Active years: 1934-today
Position: American ballet dancer and choreographer.
Career Highlights: D’Amboise is known for his roles in some of the New York City Ballet’s greatest productions, including Balanchine’s Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Apollo and Stars and Stripes. He also choreographed Tchaikovsky Suite (Nr. 2), which remains in the company’s repertory. D’Amboise’s film career includes hits such as the [...]

Active Years: 1919 -
Position: American dancer and choreographer
Career Highlights: As a virtuoso dancer in the Martha Graham Dance Company, Cunningham created the roles of March in Letter to the World and the Revivalist in Appalachian Spring. Now, after more than fifty years as a choreographer, he is hailed as the father of postmodern dance.
Career Totals: [...]

Active years: 1921-1980
Position: American dancer and choreographer for shows and television.
Career Highlights: Champion received eight Tony awards during his career. He is best known for the astounding list of Broadway shows that he created: Bye Bye Birdie(1960), Carnival (1961), Hello Dolly(1964) and 42nd Street (1980).
Career Totals: Champion danced in a team with Jeanne Tyler, who [...]

Active Years: 1986 to present
Position: Principal with Britain’s Royal Ballet.
Career Highlights: Principal with Royal Ballet since 1989. Awards include Prix de Lausanne (1986), Evening Standard Ballet Award (1990), Variety Club Award, and Order of the British Empire (1995).
Career Totals: Prima ballerina with Britain’s Royal Ballet since 1989.
Scouting Report: After being awarded Prix de Lausanne, joined [...]

Active Years: c. 1943-1987
Position: American choreographer and director for the theater.
Career Highlights: Bennett has won seven Tony awards in his lifetime. His first hit was the 1969 Coco, followed by the 1971 Follies. In 1975 he created what would become his greatest hit and one of the longest running shows on Broadway ever, A Chorus [...]

Active Years: 1948 -
Position: Russian born dancer and choreographer; founder and artistic director of the White Oak Dance Project
Career Highlights: One of the greatest dancers of the twentieth century, few have ever been able to match Baryshnikov’s technical expertise and powerful leaps. After his defection from Russia in 1974, Baryshnikov dazzled the dance world as [...]

Active Years: 1904-1983
Position: Founder/choreographer of the School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet.
Career Highlights: Among Balanchine’s most celebrated works are Apollo, The Prodigal Son, Jewels, The Four Temperaments, Serenade, and Agon. He also devised dances for Hollywood and Broadway musicals like On Your Toes, with its famous finale, Slaughter on Tenth [...]

Active Years: 1950-today
Position: American dancer and choreographer in film and theater and television producer.
Career Highlights: Allen’s role as Anita in the 1980s revival of West Side Story (a part that Chita Rivera had played earlier) won her significant public attention and her first of two Tony’s (the second was for the 1986 Sweet Charity). She [...]

Active Years: 1931-1989
Position: American dancer, choreographer, and founder of the company that bears his name.
Career Highlights: Ailey’s best known work includes Blues Suite (1958), Cry (1972), and Revelations (1960). His choreography is a unique synthesis of modern American dance with African-American heritage.
Career Totals: For his own group, Ailey choreographed more than 79 ballets. His [...]