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19th-century choreographers

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André MessagerPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré Charles Prosper Messager (lang; 30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor.
Armand SilvestreAuthor · BooksPaul Armand Silvestre (18 April 1837 – 19 February 1901) was a 19th-century French poet and conteur born in Paris.
Arthur BlissPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (2 August 189127 March 1975) was British composer and conductor.
Asadata DaforaPerson · Music memorabiliaAustin Dafora Horton (4 August 1890 – 4 March 1965), also known as Asadata Dafora, was a Sierra Leonean multi-faceted artist talented in music, opera and concert singing, dancing,…
August EnnaPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Enna (13 May 1859 – 3 August 1939) was a Danish composer, known mainly for his operas.
Béla BalázsPhotographer · PhotographyHerbert Bauer (disambiguation)Herbert Bauer
Béla BartókPerson · Music memorabiliaBartók Béla Viktor János
Busby BerkeleyPerson · Film memorabiliaBerkeley William Enos (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976), known professionally as Busby Berkeley, was an American film director and musical choreographer, best known for his collaboration…
Carina AriArtist · SculptureCarina Ari (14 April 1897 – 24 December 1970) was the artistic name of Maria Karina Viktoria Jansson, a Swedish-born dancer.
Carles CasagemasArtist · PaintingsCarles Antoni Cosme Damià Casagemas i Coll (Carlos Casagemas) (September 27, 1880, in Barcelona, Spain – February 17, 1901, in Paris, France) was a Spanish painter and poet.
Carlos ChávezPerson · Music memorabiliaCarlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (13 June 1899 – 2 August 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican…
Cyril ScottPerson · Music memorabiliaCyril Meir Scott (27 September 1879 – 31 December 1970) was an English composer, writer, poet, and occultist.
DumanoirAuthor · BooksPhilippe François Pinel (filip fʁɑ̃swa pinɛl), known as Dumanoir (dymanwaʁ; 31 July 1806 – 16 November 1865), was a French playwright and librettist.
Ernest GuiraudPerson · Music memorabiliaErnest Guiraud (lang; 23 June 18376 May 1892) was an American-born French composer and music teacher.
Erwin SchulhoffPerson · Music memorabiliaErwin Schulhoff (Ervín Schulhoff; 8 June 189418 August 1942) was an Austro-Czech composer and pianist.
Friedrich von FlotowPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Adolf Ferdinand, Freiherr von Flotow (lang; 27 April 1812 – 24 January 1883) was a German composer.
Gabriel PiernéPerson · Music memorabiliaHenri Constant Gabriel Pierné (16 August 1863 – 17 July 1937) was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist.
George F. MarionPerson · Film memorabiliaGeorge Francis Marion Sr. (July 16, 1860 – November 30, 1945) was an American film and stage actor and director, known for Anna Christie, both (1923) and (1930), and Death from a Distance…
George GurdjieffAuthor · BooksGeorge Ivanovich Gurdjieff (c. 1866–1877 – 29 October 1949) was a philosopher, mystic, spiritual teacher, composer, and movements teacher.
Georges AuricPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorges Auric (lang; 15 February 1899 – 23 July 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, France.
Germaine TailleferrePerson · Music memorabiliaMarcelle Germaine Tailleferre (French: [ʒɛʁmɛn tɑjfɛʁ]; née Taillefesse; 19 April 1892 – 7 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as…
Granville BantockPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Granville Bantock (picture first published 1913)
Heitor Villa-LobosPerson · Music memorabiliaHeitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in…
Ivan VsevolozhskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIvan Alexandrovich Vsevolozhsky (Russian: Иван Александрович Всеволожский; 1835–1909) was the Director of the Imperial Theatres in Russia from 1881 to 1898 and director of the Hermitage…
Jaume SabartésArtist · PaintingsJaume Sabartés i Gual (Jaume Sabartés i Gual, Jaime Sabartés y Gual, born in Barcelona, 10 June 1881 - died in Paris, 12 February 1968), was a Catalan Spanish artist, poet and writer.
Kurt AtterbergPerson · Music memorabiliaKurt Magnus Atterberg (Swedish: [²atːɛrbærj], 12 December 1887 – 15 February 1974) was a Swedish composer and civil engineer.
Léon GastinelPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — A portrait of Léon Gastinel the French composer
Loïe FullerPerson · Film memorabiliaLoie Fuller (born Marie Louise Fuller; January 15, 1862 – January 1, 1928), also known as Louie Fuller and Loïe Fuller, was an American dancer and a pioneer of modern dance and theatrical…
Lucile GrahnPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Lithograph by J. Branard of Lucile Grahn in the title role of the Perrot/Pugni Catarina. Here Grahn is costumed for the celebrated Pas stragétique.
Mary WigmanPerson · Music memorabiliaMary Wigman (born Karoline Sophie Marie Wiegmann; 13 November 1886 – 18 September 1973) was a German dancer and choreographer who pioneered expressionist dance, dance therapy, and movement…
Michel FokineAuthor · BooksMichael Fokine (– 22 August 1942) was a Russian choreographer and dancer.
Natanael BergPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Natanael Rexroth-Berg (9 February 1879 – 14 October 1957) was a Swedish composer.
Nicholas RoerichIllustrator · IllustrationProcopius the Righteous Praying is dated 1914. Snakes facing whisperer a serpent is dated 1947.
Ninette de ValoisAuthor · BooksDame Ninette de Valois (born Edris Stannus; 6 June 1898 – 8 March 2001) was an Irish-born British ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet.
Olga DesmondPerson · Film memorabiliaOlga Desmond (born Olga Antonie Sellin; 2 November 1890 – 2 August 1964) was a German dancer, actress, art model and living statue.
Olha KhokhlovaArtist · PaintingsOlga Picasso (born Olga Stepanovna Khokhlova; 17 June 1891 – 11 February 1955) was a Russian ballet dancer in the Ballets Russes, directed by Sergei Diaghilev and based in Paris.
Paul DukasPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Abraham Dukas (lang 1 October 1865 – 17 May 1935) was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher.
Pavel TchelitchewArtist · PaintingsPavel Fyodorovich Tchelitchew (– 31 July 1957) was a Russian-born surrealist painter, set designer and costume designer.
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPerson · Music memorabiliaPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period.
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsAuthor · BooksRalph Vaughan Williams (12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral…
Reynaldo HahnPerson · Music memorabiliaReynaldo Hahn de Echenagucia (9 August 1874 – 28 January 1947) was a French composer, conductor, music critic, and singer of Venezuelan birth.
Roland-ManuelPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexis Roland-Manuel (22 March 18911 November 1966) was a French composer and critic, remembered mainly for his criticism.
Romualdo MarencoPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Romualdo Marenco
Rudolf SteinerArtist · SculptureRudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (lang; 27 or 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian New Age guru, philosopher, occultist, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed…
Ruth St. DenisAuthor · BooksDenis (born Ruth Dennis; January 20, 1879 – July 21, 1968) was an American pioneer of modern dance, introducing eastern ideas into the art and paving the way for other women in dance.
Sergei ProkofievPerson · Music memorabiliaSergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (– 5 March 1953)While Prokofiev himself believed 11/23 April to be his birth date, the posthumous discovery of his birth certificate showed that he was actually…
Tamara KarsavinaPerson · Film memorabiliaTamara Platonovna Karsavina (9 March 1885 – 26 May 1978) was a Russian prima ballerina, renowned for her beauty, who was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and later of the…
Théodore LabarrePerson · Music memorabiliaThéodore François Joseph Berry Labarre (23 March 1805 – 9 March 1870) was a French harpist and composer.
Valentine de Saint-PointArtist · PaintingsValentine de Saint-Point (née Anna Jeanne Valentine Marianne Glans de Cessiat-Vercell;
Valeska GertPerson · Film memorabiliaValeska Gert (11 January 1892 – c. 16 March 1978) was a German dancer, pantomime, cabaret artist, actress and pioneering performance artist.
Vittorio MontiPerson · Music memorabiliaVittorio Monti (Naples, Italy, 6 January 1868 Naples, 20 June 1922) was an Italian composer, violinist, mandolinist and conductor. His most famous work is his Csárdás, written around 1904.
Walter PistonPerson · Music memorabiliaWalter Hamor Piston, Jr. (January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976), was an American composer of classical music, music theorist, and professor of music at Harvard University.

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