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Also Known As Kaye Dunn
Born June 22, 1909 • Joliet • Illinois
Died May 21, 2006 (aged 96) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Kennedy Center Honors (1983)
Subjects Of Study ethnic dance

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Léonide Massine
Russian dancer
Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp
American dancer and choreographer
Anna Sokolow
American choreographer and dancer
Mark Morris
American dancer and choreographer
Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain
Gene Kelly
American actor, dancer, and director
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham
American dancer and choreographer
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian-American dancer
Pillar of Fire
Antony Tudor
American dancer
Paul Taylor and Bettie de Jong
Paul Taylor
American dancer and choreographer
Jacques d'Amboise
Jacques d’Amboise
American dancer
Alvin Ailey, Jr.
Alvin Ailey, Jr.
American choreographer
Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Mitchell
American dancer
Sarabhai, Mallika
Mallika Sarabhai
Indian dancer, actress, writer, and activist