Famous Choreographers — Page 14: Lives & Works
Biographies of notable choreographers, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
Vera Mantero
Portuguese choreographer
Olha Khokhlova
Ukrainian model and dancer (1891-1955)
Claire Porter
American choreographer
Alain Platel
Belgian choreographer
S. Panibharatha
indianSri Lankan dancer (1920–2006)
Adrian Piotrovsky
Russian theatre director (1898–1937)
Maria Caruso
American dancer and choreographer
Jean Butler
American dancer, choreographer and actress
André Isidore Carey
French ballet dancer (1799-1867)
Alwin Nikolais
American choreographer (1910-1993)
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Belgian choreographer and dancer
Carolyn Brown
American choreographer and dancer
Madhuri Pawar
Indian actress
Lo Man-fei
Taiwanese choreographer
Christian Holder
British-Trinidadian artist, dancer, and choreographer (1949-2025)
Carmen De Lavallade
American dancer (1931–2025)
Hallgrim Hansegård
Norwegian dancer
Jin Xing
Chinese ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer and actress
Chrystelle Trump Bond
American dancer and historian
Hinton Battle
African-American actor, dancer, and choreographer
Stefan Sittig
American Director/Choreographer
Tina Landon
choreographer
Rikimaru Chikada
Japanese singer, dancer, and choreographer
Pearl Lang
American dancer (1921–2009)
Indu Mitha
Pakistani dancer and choreographer
Jacques de Belleville
French choreographer and composer
Robert Cohan
British-American dancer
Jennifer Muller
American choreographer (1944–2023)
Danielle Agami
Israeli-born dancer and choreographer
Jani Master
Indian choreographer
Antoine Bournonville
French actor and ballet dancer
Francisco Moncion
Dominican-American ballet dancer
Marina Olenina
Don Martin
American dancer and dance teacher (1931–2021)
Samuel Murez
Franco-American director, choreographer, film-maker, editor, composer, producer, and dancer
Suzanne Müller
Swiss rhythmic gymnast (born 1963)
Satya Narayana Charka
American dancer
Michael Danilczuk
Polish dancer
Wieland Wagner
German opera director (1917–1966)
Ola Rotimi
Nigerian playwright (1938–2000)
Adina Cezar
Romanian choreographer
Giovanni Pernice
Italian dancer
Tommy Abbott
American actor (1934–1987)
Peter Racine Fricker
English composer (1920–1990)
Desmond Richardson
American choreographer
Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich
Soviet aircraft designer (1883–1938)
Fever One
American dancer
William Dollar
American ballet dancer (1907-1986)
Andre Tayir
American dancer, actor, and choreographer (1935–2003)
Yvette Chauviré
French ballet dancer (1917–2016)
La Argentina
Spanish dancer and choreographer
Peta Murgatroyd
New Zealand-born Australian professional Latin dancer
Wendy Perron
American dancer and choreographer
Harald Kreutzberg
German dancer and choreographer (1902–1968)
Kim Se-Yol
South Korean figure skater
Kalyan
Choreographer in India
Kathy Long
American martial artist
Annabelle Gamson
American dancer
Jay Pather
South African choreographer (1959-)
Kevin Bellie
American director and choreographer
John Essex
British dancer
Ida Rubinstein
Russian actress and dancer
Andrey Petrov
Soviet and Russian composer (1930–2006)
Nakajima Natsu
Japanese dancer
John Soares
American actor
Sean Lavery
American ballet dancer and choreographer
King Solomon
Indian stunt director and action choreographer
Joshua Allen
Television contest winner
Joya Powell
American choreographer, educator, and activist
Megumi Murakami
Japanese singer and actress (former Cute member)
Sarkis Djanbazian
Armenian artist (1914-1963)
Dege Feder
multi-disciplinary Ethiopian-Israeli artist and choreographer
Toer van Schayk
Dutch artist (born 1936)
Ping Chong
American theatre director, choreographer and artist
Shawn Ku
US film maker
Edward Villella
American ballet dancer (born 1936)
Louis Horst
American choreographer, composer and pianist (1884-1964)
Natalia Makarova
Soviet and American ballet dancer
Carl Dahlén
Swedish ballet dancer and choreographer
Lloyd Shaw
American choreographer (1890–1958)
Michio Itō
Japanese dancer and choreographer (1892 or 1893-1961)
Rozie Curtis
American actress
Ireesha
Ukrainian singer, actress, dancer and TV presenter
Christopher Kaui Morgan
hawaiian choreographer
Suchitra Chandrabose
Indian Telugu choreographer
Trisha Brown
artist, dancer, and choreographer (1936-2017)
Giulia Dotta
Italian dancer and choreographer
Jonathan Stuart Cerullo
American Choreographer
Leighton Lucas
British composer (1903-1982)
Jorge Donn
Argentine ballet dancer (1947–1992)
Editta Braun
Austrian choreographer
Robert Desrosiers
Canadian dancer, choreographer, and actor
Vladimir Curbet
Moldovan choreographer (1930-2017)
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
German-French gallerist, art dealer and historian (1884-1979)
Françoise Adret
French ballet dancer (1920-2018)
Toni Basil
American singer, actress, choreographer, dancer, and director (born 1943)
Ghislaine Thesmar
French ballet dancer (born 1943)
Luigi Manzotti
Italian choreographer (1835–1905)
Cho Soo-jin
South Korean choreographer
Tupua Tigafua
sāmoan choreographer and dancer based in New Zealand
Ahmed Khan
Indian choreographer, producer, director, and writer
Emmanuelle Zeesman
actor, movie and television actor, singer, musical director, choreographer
M. B. Shetty
Stunt and action choreographer
Alberto Testa
Italian dancer (1922–2019)
Aage Thordal-Christensen
Danish dancer and choreographer
Bruno Beltrão
Brazilian choreographer
Brendan Cole
New Zealand dancer
Sugar Mercado
Filipino actor and dancer
Jia Ruskaja
Russian-Italian dancer and choreographer
Robert Joffrey
Ballet choreographer (1928–1988)
Ethan Stiefel
American ballet dancer
Narendra Sharma
Indian dancer and choreographer
Françoise Riopelle
Canadian choreographer (1927–2022)
Khalila Mbowe
Tanzanian choreographer, creative performance director and social entrepreneur
Irene Rose Mawer
(1893-1962) mime teacher
Sonia Destri Lie
Dancer, choreographer
Afshin Ghaffarian
Iranian choreographer, director
Alex Da Silva
Salsa dance champion and choreographer
Margaret Morris
British ballet dancer (1891–1980)
Michel Conte
Canadian choreographer, lyricist and composer (1932-2008)