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George Washington Smith: Quick Facts

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Born c.1820 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died February 18, 1899 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Antony Tudor
Antony Tudor
American dancer
Rasch, Albertina
Albertina Rasch
American dancer
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Lew Christensen
American dancer, teacher, and choreographer
Carlo Blasis
Carlo Blasis
Italian ballet teacher
Dauberval, with Mlle Allard, in Sylvie, 1766; wood engraving by Jules Huyot, 19th century, after a contemporary work by an unknown artist
Jean Dauberval
French dancer
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Pierre Beauchamp
French ballet dancer
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Charles Didelot
French dancer
Herbert Ross
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer
Medusa
Michel Fokine
Russian dancer and choreographer
Justin Peck
Justin Peck
American choreographer and dancer
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Mark Morris
American dancer and choreographer
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Glen Tetley
American dancer
William Forsythe
William Forsythe
American choreographer
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp
American dancer and choreographer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Soviet-born American actor and ballet dancer
Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham
American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist