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Born August 29, 1956 (age 70) • Seattle • Washington
Founder Mark Morris Dance Group
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Jooss in The Green Table, c. 1935
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Herbert Ross
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George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
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Jerome Robbins
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Isadora Duncan dancing in an amphitheatre in Athens, photograph by Raymond Duncan, 1903.
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Doris Humphrey
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Michael Flatley
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Glen Tetley
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William Forsythe
William Forsythe
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Ruth St. Denis as Radha, 1908.
Ruth St. Denis
American dancer
Merce Cunningham poses on a wooden floor in a patterned bodysuit, seated with one leg bent and his arm raised, gazing thoughtfully into the distance.
Merce Cunningham
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Charles Weidman
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Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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