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Also Known As Izumo no Okuni
Flourished 1601 - 1650

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Nakamura Nakazō I
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George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
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Charles Weidman
American dancer
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Roland Petit
French dancer and choreographer
Helen Tamiris.
Helen Tamiris
American dancer and choreographer
Pearl Primus
Pearl Primus
American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist
Maurice Béjart.
Maurice Béjart
French dancer
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Hanya Holm
American choreographer
Rasch, Albertina
Albertina Rasch
American dancer
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Ichikawa Danjūrō I
Japanese actor
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Ichikawa Danjūrō XI
Japanese Kabuki actor
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Nakamura Utaemon III
Japanese actor
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Nakamura Utaemon V
Japanese actor
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Michio Ito
Japanese choreographer
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Bandō Tamasaburō V
Japanese Kabuki actor
Kawatake Mokuami.
Kawatake Mokuami
Japanese dramatist
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Tsuruya Namboku IV
Japanese dramatist
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Namiki Gohei I
Japanese playwright
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Okamoto Kidō
Japanese drama critic
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Sakurada Jisuke I
Japanese dramatist