Famous Choreographers: Lives & Works

Goyo Montero

Spanish ballet dancer, ballet director and choreographer

Chris Elam

American choreographer

Rose English

British actor and film director (born 1950)

Alexandra Denisova

Canadian ballet dancer

Rudolf Schwarzkogler

Austrian artist (1940-1969)

Sduduzo Ka-Mbili

South African dancer and choreographer

Cesare Negri

Italian ballet dancer

Maya Plisetskaya

Russian ballet dancer (1925-2015)

Margot Fonteyn

British ballerina

Veronica Tennant

Canadian ballet dancer, author, director, film producer (born 1946)

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

Vasili Vainonen

Russian choreographer (1901–1964)

Vyjayanthimala

Indian actress, dancer and parliamentarian

David Nixon

British choreographer

Russell Maliphant

British contemporary dance choreographer

Jelon Vieira

Brazilian artist

Bronislava Nijinska

Russian ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (1891–1972)

MC Hammer

American rapper

Mýa

American singer

Harold Hecht

American producer, choreographer and talent agent (1907–1985)

José Carlos Martínez

ballet dancer, choreographer, and artistic director of the CND

Nicholas Roerich

Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874–1947)

Seán Curran

American dancer and choreographer

David Howard

English ballet dancer and teacher

Cris Judd

American actor and choreographer

Jennifer Lopez

American singer and actress (born 1969)

Dirk Heidemann

German dancer and choreographer

Peter Darrell

British ballet dancer and choreographer (1929–1987)

Robert Arditti

British actor, singer and dancer

Aaron Copland

American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor (1900-1990)

Cesare Pugni

Italian composer (1802–1870)

Janet Jackson

American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress (born 1966)

Guido Lauri

Italian dancer (1922-2019)

Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)

Carl Nielsen

Danish composer (1865–1931)

Gene Kelly

American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912–1996)

Leonard Crofoot

American singer, actor and dancer

Sandip Soparrkar

Indian choreographer

Giovanni Bucchieri

Swedish choreographer

Crystal Pite

Canadian ballet dancer and choreographer

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russian composer (1840–1893)

Chris Jannides

New Zealand dancer

Catherine Turocy

American dancer

Sonny Fredie Pedersen

Danish entertainer

Tabitha D'umo

Napoleon D'umo

choreographer

George de la Peña

American dancer

Jonathan Wolken

American choreographer

Enrico Cecchetti

Italian ballet dancer (1850–1928)

Debashree Roy

Indian actress, dancer, choreographer and animal rights activist

Teyana Taylor

American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1990)

Nat Horne

American dancer, choreographer, and director

Stephen Mear

British dancer

May O'Donnell

Dancer, Choreographer (1906–2004)

Benjamin Britten

English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976)

Aram Khachaturian

Soviet Armenian composer (1903–1978)

Jacqueline Voltaire

Mexican actress (1948–2008)

François Klaus

French ballet dancer

Donnie Yen

Hong Kong actor, film director and martial artist (born 1963)

Sucheta Bhide Chapekar

Indian dancer and choreographer

Carl Lesch

American musical conductor

George Snowden

American dancer

Ive Simard

American choreographer

Ruth Carse

Canadian dancer, educator and choreographer

Mari Bicknell

British ballet dancer and choreographer

Emery LeCrone

American dancer

Lisa Joann Thompson

American dancer, choreographer and actress

Gweneth Lloyd

Canadian ballet teacher and choreographer

Charles Bernardy

choreographer, dancer, dancing master

Laurel Lawson

modern dance performer, who choreographs and teaches dance for dancers in wheelchairs

Marc-Antoine Charpentier

17th-century French composer

Solange Knowles

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1986)

Rosalia Merino Santos

Filipino dancer, choreographer and educator

Lea Niako

German dancer and actress

John Jasperse

American choreographer

David Dorfman

American choreographer

Ralph Vaughan Williams

English composer (1872-1958)

Marius Petipa

French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (1818–1910)

Jean-Georges Noverre

French dancer (1727-1810)

Harinie Jeevitha

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Gemze de Lappe

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

James Jamieson

American dancer

Joelma

Brazilian singer, songwriter, dancer and choreographer

Vicente Escudero

Spanish dancer (1892–1980)

Herbert Mason

British film director and producer (1891–1960)

Pablo Picasso

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)

Claude-François Ménestrier

French heraldist, Jesuit, courtier (1631-1705)

Florrie Rodrigo

Dutch dancer and choreographer (1893–1996)

Matt Mattox

American dancer (1921-2013)

Leevi Madetoja

Finnish composer (1887–1947)

Pauline Leroux

French ballet dancer

Keith Hennessy

Canadian-American dancer

Beth Soll

Dancer and choreographer

Rudolf Steiner

Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)

Kô Murobushi

Japanese choreographer (1947–2015)

Paula Abdul

American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality

K. Raghavendra Rao

Indian film director

Lucile Grahn

Danish ballet dancer (1819–1907)

Remedios de Oteyza

Filipino dancer and choreographer (1920-1978)

Ratan Thiyam

Indian theatre director

Irving Davies

Welsh dancer and choreographer

Vanaver Caravan

Kate Sicchio

American choreographer and digital artist

Pawan Kalyan

Indian actor & deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh

Jeanne Renaud

Canadian choreographer (1928–2022)

Fred Astaire

American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer (1899–1987)

Antonio Rinaldi

Italian dancer and choreographer

Claudio Monteverdi

Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)

Lloyd Newson

Australian choreographer

Aszure Barton

Canadian choreographer

Robert Helpmann

Australian-born British dancer, actor, theatre director and choreographer

Abdul Faththaah

Maldivian film director, producer, editor, screenwriter and choreographer

Merian Soto

Puerto Rican artist

David Winters

British-born American producer, director, actor, choreographer and dancer (1939-2019)

Leki Jackson Bourke

Pacific actor, choreographer and playwright in New Zealand

Sakis Rouvas

Greek recording artist

Anthony Shay

American dancer and choreographer

Daire Nolan

Irish dancer

Lacey Schwimmer

American ballroom dancer and singer (born 1988)

André Messager

French opera composer and conductor (1853–1929)