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Baptized July 21, 1673 • Shrewsbury • England
Died September 24, 1760 • Shrewsbury • England
Jean-Georges Noverre
Jean-Georges Noverre
French choreographer and dancer
Carlo Blasis
Carlo Blasis
Italian ballet teacher
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Gasparo Angiolini
Italian choreographer and composer
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Raoul-Auger Feuillet
French dancer
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Christopher Wheeldon
British-born dancer and choreographer
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Matthew Bourne
British choreographer and dancer
Dolin in Bluebeard, 1942
Sir Anton Dolin
British dancer
Frederick Ashton (left) and Robert Helpmann rehearsing their roles as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella, 1965.
Sir Frederick Ashton
British choreographer
Herbert Ross
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Hungarian composer
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
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Karen Kain
Canadian ballet dancer
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer
Medusa
Michel Fokine
Russian dancer and choreographer
Nijinsky in Paris
Vaslav Nijinsky
Russian dancer
Justin Peck
Justin Peck
American choreographer and dancer
Jules Perrot and Carlotta Grisi
Jules Perrot
French dancer and choreographer
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Alexei Ratmansky
Russian dancer and choreographer
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Mark Morris
American dancer and choreographer