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Born January 12, 1901 • WasseralfingenGermany
Died May 22, 1979 (aged 78) • HeilbronnGermany
Subjects Of Study eukinetics

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Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
Mark Morris
American dancer and choreographer
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp
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Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham
American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist
Pina Bausch
German ballet dancer and choreographer
Christopher Wheeldon
British-born dancer and choreographer
Matthew Bourne
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Pillar of Fire
Antony Tudor
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Dame Ninette de Valois
Irish-born British dancer
Frederick Ashton (left) and Robert Helpmann rehearsing their roles as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella, 1965.
Sir Frederick Ashton
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Hanya Holm
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Sir Kenneth MacMillan
British choreographer
Kreutzberg in Drei Irre Gestalten
Harald Kreutzberg
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Wigman, Mary
Mary Wigman
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Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
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George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
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Nijinsky in Paris
Vaslav Nijinsky
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Karen Kain
Canadian ballet dancer
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
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Medusa
Michel Fokine
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