2004 Death June Taylor, choreographer, Jackie Gleason Show, dies at 85 1998 Death Jerome Robbins, choreographer, West Side Story, dies at 79 1996 Death Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer, dies at 49 1996 Death Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director, dies at 68 1995 Death Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85 1995 Death John Heawood, actor singer/choreographer (Pleasure Garden), dies at 75 1995 Death Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher, dies at 90 1994 Death Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/Choreographer, dies at 88 1994 Death Michael Peters, choreographer, dies 1993 Death Agnes de Mille, choreographer (Oklahoma!, Rodeo), dies at 88 1993 Death Agnes de Mille, U.S. dancer and choreographer (Oklahoma!), dies at 88 1993 Death Scott Salmon, U.S. choreographer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 51 1993 Death Felix White, choreographer (Black Vibrations Theatre), dies at 65 1993 Death Luis Falco, U.S. choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at 50 1993 Death Gret Palucca, German dancer and choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91 1992 Death Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43 1992 Death Kenneth MacMillan, British choreographer (Manon, Judas Tree), dies 1992 Death Jerome Andrews, US/French dancer/choreographer, dies 1992 Death Frank Westbrook, dancer/choreographer, dies at 82 1992 Death Emilla Sherman, choreographer/rockette, dies 1992 Death Clark Tippet, dancer/choreographer, dies at 37 1991 Death Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43 1991 Death Martha Graham, U.S., choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96 1989 Death Alvin Ailey, U.S. choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations), dies at 58 1988 Death Frederick Ashton, choreographer (Cinderella), dies at 83 1987 Death Bob Fosse, choreographer (All the Jazz), dies at 62 1987 Death Michael Bennet, choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44 1987 Death Antony Tudor, dancer and choreographer (Amer Ballet Theater) dies at 78 1985 Death Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer 1983 Death LeRoy Prinz, choreographer, dies at 88 1982 Death Charles Walters, U.S. actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70 1976 Death Busby Berkeley, U.S. choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80 1975 Death Charles Weidman, U.S. dancer and choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies 1974 Death Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Netherlands choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70 1973 Birthday Savion Glover, dancer and choreographer, Bring in 'da Noise 1972 Death David Lichine, Lichtenstein, Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 1968 Death Nick Castle, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58 1967 Death Albertina Rasch, ballerina/choreographer, dies at 76 1967 Birthday Julie Kristen Smith, Nuhremburg Germany, choreographer, Showgirls 1964 Death Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at 66 1962 Birthday Paula Abdul, born in Van Nuys, California, singer and choreographer, Straight Up 1960 Death Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52 1958 Death Doris Humphrey, U.S. dancer and choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63 1958 Birthday Michael Flatley, born in Chicago, Illinois, Irish choreographer, Lord of Dance 1958 Death Rudolf von Laban, Czechoslovakian/Germany choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78 1957 Birthday David Bintley, born in Huddersfield, England, choreographer, artistic director, The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet 1957 Death Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies 1948 Birthday Michael Peters, choreographer, What's Love Got to Do with It 1947 Birthday Ulysses Dove, dancer and choreographer 1945 Birthday Laura Dean, Staten Island New York City, composer/choreographer, Drumming 1944 Death Francois Ambrosiny, French dancer and choreographer (Fates d'Hebe), dies at 66 1944 Birthday Barry Stevens, British/Netherlands, choreographer, Personals, Young Again 1942 Death Mikhailmichel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer/choreographer, dies 1941 Birthday Twyla Tharp, born in Portland, Indiana, choreographer, Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe 1939 Birthday David Winters, born in London, England, choreographer, Steve Allen Comedy Hour 1939 Birthday Tommy Tune, born in Wichita Falls, Texas, dancer and choreographer, Boyfriend 1938 Birthday Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer and choreographer, Kirov 1934 Birthday Arthur Mitchell, choreographer, Dance Theater of Harlem 1933 Birthday Bob Banas, New York City, choreographer, Malibu U, Jonathan Winters Show 1933 Birthday Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer, Painted Birds 1931 Birthday Lionel Blair, Montreal, choreographer, Spotlight 1931 Birthday Ronald Hynd, British choreographer, English National Ballet 1931 Birthday Alvin Ailey, choreographer, American Dance Theater 1930 Birthday Eleanor Fazan, opera/show choreographer, Lassiter, Ruling Class 1929 Birthday Georgette Amowitz, choreographer/educator 1928 Birthday Ernest Flatt, choreographer, Carol Burnett Show 1928 Birthday Carol Henry, born in Newark, New Jersey, choreographer, Garry Moore Show 1928 Birthday Gerald Arpino, Staten Island, New York, choreographer 1927 Birthday Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director 1927 Birthday Bob Fosse, born in Chicago, Illinois, choreographer/director, Cabaret, Damn Yankees 1927 Birthday Herbert Ross, director/choreographer, Footloose 1927 Birthday Maurice Bejart, France, ballet choreographer, Rite of Spring 1927 Birthday Yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer 1926 Birthday Glen Tetley, U.S. choreographer 1925 Birthday R P Cohan, choreographer 1924 Birthday Serge Golovine, French ballet choreographer, Death of Narcissus 1924 Birthday Paddy Stone, Winnipeg Manitoba, choreographer, Piccadilly Palace 1924 Birthday Janine Charrat, French ballerina/choreographer 1922 Birthday Peter Birch, Bronx, choreographer, Jane Froman's USA Canteen 1922 Birthday Tony Charmoli, director/choreographer, Dinah Shore, Danny Kaye 1922 Birthday Marina Svetlova, ballerina/choreographer, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 1922 Birthday Tony Charmoli, Minnesota, choreographer, Cher, Julie Andrew 1921 Birthday Gower Champion, choreographer, 42nd Street, Showboat 1920 Birthday Aart Verstegen, ballet dancers/choreographer, Jolly Joker's Last Joke 1920 Birthday John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1920 Birthday George Skibine, Russian/U.S. dancer and choreographer, Tragedy in Verona 1919 Birthday Michael Kidd, Milton Greenwald, choreographer, 7 Brides for 7 Bros 1919 Birthday Merce Cunningham, choreographer, Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus 1919 Birthday Antony Tudor, born in England, choreographer, Metropolitan Opera 1957 1918 Birthday Jerome Robbins, Rabinowitz, New York, choreographer, Tony-West Side Story 1917 Birthday Andre Eglevsky, choreographer, Limelight 1916 Birthday Bella Lewitsky, choreographer 1911 Birthday Charles Walters, U.S., actor/choreographer/director, Easter parade 1910 Death Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies 1910 Birthday Nick Castle, born in Brooklyn, choreographer, Dinah Shore, Judy Garland 1910 Birthday Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher 1909 Birthday Katherine Dunham, dancer and choreographer, Casbah, Stormy Weather 1907 Birthday William Dollar, St. Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer 1907 Birthday Tamara Geva, born in Russia, dancer, actress, choreographer, married to George Balanchine 1905 Birthday Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer 1905 Birthday Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher 1905 Birthday Agnes De Mille, New York City, choreographer, Oklahoma 1905 Birthday Serge Lifar, born in Kiev, dancer, choreographer, Paris Opera Ballet 1905 Birthday Ruth Page, U.S. choreographer/ballet leader, Diaghilev, Pygmalion 1904 Birthday Frederick Ashton, British choreographer, Cinderella 1904 Birthday Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Netherlands choreographer 1904 Birthday George Balanchine, composer/choreographer 1904 Birthday George Balanchine, dancer/choreographer/ballet producer 1901 Birthday Charles Weidman, born in Nebraska, modern dancer and choreographer, Candide 1901 Birthday Kurt Jooss, Wurtemburg, Germany, ballet choreographer 1898 Birthday Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet dancers/choreographer, Gayaneh 1896 Birthday Leonide Massine, choreographer, Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20 1895 Birthday Busby Berkeley, born in Los Angeles, California, choreographer 1894 Birthday Martha Graham, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, choreographer, Appalachian Spring 1891 Birthday Ted Shawn, U.S. dancer and choreographer, Dance We Must 1891 Birthday Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer 1884 Death Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Italian/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75 1882 Birthday Anna Pavlova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer 1880 Birthday Mikhail Fokine, born in Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance 1879 Birthday Rudolf von Laban, Czechoslovakian/German choreographer, modern dance 1835 Birthday Luigi Manzotti, Milano, ballet choreographer 1819 Birthday Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer, Don Quiotte 1818 Death John van Well, choreographer/mime (Pierrot), dies at 44 1816 Death Vincenzo Galeotti, Tomazelli, Italian dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 1815 Birthday Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader 1810 Death Jean-Georges Noverre, French choreographer (ballet d'action), dies 1808 Birthday Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer 1787 Death Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45 1779 Birthday Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer 1758 Birthday Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer 1741 Birthday Maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer and choreographer, Menuet Reine 1733 Birthday Vincenzo Galeotti, Tomazelli, Italian dancer/choreographer 1727 Birthday Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer, ballet d'action
