Famous Choreographers — Page 17: Lives & Works
Biographies of notable choreographers, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
Rex Nettleford
Jamaican academic
Henry LeTang
American dancer (1915–2007)
Rachel Andrew
web developer from the UK
Benjamin Zemach
American dancer and choreographer (1901-1997)
Dominic Zito
American choreographer (born 1982)
Komala Varadan
Indian classical dancer of Bharatnatyam
Shunji Fujimura
Japanese actor (1934–2017)
Jacqueline Roque
French model (1926-1986)
Rakel Rodríguez
Spanish artist
Edward Morgan
American dancer
Eva Yerbabuena
Spanish flamenco dancer
Guillermo Keys-Arenas
Australian ballet dancer and choreographer (1928–2006)
Arnold Taraborrelli
American-Spanish choreographer
La Meri
American dancer, choreographer, teacher, scholar, poet (1898–1988)
María Benítez
American dancer
Hanna Berger
German music educator (1910–1962)
Henri Desmarets
French composer (1661-1741)
Makoto Koichi
Japanese voice actress
Shy'm
French singer, songwriter and actress
Margie Gillis
Choreographer and dancer
Popin Pete
American dancer
Marvin Casey
actor
Yvonne Rainer
American artist (born 1934)
Charles Klapow
American choreographer
Louis Gallodier
French ballet dancer
Gavri Levi
Israeli choreographer and sports manager
Viacheslav Samodurov
Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1974)
Vadym Pysarev
Dancer and choreographer
Chloe Arnold
American dancer
Harikumar
Indian actor
Mila Iskrenova
Bulgarian choreographer
Prasanna Sujit
Indian dance choreographer
Janos Quittner
Slovakian choreographer (1941–2024)
Ella Rothschild
choreographer and dancer
Emerante Morse
Haitian musician
Paul Taylor
American choreographer
Chelsie Hightower
American dancer
María Ruanova
Argentine prima ballerina (1912–1976)
Lemi Ponifasio
Samoan artist
Raghuram
actor (1949-2013)
Zora Šemberová
Czech dancer, educator and choreographer
Milorad Mišković
Serbian ballet dancer and choreographer (1928–2013)
Valentin Parnakh
Russian jazz pioneer (1891-1951)
Anne Fletcher
American actress, film director and choreographer
Emil Rengle
Romanian dancer
Lyubov Blok
Russian actor, choreographer and music critic (1881-1939)
Élisabeth Soligny
Swedish ballet dancer
Nadine Bommer
American-Israeli choreographer
Robert
Indian choreographer
Olivia Foa'i
musician
Giulia Staccioli
Italian rhythmic gymnast
Gill Clarke
Mudassar Khan
Indian choreographer
Jean Dauberval
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Sonja Lund
Swedish actress
Hope Clarke
American singer, actor and dancer
Renée Victor
American choreographer (1938–2025)
Adriana Barenstein
Argentine choreographer
Ilir Shaqiri
Albanian ballet dancer and choreographer
Pjetër Malota
Albanian actor
Don Correia
American actor and choreographer
Eunice Crowther
British singer (1916-1986)
Nagendra Prasad
Indian choreographer, actor
Angel Nyigu
Tanzanian dancer and choreographer
Pavel Tchelitchew
Russian artist (1898-1957)
Svetlana Zakharova
Ukrainian ballet dancer
Sophie Daguin
French actress and ballet dancer (1801–1881)
Rosella Hightower
ballerina and ballet teacher (1920–2008)
Miho Iwata
Japanese performance artist
Friedrich Albert Zorn
German dancer and choreograph (1816-1895)
Vilen Galstyan
Ballet dancer and actor (1941–2021)
Akim Volynsky
Russian writer and literary critic (1863–1926)
Kasian Goleyzovsky
ballet dancer and choreographer (1892–1970)
Kitty Doner
American vaudeville performer and male impersonator (1895-1988)
Gleb Savchenko
Russian dancer, choreographer, and model
Tommy Tune
American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer
Éric Koloko
choreographer, Olympic gymnast
Marie-Gabrielle Ménard
MP and former performing artist in Canada
Charm La'Donna
American dancer and choreographer (born 1988)
Étienne Decroux
French actor and mime (1898–1991)
Graeme Murphy
Australian ballet choreographer
Fedir Danylak
Ukrainian dancer
Leonid Kozlov
American ballet dancer and choreographer
Malavika Sarukkai
Indian classical dancer and choreographer
Detlef Soost
German dancer, choreographer and TV presenter
Patrick Makuakāne
Hawaiian hula choreographer
Leonid Lavrovsky
ballet dancer and choreographer at Mariinsky & Bolshoi (1905–1967)
Friedrich von Flotow
German composer (1812–1883)
Marie Petipa
Russian ballet dancer (1857-1930)
Abbé de La Marre
French choreographer and librettist
Juvat Westendorp
Dutch dancer and actor
Simon Jurovsky
Slovak conductor and composer (1912-1963)
Adolphe Nourrit
French opera singer (1802-1839)
Rina Schenfeld
Israeli choreographer
Wayne Cilento
American dancer and choreographer
Jorge Dorsinville
Brazilian movement director and choreographer
Ado Endoh
Japanese actress
Dave Brown
British comedian, designer and photographer
Luisah Teish
American writer and spiritualist
Yehezkel Lazarov
Israeli actor
JoAnn M. Hunter
American choreographer
Elizabeth Cameron Dalman
Australian choreographer
LaVelle Smith Jnr
American choreographer
Dominique Dupuy
French dancer, choreographer
Walter Nicks
American dancer and choreographer (1925-2007)
Ernest Maxin
British television director and presenter
Lauren Raine
American artist
André Prokovsky
Russian dancer and choreographer (1939-2009)
Ranju Varghese
Indian choreographer and director born 1984
Marion Morgan
American choreographer and film writer (1881-1971)
Shovana Narayan
Indian Kathak dancer
Ctibor Turba
Czech actor and director (1944–2025)
Josefina Lavalle
Mexican ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet director (1924–2009)
Dulcinea Langfelder
Multidisciplinary artist (1955–2025)
Mia Frye
actress, singer, professional dancer and dance choreographer
Tanisha Scott
Canadian choreographer
Peggy Baker
Canadian dancer, choreographer and teacher
Doug Varone
American choreographer and dancer
Geneviève Dorion-Coupal
dancer, choreographer and artistic director
Féral Benga
Senegalese dancer and model