Helen Tamiris

Helen Tamiris

female, deceased (1966)
Helen Tamiris (1903 -1966) choreographer, modern dancer, and teacher (also known as Helen Becker). A founder of American Modern Dance, Helen...
May O'Donnell

May O'Donnell

female, deceased (2004)
May O'Donnell (1909 - February 1, 2004) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Born in Sacramento, California, May O'Donnell studied...
Bill Cratty

Bill Cratty

male, deceased (1998)
Bill Cratty (February 28, 1951 - September 9, 1998) was an American modern dancer and choreographer.
Christopher Gillis

Christopher Gillis

male, deceased (1993)
Christopher Gillis (b February 26, 1951 Montreal - d August 7, 1993 New York City) was an important gay male dancer and choreographer and member of...
Sophie Maslow

Sophie Maslow

female, deceased (2006)
Sophie Maslow (March 22, 1911 - June 25, 2006) was an American choreographer, modern dancer and teacher, and founding member of New Dance Group....
Jean Erdman

Jean Erdman

female, 93 years old
Jean Erdman (born February 20, 1916) is an influential figure in the world of modern dance and was the wife of Joseph Campbell until his death in...
Terese Capucilli

Terese Capucilli

female
Terese Capucilli is an American modern dancer best known for her work with the Martha Graham Dance Company. Capucilli was one of the dancers to...
Nancy Stark Smith

Nancy Stark Smith

female
Nancy Stark Smith is a dancer and founding participant in contact improvisation. Initially trained as an athlete and gymnast, she studied and...

James Mitchell

male, 89 years old
James Mitchell is an American dancer and actor. Although he is best-known to television audiences as Palmer Cortlandt on the soap opera "All My...
Sai Shoki

Sai Shoki

female, 98 years old
Sai Shōki under the Japanese rule. When she was fifteen, she went to Japan to study under a Japanese modern dancer Ishii Baku against her father's o...