- Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey, Jr. (January 5, 1931 - December 1, 1989) was an African American modern dancer and choreographer who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He died of AIDS, at the age of 58. Ailey was born to his 17-year-old mother, Lula Cooper, in Rogers, Texas. Alvin developed an early interest in dance. In 1943 he and his mother moved to Los Angeles. Initially, he took dance classes from choreographer Katherine Dunham, and later studied under Los Angeles, … - Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins (October 11, 1918 - July 29, 1998) was an American choreographer whose work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater. Among the numerous stage productions he worked on were "On The Town", "High Button Shoes", "The King And I", "The Pajama Game", "Bells Are Ringing", "West Side Story", "Gypsy: A Musical Fable" and "Fiddler on the Roof". - Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse (June 23, 1927 - September 23, 1987) was a musical theater choreographer and director, and a film director. He won an unprecedented eight Tony Awards for choreography, as well as one for direction and was also awarded the recipient of an Academy Award for Best Director in 1972 for "Cabaret" - Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of seventy-six years, during which he made thirty-one musical films. He is particularly associated with Ginger Rogers, with whom he made ten films that revolutionized the genre. - Paula Abdul
Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American television personality, jewelry designer, multi-platinum selling singer, and Emmy Award-winning choreographer. In the 1980s, Abdul rose from being a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers NBA basketball team to being a sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era, then to being a Pop-R&B singer with a string of hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s. - Gene Kelly
Eugene Curran Kelly, better known as Gene Kelly, was an American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer, and choreographer. Kelly was a major exponent of 20th century filmed dance, known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks and the likeable characters that he played on screen. Although he is probably best known today for his performance in "Singin' in the Rain", … - Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Nikolaevitch Baryshnikov (b January 27, 1948) is a Russian dancer, choreographer, and actor. He is often called the world's greatest living male ballet dancer. Critic Clive Barnes once called him "the most perfect dancer I have ever seen" - Debbie Allen
Debbie Allen (born Deborrah Kaye Allen on January 16, 1950 in Houston, Texas) is an American actor, choreographer, film director, television producer, and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She is best known for her role as Lydia Grant in the hit television series, "Fame". Allen earned a B.A. degree in classical Greek literature, speech, … - Wade Robson
Wade Jeremy Robson (born 1982) is an Australian professional dancer, choreographer, producer, and songwriter. He has performed as a dancer since the age of 5 with celebrities such as Michael Jackson and Britney Spears, and is also an award-winning choreographer, known for his own MTV show "Wade Robson Project", and the televised competition "So You Think You Can Dance". - Frederick Ashton
Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton began his career as a dancer but is largely remembered as a choreographer. Ashton was born at Guayaquil in Ecuador, in the artistic neighbourhood called Las Peñas, the original founding site of the city. When he was 13 he witnessed a life-changing event when he attended a performance by the legendary Anna Pavlova in the Municipal Theater in Lima, Peru. He was so impressed that from that day on he knew he would become a dancer. - Adam Shankman
Adam M. Shankman (born November 27, 1964) is an American film director, dancer, actor, and choreographer. He directed "A Walk to Remember", "Bringing Down the House", "The Pacifier", and "Cheaper by the Dozen 2". He also danced in videos for Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson. Shankman was born in Los Angeles, California to an upper middle class family. He had a "traditional Jewish upbringing" in Brentwood, … - Jerry Mitchell
Jerry Mitchell is an award-winning American director and choreographer. Born in Paw Paw, Michigan, Mitchell's early Broadway credits were as a dancer in "The Will Rogers Follies" and revivals of "Brigadoon" and "On Your Toes". Mitchell's first production as sole chorographer was the 1999 revival of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", which he followed with "The Full Monty". - Savion Glover
Savion Glover (born November 19, 1973 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor, tap dancer and choreographer. Glover is a graduate of the Newark Arts High School. While a student at Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan, his teacher arranged an audition for him with Broadway choreographer Henry LeTang. This led to his Broadway debut at age 10 in "The Tap Dance Kid". He made his film debut in 1989's "Tap" co-starring with Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr. - Tommy Tune
Tommy Tune (born February 28, 1939) is an award-winning American actor, dancer, singer, director, producer, and choreographer. Born Thomas James Tune in Wichita Falls, Texas, he attended Lamar High School in Houston. In 1965, Tune made his Broadway debut as a performer in the musical "Baker Street". His first Broadway directing and choreography credits were for the original production of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" in 1978. - Ann Reinking
Ann Reinking (born November 10, 1949 in Seattle, Washington) is an American actress and dancer, most famous for her association with choreographer Bob Fosse. Reinking originally trained as a ballet dancer. After working as a chorus girl in "Coco", "Wild and Wonderful", and "Pippin", Reinking first came to critical notice as Maggie in "Over Here!" (Theatre World Award). - Gregory Hines
Gregory Hines was a Tony Award-winning American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Born Gregory Oliver Hines in New York City, Hines and his older brother Maurice started dancing at an early age, studying with choreographer Henry LeTang. Together with their father the three were known as "The Hines Kids" and later as "The Hines Brothers" only to have the name change again in 1963 to "Hines, Hines and Dad". Hines appeared in such movies as "The Cotton Club", … - Nigel Lythgoe
Nigel Lythgoe (born July 9, 1949 (age 58) in the Wirral) is an English television and film director and producer. He is noted for being the producer of the shows "Pop Idol" and "American Idol" as well as creating, executive producing and being a judge for "So You Think You Can Dance". - Tony
IM FABULOUS! - Amir Levi
I'm an actor/choreographer/dancer/singer living in New York City, keeping busy pursuing my career. I'm the artistic director/choreographer of a dance company (www.thepoisonousladies.com). If you'd like to know more, my AIM is Giadante. - Rhonda
About meâ¦..about meâ¦.this is hard for someone who doesnât like to talk about themselves, I would rather go on and on about some other fabulous personâ¦â¦I have a fairly large family and each member blesses me daily. It's hard for me to pursue my life calling knowing that it will take my time and me away from them. Relationships and love are the most important things (besides God) that we have in this world. - Robert
Hey everybody Im robert hoffman. I just recently was in the movie She's The Man and had a blast making it! I have taught choreography for many music videos. I am also on a show called Wildin' Out on MTV! I have a younger brother and 2 younger sisters. I am currently workin on a movie call Vanished said to come out in 2007. Thats it for now so hit me up some time and ill try to respond back! - Jonathan McDermott
Born and bred British actor Jonathan McDermott career spans over 10 years. Jonathan has always been extremely driven and proactive and these are just some of the admirable qualities that have enabled Jonathan to work with people like âRikki Beadle-Blairâ the man behind the successful TV series âMetrosexualityâ and award winning documentary producer/director Nadine Patterson from Philadelphia. - Damien
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- Donald McKayle
Donald McKayle (born July 6, 1930, New York City) is a modern dance and Broadway choreographer, director, and performer who has worked with many choreographers such as Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, Anna Sokolow, and Merce Cunningham. A Tony Award and Emmy Award nominee, McKayle is currently a Professor of Dance, Modern Technique and Choreography, at UC Irvine, in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts Dance Department. He has served on the faculties of Connecticut College, … - Ohad Naharin
Ohad Naharin is a dancer and choreographer. Naharin studied at Juilliard and with the Martha Graham company before returning to Israel to direct the Batsheva Dance Company, which was founded in 1964 by Martha Graham and Baroness Batsheva De Rothschild. Naharin's works are performed by the Lyon Opera Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Nederlands Dans Theatre, Frankfurt Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Rambert Dance Company. - Corey Yuen
Corey Yuen Kwai is a Hong Kong actor, film director and producer. He is one of the Seven Little Fortunes. Corey was one of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao's best friends during their days in the "China Drama Academy" Peking Opera School. They spent those days training in a harshly disciplined style under the watch of Master Yu. Corey would go to appear as an extra in Hong Kong films during the "chop socky" era of the 1970s. - Stanley Donen
Stanley Donen (born April 13, 1924) is an American film director and choreographer hailed by David Quinlan as "the King of the Hollywood musicals". His most famous work is "Singin' in the Rain", which he co-directed with Gene Kelly. - Rosie Perez
Rosa Maria Perez (born September 6, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, dancer, choreographer and director. - Cris Judd
Cristan Lee Judd (born August 15, 1969, in Abilene, Texas) is an American actor and choreographer, but is probably best known for his failed marriage to Jennifer Lopez. Before Hollywood, Cris spent his early years growing up on Air Force bases in Angeles City in the Philippines and Hawaii. The Air Force then moved his family to Niceville Florida, where he spent his high school years. While in Florida, Cris, an avid athlete, spent a lot of time surfing and golfing. - Yvonne Rainer
Yvonne Rainer (born November 24, 1934) is an American choreographer and filmmaker, whose work in both disciplines is frequently challenging and experimental. Rainer moved to New York City in 1957 to study theater. She found herself more strongly drawn to modern dance than acting, however, and began studying at the Martha Graham School and later with Merce Cunningham. Rainer was one of the organizers of the Judson Dance Theater, … - Grover Dale
Grover Dale (b. July 22 1935) is an American actor, dancer, choreographer and director. Dale, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Dale has received two Tony Award nominations, with his first in 1970 for choreography in "Billy" and again in 1975 for director in "The Magic Show". He also received an Emmy nomination for his choreography in Barry Manilow's 1985 television musical, "Copacabana". - Carrie Ann Inaba
Carrie Ann Inaba (born January 5, 1968) is an American dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer. - Walter Bobbie
Walter Bobbie (born on 18 November 1945 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is a dancer, choreographer, director and occasional actor. He attended The Catholic University of America (CUA), at around the same time as Oscar winning actress Susan Sarandon. Bobbie created the role of "Roger" in the original Broadway production of "Grease", and he also starred on Broadway as "Nicely-Nicely Johnson" in the 1992 revival of "Guys and Dolls" starring Nathan Lane, … - Gower Champion
Gower Champion (June 22 1919 - August 25 1980) was a Tony Award-winning American theatre director, choreographer, and dancer. Born Gower Carlyle Champion in Geneva, Illinois, he was raised in Los Angeles, California, where he graduated from Fairfax High School. He studied dance from an early age and at the age of fifteen toured nightclubs with friend Jeanne Tyler billed as "Gower and Jeanne, America's Youngest Dance Team." During the late 1930s and early 40s, … - Bruno Tonioli
Born on November 25, 1955 in Ferrara, Italy, Bruno Tonioli is a dancer and professional choreographer who serves as a judge on ABC's Dancing with the Stars and Strictly Come Dancing, the original UK version of the show. He also created DanceX, a reality competition which aims to search for the next sing and dance group in the UK. As a choreographer, Tonioli has worked on numerous films, plays, music videos, commercials, concerts, trade and television shows. - Glen Tetley
Glen Tetley (2 February 1926, Cleveland, Ohio - 26 January 2007, Florida) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. After graduating from Franklin and Marshall College in 1946, Tetley studied in New York City with Hanya Holm and danced with Martha Graham's company. He danced with the Netherlands Dance Theater, from 1962 to 1965 and became its artistic director in 1969. From 1974 to 1976, Tetley danced with the Stuttgart Ballet. - Toni Basil
Toni Basil (born Antonia Christina Basilotta, September 22 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a musician, video artist, actress, and choreographer.
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