Choreographer · Dancer

Pearl Lang

American dancer (1921–2009)

Born 1921 · ChicagoDied 2009United States

Pearl Lang was an American choreographer and dancer, born in 1921 in Chicago, who died in 2009.

Biography

Pearl Lang (May 29, 1921 – February 24, 2009) was an American dancer, choreographer and teacher renowned as an interpreter and propagator of the choreography style of Martha Graham, and also for her own longtime dance company, the Pearl Lang Dance Theater. She is known for Appalachian Spring (1944), American Masters (1985) and Driven (2001).

From the Wikipedia article “Pearl Lang”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

M

Matt Mattox

American dancer (1921-2013)

1921–2013
T

Tony Charmoli

American actor and director (1921-2020)

1921–2020
V

Vera Embree

American dancer and choreographer

1921–2004
Gemze de Lappe

Gemze de Lappe

American ballet dancer, Broadway theatre choreographer, and 're-creator'

1922–2017
Anna Halprin

Anna Halprin

American dancer (1920–2021)

1920–2021
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Karel Shook

American ballet teacher and company director (1920-1985)

1920–1985
J

James Waring

Choreographer and director (1922–1975)

1922–1975
Bertram Ross

Bertram Ross

American dancer and choreographer (1920-2003)

1920–2003

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