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10,000 BCE
Paleolithic Period
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4300 BCE
Neolithic Period
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900 BCE
Ancient Greece
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625 BCE
Ancient Rome
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Period: 27 BCE to 180 BCE
"Golden Age" of Rome
A time of Roman Peace where there were fewer wars and the arts flourished. -
476
Medieval Era
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Period: 1300 to
Dance Mania
A phenomenon that occurred in mainland Europe where men, women, and children would dance until they would collapse from exhaustion. -
Period: 1400 to
Renaissance Period
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1500
Early Ballet
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Period: 1500 to
African Diaspora
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1547
Catherine de Medici
The queen would have elaborate festivals. -
1573
Balthasar de Beaujoyeux
Served at the court ballet. -
1581
Ballet La Comique de La Reign
1st Official ballet was performed. -
Period: to
Baroque Era
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Period: to
Cardinal Mazarih
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Ballet de la Nuit
13-hour performance that included the debut of Lous XIV -
Period: to
Mlle de La Fontaine
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King Louis XIV
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Jean Baptiset Lully
Best known for his operas and spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV -
Pierre Beauchamps
Became director of Academie Royale de Danse -
Period: to
Peter I (Peter the Great)
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Academie Royal de Danse
The first ballet school opened and gave opportunity to those wanting to learn more complicated dance steps. -
Period: to
Empress Anna Ivanova
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Period: to
Jean Baptiste Lande
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Opera-Ballet began
A new theatrical form came into existence. -
Paris Opera ballet school opened
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Camargo had debut at Paris Opera
Marie- Ann de Cupis de Camargo made daring steps at her debut at Paris Opera. -
Imperial Ballet School
1st ballet school in Russia -
Jean Georges Noverre
French dancer and ballet master -
Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets
Jean George Novarre's treatise was published. -
Period: to
French Revolution
During this period of time, ballet steps became more complex and harder to notate. -
Period: to
Marie Taglioni
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Period: to
August Bournonville
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Period: to
Jules Perrot
French dancer and master choreographer -
Period: to
Fanny Elssler-Austrian
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Period: to
Fanny Cerrito
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Period: to
Marius Patipa
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Period: to
Carlotta Grisi
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Period: to
Lucille Grahn
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Period: to
"Master Juba"
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Minstrelsy
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Period: to
Romantic Ballet
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La Sylphide
One of the world's oldest existing romantic ballets premiered. -
Cult of the Ballerina
Ballerinas were idolized throughout Europe -
Giselle
Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet -
Pas de Quatre
premiered -
Period: to
Enrico Cecchetti
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Period: to
Loie Fuller
Modern dance and Choreographer -
Period: to
Perina Legnani
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Don Quixote
Choreographed by Marius Petipa -
Period: to
Nikolai Legat
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Coppelia Comic Ballet
premiered -
Period: to
Sergei Diaghliev
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Period: to
Classical Period
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Period: to
Isadora Duncan
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Period: to
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
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Period: to
Ruth St. Denis
American dancer -
Period: to
Agrippina Vaganova
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Period: to
Rudolf von Laban
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Fin de siecle
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Tango
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Period: to
Early Modern Dance
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Period: to
Michel Fokine
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Period: to
Ana Pavlova
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Period: to
Mary Wigman
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Sleeping Beauty Ballet
Choreographed by Marius Petipa -
Period: to
Vaslav Nijinsky
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Period: to
Art Nouveau Movement
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Period: to
Asadata Dafora
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Period: to
Vaudeville
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Period: to
Ted Shawn
Modern dance pioneer -
Period: to
Bronislava Nijinska
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Serpentine Dance
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The Nutcracker
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Period: to
Hanya Holm
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Period: to
Martha Graham
American modern dancer and choreographer -
Swan Lake
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Period: to
Doris Humphrey
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Period: to
Leonide Massine
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Mir Iskusstva (World of Art) group
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Period: to
Fred Astaire
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Period: to
Kurt Jooss
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Period: to
Charles Weidman
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Period: to
"Two colored" Rule
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Period: to
Richard Rogers
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Period: to
"Bubbles" Sublett
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Period: to
"Buck" Washington
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Period: to
George Balanchine
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The Dying Swan
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Period: to
Agnes de Mille
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Period: to
Lincoln Kirsten
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Period: to
Antony Tudor
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The Isadorables
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Period: to
Katherine Dunham
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Firebird
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Period: to
Alwin Nikolais
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Petrushka
Premiered -
Period: to
Jack Cole
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Period: to
Ginger Rogers
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Afternoon of the Faun
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Period: to
Gene Kelly
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The Rite of Spring
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Period: to
Fayard Antonio Nichols
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Denishawn
Dance School and Company -
Period: to
Michael Kidd
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Parade
Premiered -
"Golden Age" of Russian Ballet
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Period: to
Howard "Sandman" Sims
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Period: to
Jerome Robbins
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Period: to
Margot Fonteyn
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Period: to
Pearl Primus
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Period: to
Merce Cunningham
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Neoclassical Ballet Begins
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Black Bottom
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Period: to
Harold Lloyd Nichols
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Les Noces
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Period: to
Middle Modern Dance
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Period: to
Gus Giordano
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Period: to
"Luigi" (Eugene Louis Faccuito)
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Charleston
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Showboat
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The Jazz Singer
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Period: to
Bob Fosse
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Apollo (ballet)
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Labanotation
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Heretic
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Lamentation
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Shim-Sham Shimmy
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Period: to
Paul Taylor
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Period: to
Stephen Sondheim
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The Green Table
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Yvonne Ranier
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Period: to
Arthur Mitchel
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Serenade (ballet)
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Porgy and Bess
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Jardin Aux Lilas (Lilac Garden)
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Period: to
Trisha Brown
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Dark Elegies
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Big Apple
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Babes in Arms
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Period: to
Rudolf Nureyev
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Steve Paxton
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Natalie Makarova
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Period: to
Pina Bausch
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Period: to
"Golden Age" of Musicals
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Twyla Tharp
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Rodeo
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Oklahoma
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Period: to
Gregory Hines
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Fancy Free
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On the town
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Cover Girl
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Mats Ek
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Carousel
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Anchors Aweigh
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Late Modern Dance period begins
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The Four Temperaments
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Cave of the Heart
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Jiri Killian
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Brigadoon
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
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William Forsythe
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South Pacific
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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Cinderella
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Annie Get your Gun
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The King and I
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American in Paris
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Alice in Wonderland
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Paint Your Wagon
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Ohad Naharin
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Bill T. Jones
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American Bandstand
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Singin' in the Rain
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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Peter Pan
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Edouard Lock
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White Christmas
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The Girl in Pink Tights
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The Lady and the Tramp
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DJ Kool Herc
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Mark Morris
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
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Stars and Stripes
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Appalachian Spring
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Ailey American Dance Theatre
Founded -
Period: to
Michael Jackson
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Sleeping Beauty
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The Sound of Music
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Revelations
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Anne Teresa de Keersmaker
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Butoh
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West Side Story
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Aureole
Paul Taylor choreographed dance -
Paula Abdul
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Period: to
The Judson Church
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Bye Bye Birdie
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The Fiddler on the Roof
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Mary Poppins
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Mia Michaels
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Janet Jackson
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Cabaret
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Jewels
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Jungle Book
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Hair
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Period: to
Ballin' Jack
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Waacking
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Disco
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House Music
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Pilobus
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Christopher Wheeldon
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Cloud Gate Dance Theatre
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The Rocky Horror Show
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Savion Glover
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The Leaves are Fading
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Esplanade
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Sankai Juku
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A Chorus Line
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Chicago
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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A Chorus Line
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Push Comes to Shove
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Grease
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Evita
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Music Videos
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Vogue
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Period: to
Lalala HumanSteps
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MTV
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Rosas dance Rosas
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Creole Giselle
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House Dance
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Period: to
Oscar Hammerstein II
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In the Upper Room
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DV8 Physical Theatre
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Lady Gaga
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The Phantom of the Opera
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In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated
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Smooth Criminal
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Cold Hearted Snake
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Hairspray
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Rhythm Nation
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The Little Mermaid
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Start of Modern Dance
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Maple Leaf Rag
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Achterland
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Krump
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Beauty and the Beast
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Strange Fish
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Aladdin
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Newsies
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Appalachian Spring
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The Lion King
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Still Here
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Bring in da Noise, Bring in the Funk
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Rent
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Moon Water
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Anchors Aweigh
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South African Suite
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Kagemi-Beyond the Metaphors of Mirrors
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Wicked
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Cost of Living
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After the Rain
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Vollmond (Full Moon)
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Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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The Loss of Small Detail
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Hamilton
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The Greatest Showman
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Rain on Me
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Breaking