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Merce Cunningham
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American Dancer and Choreographer.
Quartets |
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Philip Glass
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The Fall of the House of Usher (opera)
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Phantom of the Opera
Cats Jesus Christ Superstar! Evita Sunset Boulevard Bombay Dreams The Woman in White |
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Isadora Duncan
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Modern dancer and innovator, performed and taught in the early 1900s. Considered to be the first modern dancer because she did not use ballet steps to communicate her artistic vision. Insisted on total freedom of expression.
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Alicia Alonso
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One of the Greatest 20th Century ballerianas
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George Balanchine
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founded the School of American Ballet
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Aaron Copeland
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Billy the Kid
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Pierre Beauchamp
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French dancing master from the 1600s. All ballet performed today descends from the five basic positions of the feet and principles of technique established by him.
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Dame Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev
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Danced together in Giselle and Romeo and Juliet
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Sergei Diaghilev
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With others, was the founder of the Ballet Russes.
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