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Also Known As Herbert David Ross
Born May 13, 1927 • New York City • New York
Died October 9, 2001 (aged 74) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Funny Lady” • “The Goodbye Girl” • “The Last of Sheila” • “The Sunshine Boys”

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Kevin Bacon dances in silhouette against large backlit windows in an iconic scene from the 1984 film Footloose, directed by Herbert Ross.
Dolly Parton as Truvy Jones and Olympia Dukakis as Clairee Belcher stand together holding drinks at an outdoor event in the film Steel Magnolias.
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George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American 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
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Christopher Wheeldon
British-born dancer and choreographer
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
American actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter
Bob Fosse with a beard and open-collared shirt, looking to the side in a black and white publicity still from the film All That Jazz.
Bob Fosse
American choreographer and director
Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood in Singin' in the Rain, joyfully hanging from a lamppost with an umbrella during a nighttime rainstorm on a city street.
Gene Kelly
American actor, dancer, and director
Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in Easter Parade
Charles Walters
American dancer, choreographer, and film director
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Glen Tetley
American dancer
Antony Tudor
Antony Tudor
American dancer
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Eliot Feld
American dancer
Joffrey, Robert; Arpino, Gerald
Robert Joffrey
American choreographer and director
Jean Cocteau, 1939.
Jean Cocteau
French poet and artist
Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet-born dancer
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Léonide Massine
Russian dancer
Sarabhai, Mallika
Mallika Sarabhai
Indian dancer, actress, writer, and activist
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Matthew Bourne
British choreographer and dancer
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Sir Robert Helpmann
Australian dancer