Fine Arts: Art, Dance, Music, and Theatre: Dance Reference Information

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather guide
Hungarian dance theoretician. He is known as the leader of modern dance theory. He invented Labanotation, an accurate, detailed system of recording steps and movements.

Opposed to traditional ballet with its graceful movements, Martha Graham exerted a major influence on the evolution of modern dance by inventing intense, angular movements that seemed to give overt form to the emotions.

Serious theatrical dance forms that are distinct from both ballet and the show dancing of the musical comedy or variety stage.

US dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher who pioneered an awareness and understanding of the African-American tradition in dance.

Dancer, born in San Francisco, California, USA. Disliking traditional dances, in 1898 she began to perform her own free-style of dancing.

Although Dunham is most widely known for her dancing, her direction of her dance troupe, and her choreography, she is well regarded in scholarly circles for her anthropological study of dance.

[Ital. ballare=to dance], classic, formalized solo or ensemble dancing of a highly controlled, dramatic nature performed to music.

Russian ballet company founded in 1776 and based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. With their mixed repertory of classics and new works, the Bolshoi is noted for its grand scale productions and the dancers' dramatic and eloquent technique.

American choreographer and ballet dancer, b. St. Petersburg, Russia, as Georgi Balanchivadze.

American dance and theater executive and writer, born in Rochester, N.Y.

Leading British ballet company and school, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. Until 1956 it was known as the Sadler's Wells Ballet.

Dancer, singer, choreographer, and actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Dancer, choreographer, and stage lighting innovator, born in Fullersburg, Illinois, USA.

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
American dancer, choreographer, movie actor, and director, b. Pittsburgh as Eugene Curran Kelly. Kelly first gained fame in the title role of the Broadway musical Pal Joey (1940). He moved to Hollywood in 1941 and his best-known work was in motion pictures, where he excelled in an inventive combination of camera and dance techniques. He appeared in such films as On the Town (1949), An American in Paris (1951; Academy Award), Singin' in the Rain (1952)—which contains his single most famous performance—and Invitation to the Dance (1956). A skillful, expressive dancer with a joyfully muscular yet lyrical style, he also sang in a thin yet appealing voice. He also played dramatic film roles, and directed several movies, including The Happy Road (1950) and Hello Dolly (1969).

Choreographer, dancer, and producer-director, born in New York City, New York, USA.

American choreographer and dancer. Robbins began his career dancing in musicals (1937).

US actor, dancer, and singer. She worked from the 1930s to the 1950s, often starring with Fred Astaire in such films as Top Hat (1935) and Swing Time (1936)