Founded by visionary dance instructor Dorothy Moses Alexander, the Atlanta Ballet began performing in 1929. Alexander’s dream of bringing quality ballet to the Atlanta community resulted in the Dorothy Alexander Dance Art Group—the first regional ballet company in the United States.
Cleveland drama instructor who trained generations of actors and the founding director of Cain Park Theater and its Youth Theater.
Aerial dancer and choreographer and filmmaker
A poet and playwright, she was a co-founder of the literary group Rueca and a television screenwriter. She adapted and wrote the screenplays for the films Memorias de un revolucionario and Ronda revolucionaria. She contributed to América, the journal of the University of Mexico, and Taller Poético.
Argentine director, playwright, actor and teacher
Cleveland director in the male-dominated early days of television. She led the way to found WVIZ TV and bring educational television to Northeast Ohio. She was the first woman to become the president and general manager of a major market TV station in the US.
Founder of Infinity Dance Theater, a nontraditional dance company in New York City that features dancers with and without disabilities, including those in wheelchairs.
Native American theater and opera director and writer
American writer, filmmaker, and expert on disability and the arts
20th century Irish classical singer