When was American modern dancer and choreographer who danced Danza born
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Danza (ballet) Danza was a modern dance solo choreographed and danced by Martha Graham to music by Darius Milhaud. It premiered on March 3, 1929, at the Booth Theatre in New York City.
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Martha Graham Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Her style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide.
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Adam Shankman Adam Michael Shankman (born November 27, 1964) is an American film director, producer, dancer, author, actor, and choreographer. He was a judge on seasons 3-10 of the television program "So You Think You Can Dance" He began his professional career in musical theater, and was a dancer in music videos for Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson. Shankman has choreographed dozens of films and has also directed several feature-length box office hits, including "A Walk to Remember", "Bringing Down the House", "The Pacifier" and the 2007 remake of "Hairspray".
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Inbal Pinto Inbal Pinto (born 1969) (Hebrew: ענבל פינטו) is an Israeli contemporary dancer, choreographer and dance company artistic director.
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Susan Jaffe Susan Jaffe (born 1962) is an American former ballerina and is a ballet mistress at American Ballet Theatre.
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Steve Paxton Steve Paxton (born 1939 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an experimental dancer and choreographer. His early background was in gymnastics while his later training included three years with Merce Cunningham and a year with José Limón. As a founding member of the Judson Dance Theater, he performed works by Yvonne Rainer and Trisha Brown. He was a founding member of the experimental group Grand Union and in 1972 named and began to develop the dance form known as Contact Improvisation, a form of dance that utilizes the physical laws of friction, momentum, gravity, and inertia to explore the relationship between dancers.
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The Philadelphia Dance Company The Philadelphia Dance Company (also known as Philadanco) is a professional dance company based in Philadelphia, PA that specializes in modern contemporary dance. The organization was founded in 1970 by Artistic Director Joan Myers Brown. The company tours both nationally and internationally in addition to their regular appearances locally at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Painted Bride Art Center, and other venues in the Philadelphia area. Part of the company's tour schedule is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts' Regional Arts Touring Program and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
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Merián Soto Merián Soto (born June 8, 1954, Puerto Rico) is a choreographer and performance artist.
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Natalia Makarova Natalia Romanovna Makarova (Russian: Ната́лия Рома́новна Мака́рова , born 21 November 1940) is a Soviet-Russian-born prima ballerina and choreographer. "The History of Dance", published in 1981, notes that “her performances set standards of artistry and aristocracy of dance which mark her as the finest ballerina of her generation in the West.”
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Karole Armitage Karole Armitage (born March 3, 1954) is an American dancer and choreographer currently based in New York City. She is artistic director of Armitage Gone! Dance, a contemporary dance company that performs several times annually in New York City as well as touring internationally. Dubbed the “punk ballerina” in the 1980s, she is Tony-nominated for her choreography of the Broadway musical "Hair".
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Valerie Bettis Valerie Elizabeth Bettis (December 1919 – 26 September 1982) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. She found success in musical theatre, ballet, and as a solo dancer.
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Nancy Stark Smith Nancy Stark Smith (born 1952 in Brooklyn, New York) is a dancer and founding participant in Contact Improvisation.
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Ron Field Ronald Field (1934 – February 6, 1989) was an American choreographer, director, and dancer.
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Jessica Iwanson Jessica Iwanson, (born 21 April 1948 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a choreographer and artistic director of 'Iwanson Schule zeitgenössischer Tanz' (Academy for contemporary dance) in Munich, Germany.
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Rosanna Gamson Rosanna Gamson is an American dance choreographer.
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Spanish National Dance Company The Spanish National Dance Company, (Compañía Nacional de Danza), was founded in 1979, originally as under the name of Ballet Nacional de España Clásico. Its first director was dancer Victor Ullate, followed by Maria de Avila, Ray Barra, Maya Plisetskaya, Nacho Duato (1990-July 2010), Hervé Palito and José Carlos Martínez since December 2010.
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Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers is Canada’s longest continuously running modern dance company. Founded in 1964 by Rachel Browne, it has presented works in the Rachel Browne Theatre in Winnipeg as well as locations across Canada and the United States. The company has created dances in the traditional modern dance style as well as avant-garde and expressionistic dance-theatre. Its current artistic director is Brent Lott.
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Mark Morris (choreographer) Mark William Morris (born August 29, 1956) is an American dancer, choreographer and director whose work is acclaimed for its craftsmanship, ingenuity, humor, and at times eclectic musical accompaniments. Morris is popular among dance aficionados, the music world, as well as mainstream audiences.
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Gelsey Kirkland Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29, 1952) is an American ballerina. Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age fifteen, at the invitation of George Balanchine. She was promoted to soloist in 1969 and principal in 1972. She went on to create leading roles in many of the great twentieth century ballets by Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Antony Tudor including Balanchine's revival of "The Firebird", Robbins' "Goldberg Variations", and Tudor's "The Leaves are Fading". Balanchine re-choreographed his version of Stravinsky's "The Firebird" specifically for her. She left the New York City Ballet to join the American Ballet Theatre in 1974.
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Dave Gould Dave Gould (March 11, 1899 - June 3, 1969) was a Hungarian-American choreographer and dance director. He is notable as one of the three people to win the short-lived Academy Award for Best Dance Direction.
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Barton Mumaw Barton Mumaw (20 August 1912 – 21 June 2001) was an American dancer and choreographer who performed in modern dance concerts and musical theater productions. He was the muse of Ted Shawn, pioneer of modern dance.
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Michael Flatley Michael Ryan Flatley (born July 16, 1958) is an American dancer, choreographer, and musician. He became internationally known for Irish dance shows "Riverdance", "Lord of the Dance", "Feet of Flames", and "Celtic Tiger".