Dance Archives - Page 4 of 17

Pearl Lang

American dancer, choreographer, and teacher

Muriel Manings

American modern dancer and choreographer

Adriana Pierce

Trailblazing dancer, choreographer, and director, who is reshaping the ballet world through her initiative, Queer the Ballet.

Ama Codjoe

American poet, dancer and activist

Eleanor King

American modern dancer and choreographer

May O’Donnell

American modern dancer and choreographer

Artistic director of the Santander Ballet in Colombia, faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University’s department of dance and choreography, and founder of the Latin Ballet of Virginia in Richmond in 1997, a professional dance company whose performances are rooted in Latin American traditions.

Cyd Charisse

Cyd Charisse is one of Hollywood’s greatest dancers best known for two acclaimed dance sequences, the “Broadway Melody Ballet” from the movie Singin’ in the Rain with Gene Kelly and the “Girl Hunt Ballet” from The Band Wagon.

Charlotte Oelschlägel

Though ice skating has been around for centuries, it only came into its current form and fashion in the mid-19th century and was still taking shape as a professional and competitive sport when Charlotte Oelschlägel took up the activity.