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Born April 17, 1891 • London • England
Died February 29, 1980 (aged 88) • Glasgow • Scotland
Subjects Of Study dance notation
Hanya Holm
American choreographer
Jooss in The Green Table, c. 1935
Kurt Jooss
German dancer and choreographer
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
Isadora Duncan dancing in an amphitheatre in Athens, photograph by Raymond Duncan, 1903.
Isadora Duncan
American dancer
Doris Humphrey
Doris Humphrey
American dancer
Kyle Abraham
Kyle Abraham
American dancer and choreographer
Michael Flatley
Michael Flatley
American dancer
Anna Sokolow
American choreographer and dancer
Michio Ito
Japanese choreographer
Mark Morris
American dancer and choreographer
Arthur Saint-Léon
French dancer and musician
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
Charles Weidman
American dancer
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham
American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist
Helen Tamiris.
Helen Tamiris
American dancer and choreographer
Paul Taylor and Bettie de Jong
Paul Taylor
American dancer and choreographer
Shawn in Frohsinn
Ted Shawn
American dancer
José Limón
José Limón
Mexican-born American dancer