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Also Known As Joseph Jacques Ahearn
Born July 28, 1934 • Dedham • Massachusetts
Died May 2, 2021 (aged 86) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors National Medal of Arts (1998) • Kennedy Center Honors (1995)

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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
Russian-American dancer
Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Mitchell
American dancer
Edward Villella, 1960, in the title role of “The Prodigal Son”, by the choreographer George Balanchine.
Edward Villella
American dancer
Justin Peck
Justin Peck
American choreographer and dancer
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp
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
Suzanne Farrell
Suzanne Farrell
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Maria Tallchief
Maria Tallchief
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Pillar of Fire
Antony Tudor
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Patricia McBride and George Balanchine
Patricia McBride
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Christopher Wheeldon
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Martins, Peter
Peter Martins
Danish dancer
Alexandra Danilova in Swan Lake.
Alexandra Danilova
Russian ballerina
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Medusa
Michel Fokine
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Kyle Abraham
Kyle Abraham
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