Louise Lightfoot
Australian architect, dancer and choreographer
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Anne Douglas
Anne Douglas (later Doucet) was one of the original dancers in the Denishawn modern dance company in the 1920s, leaving home at 17 to tour with them for 10 years before establishing a dance training studio in southern California with her sister.
Adrienne Reiko Iwanaga
Teacher, performer, preserver, and cultural ambassador of Bon Odori, a centuries-old Japanese folk dance rooted in the Buddhist tradition of communal gathering to honor and celebrate the memory of ancestors.
Sun Mee Chomet
Her first two plays, Asiamnesia and How to be A Korean Woman tackle emotional and physical dislocation, loss, and grief with both humor and a great deal of heart. Chomet also investigates and obliterates stereotypes of the monolithic Asian woman, all the while creating more opportunities for Asian actors to work on stage even as audiences gain a deeper understanding of the complexities and multiplicities of Asian identity.
Tina Ramirez
Tina Ramirez combined her artistic vision with years of performance and teaching experience to create and sustain the nation’s preeminent Hispanic-American dance company and school, Ballet Hispanico.
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp is one of America’s most important contemporary dance choreographers.
Sophie Maslow
Sophie Maslow was an American modern dance choreographer, performer, and teacher whose professional work in the field of dance began in the 1930s and spanned much of the 20th century.
Missy Elliott
Four-time Grammy Award-winner Missy Elliott has attained unprecedented success as a solo musical artist, pioneering songwriter and producer, and cultural icon over the last three decades.
Mary Verdi-Fletcher
Dancer Mary Verdi-Fletcher founded Cleveland-based Dancing Wheels in 1980 as the US’s first professional dance company to include dancers with and without disabilities.
Margaret Scott
Dame Margaret Scott founded the Australian Ballet School in 1963.