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Also Known As Johanna Eckert
Born March 3, 1893 • Germany
Died November 3, 1992 (aged 99) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Camelot” • “Kiss Me, Kate” • “My Fair Lady”
Charles Weidman
American dancer
Helen Tamiris.
Helen Tamiris
American dancer and choreographer
Anna Sokolow
American choreographer and dancer
scene from Footlight Parade
Busby Berkeley
American director
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse
American choreographer and director
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain
Gene Kelly
American actor, dancer, and director
Doris Humphrey
Doris Humphrey
American dancer
Kyle Abraham
Kyle Abraham
American dancer and choreographer
Michael Flatley
Michael Flatley
American dancer
Mark Morris
American dancer and choreographer
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp
American dancer and choreographer
Ruth St. Denis as Radha, 1908.
Ruth St. Denis
American dancer
Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham
American dancer and choreographer
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
Paul Taylor and Bettie de Jong
Paul Taylor
American dancer and choreographer
Jooss in The Green Table, c. 1935
Kurt Jooss
German dancer and choreographer
Shawn in Frohsinn
Ted Shawn
American dancer