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Choreographer↕ | Country↕ | Years↕ | Style↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Balanchine | Russia/United States | 1904-1983 | Neoclassical ballet | Co-founded NYCB, 400+ works, Agon, Apollo, plotless speed, Stravinsky collaborations |
| Martha Graham | United States | 1894-1991 | Modern dance | Graham technique (contract-release), Appalachian Spring, 70-year career, 181 works |
| Merce Cunningham | United States | 1919-2009 | Postmodern / avant-garde | Chance operations, Cage partnership (life and work), independent dance-music |
| Bob Fosse | United States | 1927-1987 | Jazz / Broadway | Cabaret, Chicago, Pippin, bowler hats and turned-in knees, signature angular style |
| Jerome Robbins | United States | 1918-1998 | Ballet / Broadway | West Side Story, Fancy Free, NYCB co-ballet master, Fiddler on the Roof |
| Pina Bausch | Germany | 1940-2009 | Tanztheater | Wuppertal Tanztheater, Cafe Muller, earth-on-stage, theatrical emotional extremity |
| Marius Petipa | France/Russia | 1818-1910 | Classical ballet | Father of classical ballet, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker choreography |
| Frederick Ashton | United Kingdom | 1904-1988 | Classical ballet | Royal Ballet founder choreographer, La Fille mal gardee, English style lyricism |
| Kenneth MacMillan | United Kingdom | 1929-1992 | Dramatic ballet | Romeo and Juliet, Manon, Mayerling, dark narrative ballets, Royal Ballet director |
| Alvin Ailey | United States | 1931-1989 | Modern dance | Revelations (most-watched modern dance work), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater |
| Twyla Tharp | United States | 1941- | Modern / crossover | Movin' Out (Billy Joel), Push Comes to Shove, classical-pop fusion, memoir |
| Paul Taylor | United States | 1930-2018 | Modern dance | Esplanade, Company B, Taylor Company, 140+ works, lyrical American modernism |
| William Forsythe | United States/Germany | 1949- | Contemporary ballet | Frankfurt Ballet revolution, In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, ballet deconstruction |
| Mats Ek | Sweden | 1945- | Contemporary ballet | Dark reimaginings of Giselle and Swan Lake, Cullberg Ballet, psychological intensity |
| Jiri Kylian | Czechia/Netherlands | 1947- | Contemporary ballet | Nederlands Dans Theater, Sinfonietta, Petite Mort, 100+ works, sculptural |
| Michael Bennett | United States | 1943-1987 | Broadway | A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, Follies, concept musical choreographer-director |
| Gower Champion | United States | 1919-1980 | Broadway | Hello Dolly, 42nd Street, Bye Bye Birdie, died on opening night of 42nd Street |
| Akram Khan | United Kingdom | 1974- | Contemporary / kathak | London 2012 Olympics opening, Giselle reimagined, solo and ensemble work |
| Crystal Pite | Canada | 1970- | Contemporary ballet | Kidd Pivot founder, Betroffenheit, Flight Pattern, Royal Ballet commissions |
| Wayne McGregor | United Kingdom | 1970- | Contemporary ballet | Royal Ballet resident, Chroma, cerebral body research, Harry Potter film choreography |
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