancer and choreographer
Judo. K. K. Rathnam
Indian actor and choreographer
Willi Ninja
American dancer (1961-2006)
Sani Rifati
Serbian activist
Jean-Benjamin de La Borde
French composer, patron, writer and fermier général (1734–1794)
Moon Ribas
artist
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)
Geoffrey Holder
Trinidadian-American actor and dancer (1930-2014)
Alice Reyes
Filipina dancer and choreographer
Genco Gülan
Turkish artist (born 1969)
Claude Pujade-Renaud
French writer and choreographer (1932–2024)
Mia Michaels
American contemporary choreographer
Haruhiko Yamanouchi
Japanese-Italian actor (born 1946)
Sergio Rendine
Italian composer (1954–2023)
Kim Baek-bong
South Korean dancer (1927–2023)
Evie Ladin
American musician, dancer and choreographer
Derick K. Grant
American dancer
Rohini Bhate
Indian dancer
Mandy Moore
American choreographer
Ronald K. Brown
American choreographer
Karen Bernard
American choreographer and performance artist
Ashley Wallen
Australian choreographer
Josette Amiel
French ballet dancer and dance teacher
Alex Romero
American dancer and choreographer (1913–2007)
Halifu Osumare
American choreographer and dance scholar
Jason Piper
British actor
Boris Asafyev
Russian composer (1884-1949)
Bob Anderson
British actor and fencer (1922-2012)
Mariquita
Spanish dancer and choreographer
Laurel Martyn
Australian ballerina
Bill Evans
American dancer
Léonide Massine
ballet dancer (1896–1979)
Vernon Martinus
ballet dancer and choreographer
Jean-Louis Lully
French Baroque composer (1667-1688)
Gregory Hines
American actor and dancer (1946–2003)
Hermes Pan
American dancer, choreographer (1909-1990)
Lucien Petipa
French ballet dancer (1815–1898)
Masaaki Hatsumi
Japanese martial
Louis Fuzelier
French playwright, librettist, lyricist and singer
Susan Stroman
American theatre director
Norodom Sihamoni
King of Cambodia
Ntozake Shange
African American writer and performance artist (1948-2018)
Jason Gardiner
Australian theatre producer
Fredrik Rydman
Swedish dancer
Mauro Bigonzetti
Ballet dancer and choreographer
Paul Taglioni
Italian choreographer (1808-1884)
María de Ávila
Spanish ballet master
Karen Bruce
British choreographer
Darrin Henson
American choreographer, dancer and actor
Ken
Filipino singer and rapper (born 1997)