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2004 June Taylor, choreographer, Jackie Gleason Show, dies at 85

1998 Jerome Robbins, choreographer, West Side Story, dies at 79

1996 Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer, dies at 49

1996 Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director, dies at 68

1995 Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85

1995 John Heawood, actor singer/choreographer (Pleasure Garden), dies at 75

1995 Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher, dies at 90

1994 Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/Choreographer, dies at 88

1994 Michael Peters, choreographer, dies

1993 Agnes de Mille, choreographer (Oklahoma!, Rodeo), dies at 88

1993 Agnes de Mille, U.S. dancer and choreographer (Oklahoma!), dies at 88

1993 Scott Salmon, U.S. choreographer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 51

1993 Felix White, choreographer (Black Vibrations Theatre), dies at 65

1993 Luis Falco, U.S. choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at 50

1993 Gret Palucca, German dancer and choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91

1992 Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43

1992 Kenneth MacMillan, British choreographer (Manon, Judas Tree), dies

1992 Jerome Andrews, US/French dancer/choreographer, dies

1992 Frank Westbrook, dancer/choreographer, dies at 82

1992 Emilla Sherman, choreographer/rockette, dies

1992 Clark Tippet, dancer/choreographer, dies at 37

1991 Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43

1991 Martha Graham, U.S., choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96

1989 Alvin Ailey, U.S. choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations), dies at 58

1988 Frederick Ashton, choreographer (Cinderella), dies at 83

1987 Bob Fosse, choreographer (All the Jazz), dies at 62

1987 Michael Bennet, choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44

1987 Antony Tudor, dancer and choreographer (Amer Ballet Theater) dies at 78

1985 Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer

1983 LeRoy Prinz, choreographer, dies at 88

1982 Charles Walters, U.S. actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70

1976 Busby Berkeley, U.S. choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80

1975 Charles Weidman, U.S. dancer and choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies

1974 Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Neth choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70

1973 Savion Glover, dancer and choreographer, Bring in 'da Noise

1972 David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61

1968 Nick Castle, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58

1967 Albertina Rasch, ballerina/choreographer, dies at 76

1967 Julie Kristen Smith, Nuhremburg Germany, choreographer, Showgirls

1964 Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at 66

1962 Paula Abdul, born in Van Nuys, California, singer and choreographer, Straight Up

1960 Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52

1958 Doris Humphrey, U.S. dancer and choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63

1958 Michael Flatley, born in Chicago, Illinois, Irish choreographer, Lord of Dance

1958 Rudolf von Laban, Czech/Ger choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78

1957 David Bintley, choreographer

1957 Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies

1948 Michael Peters, choreographer, What's Love Got to Do with It

1947 Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer

1945 Laura Dean, Staten Island New York City, composer/choreographer, Drumming

1944 Francois Ambrosiny, French dancer and choreographer (Fˆtes d'Hebe), dies at 66

1944 Barry Stevens, British/Neth, choreographer, Personals, Young Again

1942 Mikhailmichel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer/choreographer, dies

1941 Twyla Tharp, born in Portland, Indiana, choreographer, Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe

1939 David Winters, born in London, England, choreographer, Steve Allen Comedy Hour

1939 Tommy Tune, born in Wichita Falls, Texas, dancer and choreographer, Boyfriend

1938 Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer and choreographer, Kirov

1934 Arthur Mitchell, choreographer, Dance Theater of Harlem

1933 Bob Banas, New York City, choreographer, Malibu U, Jonathan Winters Show

1933 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer, Painted Birds

1931 Lionel Blair, Montreal, choreographer, Spotlight

1931 Ronald Hynd, British choreographer, English National Ballet

1931 Alvin Ailey, choreographer, American Dance Theater

1930 Eleanor Fazan, opera/show choreographer, Lassiter, Ruling Class

1929 Georgette Amowitz, choreographer/educator

1928 Ernest Flatt, choreographer, Carol Burnett Show

1928 Carol Henry, born in Newark, New Jersey, choreographer, Garry Moore Show

1928 Gerald Arpino, Staten Island, New York, choreographer

1927 Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director

1927 Bob Fosse, born in Chicago, Illinois, choreographer/director, Cabaret, Damn Yankees

1927 Herbert Ross, director/choreographer, Footloose

1927 Maurice Bejart, France, ballet choreographer, Rite of Spring

1927 Yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer

1926 Glen Tetley, U.S. choreographer

1925 R P Cohan, choreographer

1924 Serge Golovine, French ballet choreographer, Death of Narcissus

1924 Paddy Stone, Winnipeg Manitoba, choreographer, Piccadilly Palace

1924 Janine Charrat, French ballerina/choreographer

1922 Peter Birch, Bronx, choreographer, Jane Froman's USA Canteen

1922 Tony Charmoli, director/choreographer, Dinah Shore, Danny Kaye

1922 Marina Svetlova, ballerina/choreographer, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

1922 Tony Charmoli, Minnesota, choreographer, Cher, Julie Andrew

1921 Gower Champion, choreographer, 42nd Street, Showboat

1920 Aart Verstegen, ballet dancers/choreographer, Jolly Joker's Last Joke

1920 John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1920 George Skibine, Russ/US dancer and choreographer, Tragedy in Verona

1919 Michael Kidd, [Milton Greenwald] choreographer, 7 Brides for 7 Bros

1919 Merce Cunningham, choreographer, Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus

1919 Antony Tudor, born in England, choreographer, Metropolitan Opera 1957

1918 Jerome Robbins, [Rabinowitz], New York, choreographer, Tony-West Side Story

1917 Andre Eglevsky, choreographer, Limelight

1916 Bella Lewitsky, choreographer

1911 Charles Walters, U.S., actor/choreographer/director, Easter parade

1910 Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer and choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies

1910 Nick Castle, born in Brooklyn, choreographer, Dinah Shore, Judy Garland

1910 Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher

1909 Katherine Dunham, dancer and choreographer, Casbah, Stormy Weather

1907 William Dollar, St. Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer

1905 Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer

1905 Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher

1905 Agnes De Mille, New York City, choreographer, Oklahoma

1905 Serge Lifar, born in Kiev, dancer, choreographer, Paris Opera Ballet

1905 Ruth Page, U.S. choreographer/ballet leader, Diaghilev, Pygmalion

1904 Frederick Ashton, British choreographer, Cinderella

1904 Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Neth choreographer

1904 George Balanchine, composer/choreographer

1904 George Balanchine, dancer/choreographer/ballet producer

1901 Charles Weidman, born in Nebraska, modern dancer and choreographer, Candide

1901 Kurt Jooss, Wurtemburg, Germany, ballet choreographer

1898 Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet dancers/choreographer, Gayaneh

1896 Leonide Massine, choreographer, Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20

1895 Busby Berkeley, born in Los Angeles, California, choreographer

1894 Martha Graham, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, choreographer, Appalachian Spring

1891 Ted Shawn, U.S. dancer and choreographer, Dance We Must

1891 Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer

1884 Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Ital/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75

1882 Anna Pavlova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer

1880 Mikhail Fokine, born in Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance

1879 Rudolf von Laban, Czech/German choreographer, modern dance

1835 Luigi Manzotti, Milano, ballet choreographer

1819 Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer, Don Quiotte

1818 John van Well, choreographer/mime (Pierrot), dies at 44

1816 Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73

1815 Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader

1810 Jean-Georges Noverre, French choreographer (ballet d'action), dies

1808 Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer

1787 Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45

1779 Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer

1758 Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer

1741 Maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer and choreographer, Menuet Reine

1733 Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer

1727 Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer, ballet d'action



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