1. Female dancers
By: Graeson Mobley

2. ANNA PAVLOVA She was best known for dancing the “Dying Swan”
She became the Russian Imperial Ballet’s prima ballerina in 1906
She choreographed only one work, Autumn Leaves

3. MARIA TALLCHIEF
She was a Native American and a member of the Osage Tribe
She was the first prima ballerina for the New York City ballet
She was especially noted for her roles in “Orpheus”, ”The Nutcracker”, and “Swan Lake”

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MARGOT FONTEYN
She was an English ballerina who gained fame for dancing Giselle and Aurora in Sleeping Beauty
She worked extensively with the Royal Ballet and partnered with Rudolf Nureyev

5. MARTHA GRAHAM She studied dance at Denishawn School beginning in 1916
She choreographed Appalachian Spring and taught at her Modern Dance Company, the oldest in America, until she was 96 years old

6. TWYLA THARP
This choreographer’s best known works have married modern dance and popular music by composers such as Billy Joel
She won a Best Choreography Tony for Movin’ Out

7. ISADORA DUNCAN
This dancer helped develop modern dance by rejecting the
traditional forms used in ballet
She rebelled against ballet’s restriction by dancing barefoot in long,
flowing tunics
She preferred improvisational dance to ballet
She was killed in a freak car accident when her scarf became entangled in the wheel

8. Katherine dunham
This woman paved the way from modern African- American dance, which her dance troupe exemplified
She was known as “Matriarch of Black Dance”

9. Ruth st. denis
This dancer and choreographer taught a young Martha Graham
She founded the Denishawn school with her husband Ted Shawn
She celebrated Asian culture with the pieces The Yogi and
O-Mike

10. Agnes de mille
She choreographed a ballet based on the life of Lizzie Borden, titled Fall River Legend
She also created the dances for the Broadway musicals Carousel and Paint Your Wagon
She is the choreographer of Aaron Copland’s Rodeo and the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!
She was the daughter of a playwright and the niece of a Hollywood director and producer

11. Ginger rogers She was an actress and singer as well as a dancer
She won an Academy Award for Best Actress
She is best known in film for her romantic and
dancing roles of Fred Astaire

12. Shirley temple black
Known for her roles in many movies as a child, this actress was famous for her dancing
She was called “America’s Sweetheart” and was known for her curly hair

13. Works Cited
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