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Sergei Diaghilev
The director of the Ballet Russes -
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Isadora Duncan
A dancer, choreogapher, and teacher, a pioneer to modern dance, bare feet for ease of movement. -
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Ruth St. Denis
A dancer, choreographer, and pioneer to modern dance and co-founder of Denishawn dance company. -
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Rudolph Laban
Dancer, choreographer, and theoretician, best known for his analysis of human bodily motion, formulated in his system of dance notation. -
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Michel Fokine
Dancer and Choreographer at the St. Petersburg Maryinsky Theatre as well as for the Ballet Russes -
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Anna Pavlova
Leading classical ballerina of the 21st century and performed at the Maryinksy Theatre. -
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Vaslav Nijinsky
A russian dancer and choreographer of the Ballet Russes. -
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Bronislava Nijinska
Dancer at the Maryinksy Theatre and choreographer for the Ballet Russes and sister of Vaslav Nikinsky. -
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Ted Shawn
A dancer and choreographer who co-founded Denishawn dance company with Ruth St. Denis. -
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Loie Fuller
A dancer who experimented with the effect of stage lighting on costumes of silk, manipulated by movement. -
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Martha Graham
A dancer, choreographer, teacher, and pioneer of modern dance. Performed with Denishawn until forming her own company. Explored movement based on contraction and release. -
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Doris Humphrey
A pioneer of modern dance who mastered the technique of fall and recover. -
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Leonide Massine
A dancer, choreographer, and teacher for the Ballet Russes and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. -
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Charles Weisman
A dancer, choreographer, director, and teacher who performed on Denishawn until establishing his own company with Doris Humphrey. -
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George Balanchine
Dancer and choreographer for the Ballet Russes and an important pioneer for American Ballet, founder of the New York City Ballet. -
The Dying Swan
A work featuring Anna Pavlova, choregraphed by Michel Fokine. -
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The Ballet Russes
A turn of the century dance company directed by Sergei Diaghilev. -
Firebird
A work choreographed by Michel Fokine -
Petrouchka
A work choreographed by Michel Fokine -
Afternoon of the Faun
A work choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky. -
The Rite of Spring
A work choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky. -
Witch Dance
A work choreographed by Mary Wigman -
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Denishawn Dance Company
A modern dance company establiched by Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis that contained a curriculum involving a number of dance styles. -
Parade
Work choreographed by Leonide Massine. -
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Merce Cunningham
Dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director, danced on Martha Graham's dance company, formed his own company to experiment in pure-dance and chance choreogapher. -
Les Noches
Work choreographes by Bronislava Nijinska. -
Dance of Siva
A work choreographed by Ted Shawn -
Apollo
A work choreographed by George Balanchine -
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Humphrey-Weidman Company
A dance company established by Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman -
Prodigal Son
A work choreographed by George Balanchine. -
Air on a G String
A work choreographed by Doris Humphrey -
Heretic
A work choreographed by Martha Graham -
Lamentation
A work choreographed by Martha Graham -
Indian Noche
A work choreogarphed by Ruth St. Denis -
School of America Ballet
An American ballet school that opened in a Manhattan studio that had once belinged to Isadora Duncan, the school was established by Gearge Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. -
Serenade
A tenderly abstract ballet choreographed by George Balanchine while at the School of American Ballet. -
Molopai
A work choreographed by Ted Shawn -
Ballet Caravan
A dance company formed by Lincoln Kirstein in order to give his dancers additional employment and to encourage American choreographers. -
When Push Comes to Shove
A work choreographed by Twyla Tharp -
Rodeo
A work choreographed by Agnes De Mille -
Ohlahoma!
A Broadway show choreographed by Agnes de Mille. -
Fancy Free
A work choreographed by Jerome Robbins -
Copeland - Appalachian Spring
A work choreographed by Martha Graham -
The Ballet Sociey/New York City Ballet
A dance company/school formed by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein after the American Ballet and Ballet Caravan disbanded in 1941. -
Cave of the Heart
A work choreographed by Martha Graham -
Agon
An abstract work choreographed by George Balanchine -
West Side Story
A work choreographed by Jerome Robbins. -
Jewels
The first substanital plotless ballet choreographed by George Balanchine. -
Esplanade
A work choreogrphed by Paul Taylor -
Maple Leaf Rag
A work choreographed by Martha Graham -
Serpentine
A work choreographed by Loie Fuller. -
Crucible
A work choreographed by Alwan Nikolais