Famous Choreographers — Page 6: Lives & Works

Carl Flink

American choreographer

Jasmin Vardimon

Israeli born, UK-based choreographer, dancer and artistic director of the Jasmin Vardimon Company

Lina Mathon-Blanchet

Haitian musician, ethnographer and arts promoter (1903-1994)

Jack Ferver

American choreographer and performer

Kristin Danielsen

Norwegian dancer, choreographer, cultural administrator (born 1972)

Theodore Kosloff

Russian-American ballet dancer, choreographer, actor (1882-1956)

Steve Merritt

American dancer (1945-1993)

Blanca Li

Spanish dancer, choreographer, actress, film and teather director

Arthur Mitchell

American dancer and choreographer, co-founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem (1934-2018)

Eileen Kramer

Australian dancer, artist, performer, choreographer and supercentenarian (1914-2024)

Ivan Vsevolozhsky

Russian theatre director and director of the Hermitage (1835–1909)

Ondrej Šoth

Slovak choreographer and playwright

Benjamin Millepied

French dancer and choreographer

Samy Molcho

Israeli dancer

Baisali Mohanty

Odissi dancer

Bagong Kussudiardjo

Yog Sunder Desai

Indian dancer, choreographer, and researcher

Françoise Dupuy

Dancer

Peggy Holmes

American dancer

Elissa Minet Fuchs

American ballerina

Awilda Rodríguez Lora

Puerto Rican performance artist

Leiomy Maldonado

American dancer and choreographer

Lola Greco

Spanish choreographer and dancer

Sean Dorsey

Canadian and American dancer and choreographer

Nura Amin

Egyptian writer and choreographer

Lindsay Kemp

British mime (1938-2018)

Rajkumar Singhajit Singh

Indian dancer

Yaron Lifschitz

Australian theatre director

Maria Cumani Quasimodo

Italian actor and poet (1908-1995)

Sara Wookey

American Dance Artist

Ashley Banjo

British dancer and choreographer, known for dance troupe Diversity

Alison Becker Chase

American choreographer

Alonzo King

choreographer

Boris Volkoff

Russian-Canadian dancer, choreographer and teacher

Kimberly Wyatt

American dancer and choreographer

Nina Ananiashvili

Georgian artist

Darcey Bussell

British ballerina

Sheila Willis Kleiman

American ballet dancer, choreographer, and artistic director

Dora Maar

French photographer and painter (1907–1997)

Daniel Jones

British dancer

Karen Graffeo

American photographer

Martha Clarke

American theater director and choreographer

Ethel Winter

American ballet dancer

Alexander Placide

French circus entertainer

Tikhon Khrennikov

Russian Soviet composer (1913-2007)

Kyle Abraham

American choreographer

Michael Klien

Austrian choreographer

Julius Reisinger

Russian ballet choreographer (1828–1893)

Nellie Campobello

Mexican writer and ballet dancer

Steve McNicholas

director, composer

Marguerite Lai

French Polynesian dance choreographer

Vajira Chitrasena

Sri Lankan traditional dancer, choreographer and teacher

Dimitri Chamblas

French choreographer

Catherine Littlefield

American dancer

Tony Charmoli

American actor and director (1921-2020)

Siobhan Davies

British dancer

James Jordan

English ballroom dancer and choreographer

Katherine LaNasa

American actress (born 1966)

Ram Gopal

Indian dancer and choreographer (1912–2003)

Elsa Wolliaston

Jamaican choreographer

Paco Decina

Italian choreographer

Aurelia Dobre

Romanian artistic gymnast, choreographer, and dance teacher (born 1972)

Uday Shankar

Indian dancer, choreographer, and actor (1900-1977)

Olivia Geerolf

Belgian choreographer

Goh Lay Kuan

Singaporean dancer and choreographer (born 1939)

Richard Powers

dance historian

Shamel Pitts

performance artist

Lil' C

hip-hop dancer and choreographer

Lata Pada

Indian dancer and choreographer

Casey Nicholaw

American theatre director and choreographer

Tommy Wonder

American dancer (1914-1993)

Adabel Guerrero

Ukrainian-Argentine burlesque dancer and vedette

Jonathan Hollander

American dancer; founder of the Battery Dance Company

María Fux

Argentine dancer (1922–2023)

Adam Cooper

British ballet dancer

Karin Waehner

French choreographer (1926-1999)

Kumudini Lakhia

Indian dancer and choreographer

Meenakshi Srinivasan

Indian dancer and architect

Anne Ditchburn

actress/ballet dancer

Shantala Shivalingappa

Indian dancer

Ganesh Hegde

Indian singer, performer, video director and choreographer

Pascal Collasse

French composer (1649-1709)

Claire Motte

French ballet dancer, dance teacher and choreographer

Pat E. Johnson

American martial artist (1939–2023)

Christian Johansson

ballet dancer and teacher (1817–1903)

Shaun Evaristo

choreographer

Tak Sakaguchi

Japanese actor

Ileana Leonidoff

Russian choreographer and actor (1893–1968)

Luca Veggetti

Italian choreographer

Alicia Markova

British ballerina, choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet (1910-2004)

Meredith Monk

American musician (born 1942)

Dianne McIntyre

American dancer and choreographer

Matthew Hart

New Zealand cricketer

Lia Schubert

Austrian-born Israeli ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher (1926–2000)

Pedro Romeiras

Portuguese ballet dancer

Ruth St. Denis

American dancer (1879-1968)

Elaine Summers

American choreographer, intermedia-pioneer, originator of bodymind-work (1925-2014)

Emmanuel Thibault

French ballet dancer

Stephen Mills

American ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1960)

Kruti Mahesh

Indian dancer and choreographer

Bessie Schonberg

German dancer, choreographer and teacher (1906-1997)

Ellen Albertini Dow

American actress (1913–2015)

Valery Panov

Soviet-Israeli dancer and choreographer

Reela Hota

Indian dancer

Rob Marshall

American film and theatre director and producer

Raju Shah

Nepalese film director

V. Satyanarayana Sarma

Indian classical dancer and choreographer

Stephanie Bissonnette

American stage choreographer (1990–2022)

Phyllida Crowley Smith

British dancer, actress, and choreographer

María Rivarola

musical artist

Maud Allan

choreographer (1873-1956)

Eva Palmer-Sikelianos

American scholar of Greece (1874-1952)

Alexander Alexeyevich Gorsky

Russian choreographer (1871–1924)

Noralma Vera Arrata

Ecuadorian prima ballerina

Janine Charrat

French ballet dancer, actress and choreographer (1924–2017)

Lucia Dlugoszewski

American composer and poet (1931–2000)

Vikramaditya Motwane

Indian Filmmaker

Georges Momboye

Ivorian choreographer

Ana Morales Moreno

Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer

Henny Mürer

Norwegian choreographer and dancer (1925–1997)