Famous Choreographers — Page 3: Lives & Works

Karine Saporta

French choreographer

Nesta Toumine

Canadian choreographer (1912–1996)

Linda Rabin

Canadian dancer and choreographer

Harry Shum Jr.

American actor and dancer (born 1982)

Patricia Bowman

American ballet dancer (1904-1999)

Stanley Donen

American film director and choreographer (1924-2019)

Alexis Arquette

American actress (1969–2016)

Eugene Von Grona

German dancer and choreographer (1908-2000)

Patrick Kerr

British dancer and choreographer

Vedantam Raghavaiah

Indian film director

Simone Forti

American dancer and choreographer (1935–2026)

Jay Park

South Korean-American rapper and singer (born 1987)

Bobby Byrd

American R&B/soul singer, songwriter, bandleader, talent scout, record producer, and musician (1934–2007)

Tom Pearson

American multidisciplinary artist (born 1974)

Lee Ju-sun

South Korean choreographer and dancer

Matteo Vittucci

American ballet dancer and choreographer (1919-2011)

Ivaldo Bertazzo

Brazilian dancer, choreographer and movement therapist

Victor Kanevsky

Ukrainian dancer

Margaret Barr

Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama

Satoshi Ohno

Japanese idol, singer, actor

Fernando Montaño

Colombian ballet dancer

Hans Snoek

Dutch dancer (1910-2001)

Huriah Adam

Indonesian choreographer

Ahmet Adnan Saygun

Turkish composer (1907–1991)

Sonia Amelio

Mexican musician

Marina Kazimirovna Osipova

Russian ballet instructor, choreographer, artistic director

Nicolas Zverev

Russian-French dancer and ballet master

Katarzyna Skarpetowska

Polish dancer and choreographer

Patrick Swayze

American actor, producer, singer and dancer (1952–2009)

Richard James Allen

Australian film director (born 1960)

Dita Von Teese

American Egyptian burlesque dancer and model (born 1972)

André-Joseph Exaudet

French composer

Louis de Cahusac

French writer (1706-1759)

Paul Dukas

French composer (1865–1935)

Wade Robson

Australian choreographer, creative director, and songwriter

Margaret Fisher

American artist (born 1948)

Nadezhda Nadezhdina

Soviet ballet dancer and ballet master (1908-1979)

Chiang Ching

Chinese dancer

Danny Daniels

American dancer

Pastor Leumund

German musician and artist

Arco Renz

artistic director and artist

Kay Teer Crawford

National Dance Competition Producer (1914-2001)

Kim Brandstrup

Danish-born, British-based choreographer

Irek Mukhamedov

Soviet dancer, ballet teacher and pedagog

Louis Alexandre Piccinni

French composer

Diane Nyland

Canadian actress

Raphael Xavier

American dancer, rapper and photographer

Harriet Browne

American tap dancer, educator and choreographer (1932-1997)

Liz Aggiss

British live artist, dance performer, choreographer and film maker

Julianne Hough

American dancer, choreographer, actress, singer, and songwriter (born 1988)

Charles Coles

American tap dancer (1911-1992)

Camille A. Brown

American dancer

Meg Wolfe

Pavel Gerdt

Russian ballet dancer (1844–1917)

P. Siris

English dancer and choreographer

Christopher Chadman

American dancer (1948–1995)

Maya Rao

Indian classical dancer and choreographer (1928-2014)

David Warren Gibson

American actor, dancer, choreographer, and fine artist

Ninel Kurgapkina

Russian ballerina

Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro

Italian dancer

Khandi Alexander

American dancer, choreographer, and actress

Erika Chong Shuch

American choreographer

Tom Sapsford

British ballet dancer and choreographer

Sougaijam Thanil Singh

Indian classical dancer

Kirsten Ralov

Danish ballerina

Mama Ohandja

Cameroonian musician

Lida Martinoli

Argentine dancer (1914–1991)

Birgit Cullberg

Swedish ballet choreographer (1908-1999)

Nick Castle

American dancer and choreographer (1910–1968)

George Gurdjieff

philosopher, mystic, and writer (c. 1866–1877 – 1949)

Parris Goebel

New Zealand choreographer, singer, director and actress

Khabonina Qubeka

South African Actress, dancer, choreographer, singer, businesswoman, television presenter

Ruth Abramovitsch Sorel

German choreographer, dancer, artistic director and teacher (1907–1974)

Michael Pink

British choreographer, director, dancer, and theatre producer

Germain Quériau

French choreographer

Roger Pryor Dodge

American dancer and choreographer

Eiko Otake

Japanese movement-based, interdisciplinary artist

Takashi Koma Yamada

choreographer

James Waring

Choreographer and director (1922–1975)

George Balanchine

American choreographer, dancer and ballet master (1904–1983)

Mamela Nyamza

South Arfican dancer

Jeanguy Saintus

choreographer and dancer

Antonine Meunier

French choreographer (1877-1972)

Frederick Ashton

British dancer and choreographer (1904–1988)

Vladimir Bourmeister

Soviet choreographer, ballet master and ballet dancer (1904-1971)

Don Loper

American fashion designer (1906-1972)

Lise la Cour

Danish ballerina and choreographer (1944-2016)

Paul De Rolf

American actor, choreographer and dancer (1942-2017)

Grant Strate

Canadian ballet dancer and choreographer

Richard Jacobs

American rabbi

Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes

Cuban composer (1874–1944)

Jacki Sorensen

originator of aerobic dancing

Salvatore Viganò

Italian composer and dancer (1769-1821)

Carla Fracci

Italian ballet dancer and actress (1936–2021)

Leela Samson

Indian choreographer

Alvin Ailey

African-American dancer, choreographer and activist (1931-1989)

Oguri

Dancer and choreographer

Norberto Esbrez

Argentine dancer

Richard Jackson

American dancer, creative director, and choreographer

Béla Bartók

Hungarian composer and pianist (1881–1945)

Iris Hensley

American choreographer

Seymour Felix

American director, performer, and choreographer (1892-1961)

Tímea Papp

Hungarian dancer and choreographer

Calico Cooper

American singer, actor, and dancer

Melly Still

British director, designer and choreographer

Sin Cha Hong

South Korean dancer and choreographer

Namron

British dancer (born 1945)

Christopher Hampson

British ballet dancer and choreographer

Olga Sapphire

Russian-Japanese ballerina and choreographer (1907-1981)

Mahua Mukherjee

Indian choreographer

Julio Agustin

American stage actor

Aurélie Dupont

French ballerina

Jacob Brent

American actor

Vikrant Massey

Indian actor (1987-)

Louise Frevert

Danish member of the Danish parliament

Louis Frossard

French actor and choreographer

Syed Sallauddin Pasha

Indian dancer

Ariella Rush

American dancer

Riccardo Drigo

artist (1846-1930)

Eugene Louis Faccuito

American dancer (1925–2015)