Famous Choreographers — Page 4: Lives & Works
Biographies of notable choreographers, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
Kenny Ortega
American television and film director, producer, choreographer
Christiane Vaussard
French ballerina
Elena Smirnova
Russian ballerina
Hélène Kirsova
Danish-born Australian ballerina
Justine A. Chambers
Canadian choreographer
Rickson Gracie
Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
Herbert Ross
American film director (1927–2001)
Charles Moulton
American choreographer and visual artist (born 1954)
Anna Makino
Japanese singer
Jeanna Falk
Swedish dancer and dance teacher
Arthur Bliss
English composer and conductor (1891–1975)
Prerana Deshpande
Internationally acclaimed Kathak dancer, senior disciple of Kathak maestro Late Dr. Rohini Bhate, praised and awarded by Pt. Birju Maharaj.
Paul Harris
English choreographer
Valentine de Saint-Point
artist (1875-1953)
Hadassah Spira Epstein
Jerusalem-born American dancer, choreographer, and instructor (1909–1992)
Mariusz Kotowski
Polish film director
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer (1938–1993)
Adam Shankman
American actor, director, choreographer and dancer (born 1964)
María Pagés
Spanish dancer and choreographer
Melati Suryodarmo
Indonesian performance artist (born 1969)
Yoshiko Chuma
Japanese dancer and choreographer
Bartabas
French squire, director, scenographer, director and pedagogue
Bridget Breiner
American dancer
Valdimar Johannsson
Icelandic film director and screenwriter
Emily Molnar
Canadian ballet dancer and choreographer
Tsolak Mlke-Galstyan
Armenian dancer
Raoul Trujillo
American actor and dancer
Herman Benjamin
Indian choreographer
Ashley Roberts
American singer, dancer and television personality
Kedar Nath Sahoo
founder director of the Government Chhau Dance Centre
Harrison McEldowney
American choreographer
Rod Riffler
Croatian choreographer
Elly
Japanese dancer, rapper, choreographer and actor
Jo Strømgren
Norwegian ballet dancer
Sarah Michelson
British choreographer and dancer (born 1964)
Oleg Vinogradov
Russian choreographer and music educator
Annie Sprinkle
American sex educator and artist (born 1954)
Ludwig Minkus
Austrian composer and violinist (1826–1917)
Abdel R. Salaam
American choreographer, director, producer, mentor, and educator
Christian Zervos
French art collector (1889–1970)
Sharmila Biswas
Indian classical dancer
Troy Schumacher
American ballet dancer
Konstantin Sergeyev
Russian dancer (1910-1992)
Alyssa Edwards
American drag queen
Joseph Beuys
German artist, teacher, and theorist of art (1921–1986)
Tadashi Endo
Japanese dancer (1947–2025)
Joseph Victor Gonzales
Malaysian choreographer (born 1960)
Franz Asplmayr
Austrian composer and violinist
Rennie Harris
American choreographer
Carey Ysais
American dancer and choreographer
Pancho Vladigerov
Bulgarian musician (1899–1978)
Boscoe Holder
Trinidadian artist, dancer, and musician (1921-2007)
L'Antoinette Stines
Jamaican dancer, writer, and actress
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer and director (1918–1998)
Armand Vestris
French choreographer
Jean Puget de la Serre
French author and dramatist (1594-1665)
Margery J. Turner
dancer and choreographer
Daniil Gleikhengauz
Russian figure skater
John D'Auban
English dancer and choreographer
Anna Iberszer
Polish actress, sound director, choreographer
Loren Hightower
American ballet dancer and choreographer
Charles-Alexis Desgagnés
performing artist in Canada
Pooh Kaye
American choreographer and filmmaker
Michael Flatley
American step dancer
Anu Palevaara
Finnish actor, dancer and choreographer
Benny Ninja
American dancer
Laurie Anderson
American artist and musician (born 1947)
Bhagaban Sahu
Odia folk dance teacher, actor, singer
Farah Khan
Indian film director and choreographer (born 1965)
Akira Kasai
Japanese butoh dancer and choreographer
Nelson Ávila
Argentinian choreographer
Meryl Tankard
Australian ballet dancer
Witold Zapała
dancer, choreographer, pedagogue
Shabba-Doo
American actor and dancer
Krishna Vamsi
Telugu film director
Jeffrey Hornaday
Film director, choreographer
Anna Sokolow
American dancer (1910–2000)
Sasha Gradiva
Russian entertainer
Shobana Jeyasingh
Indian-born British choreographer
Sean Cheesman
Canadian dancer
Free Marie
American media personality, producer, choreographer and rapper
Marc Breaux
choreographer (1924-2013)
Todrick Hall
American entertainer (born 1985)
Giovanni Galzerani
Italian ballet dancer and choreographer
Sarah Swenson
American choreographer, dancer, and teacher
Robert Rauschenberg
American painter and graphic artist (1925–2008)
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
Austrian composer and musician (1620–1680)
Gaylene Sciascia
New Zealand choreographer and dance educator
Christopher Aponte
American dancer
Genpei Akasegawa
Japanese artist, photographer and writer (1937–2014)
Guru Dutt
Indian film director, producer, choreographer and actor (1925–1964)
Eva Enciñias
American flamenco dancer and choreographer
Paloma Ruiz Picasso
French/Spanish fashion designer and businesswoman
C. V. Chandrasekhar
Indian dancer
Lester Wilson
American dancer and choreographer; recording artist (1942-1993)
Leonard Harper
American producer, stager, and choreographer (1899-1943)
Ishmael Houston-Jones
American choreographer
Josephine Sainte-Claire
French ballet dancer
Fabritio Caroso
Italian Renaissance dancing master and composer
Jack Cole
choreographer (1911-1974)
Liz Lerman
American choreographer
Papaya Suzuki
Japanese actor-dancer
Wilfride Piollet
French dancer (1943-2015)
Didy Veldman
Dutch choreographer
Carla Blank
American writer, editor, choreographer, director and dramaturge
Karina Smirnoff
dancer
Raghava Lawrence
Indian choreographer, actor, director, producer, philanthropist
Romualdo Marenco
Italian composer (1841–1907)
Eleanor King
American dancer (1906–1991)
Archie Savage
American actor, dancer, and choreographer (1914-2003)
Angelique Kidjo
Beninese-French world music singer (born 1960)
Steve Paxton
American experimental dancer and choreographer (1939–2024)
Psy
South Korean singer (born 1977)
Amalia Hernández Navarro
Mexican ballet dancer and choreographer (1917-2000)
Gun Lund
Swedish dancer
Walter Spies
German primitivist painter (1895-1942)
Edward Royce
English director and choreographer of musical theatre (1870-1964)
Jennifer Monson
American dancer and choreographer
Francesco Ventriglia
Italian dancer, choreographer and director
Bernara Karieva
Soviet ballet dancer and ballet master