Dance

Dancers and choreographers.

People in Dance

11 profiles

Dancer

Fred Astaire

Making dance central to Hollywood musicals, especially with Ginger Rogers.

Performer

Josephine Baker

Becoming a Paris stage star and serving the French Resistance.

Dancer

Rukmini Devi Arundale

Founding Kalakshetra and helping reshape the modern presentation of Bharatanatyam.

Dancer

Birju Maharaj

Bringing Kathak’s rhythm and expressive storytelling to audiences across the world.

Dancer

Uday Shankar

Developing a modern Indian dance language for international stages.

Dancer

Anna Pavlova

Making The Dying Swan an enduring image of ballet.

Choreographer

Katherine Dunham

Bringing Caribbean dance research into modern choreography and the Dunham Technique.

Choreographer

Alvin Ailey

Creating Revelations and founding a major American dance company.

Choreographer

Judith Jamison

Making Cry a signature performance and leading Alvin Ailey’s company.

Choreographer

Lin Hwai-min

Founding Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theater.

Dancer

Francisca Reyes-Aquino

Documenting and teaching Philippine folk dances.