A Choreographer is a person who makes choreographies and usually works with dancers, actors and singers.

List of choreographers

An alphabetical list of important choreographers and the categories in which they work:

A

• Antonio Gades: (flamenco)
• Anthony Tudor: (modern ballet, musical theatre)
• Arlene Phillips: (Musical theatre)
• August Bournonville: (classical ballet)
• Akram Khan

B

• Bob Fosse: (Musical theatre)
• Matthew Bourne: (Musical theatre)
• Bronislava Nijinska: (modern ballet)

C

• Christopher Bruce
• Charles Lisner

D

• Doris Humphrey

E

• -

F

• Francois Klaus
• Frederick Ashton

G

• Gary Stewart
• George Balanchine
• Gertrude Bodenweiser
• Graeme Murphy

H

• Hanya Holm

I

• Isadora Duncan

J

• Jerome Robbins
• Jiri Kylian
• John Cranko
• Jose Limon

K

• Kenneth MacMillan
• Leonide Massine

L

• Leigh Warren
• Lester Horton
• Lucinda Childs

M

• Maggie Seitsma
• Marie Rambert
• Marius Petipa
• Maurice Bejart
• Martha Graham
• Mary Wigman
• Meryl Tankard
• Merce Cunningham
• Meredith Monk
• Michel Fokine
• Michael Klien

N

• Nacho Duarto
• Natalie Weir

O

• Oskar Schlemmer
• Ohad Naharin

P

• Paul Old
• Paul Taylor
• Paula Abdul
• Paul Lightfoot
• Pina Bausch

Q

• -

R

• Richard Alston
• Robert Cohan
• Robert Helpmann
• Robert North
• Roland Petit
• Rudolf Nureyev
• Russell Maliphant

S

• Siobahn Davies: (modern dance, contemporary dance)
• Stanton Welch
• Stephen Baynes
• Steve Paxton: (dance improvisation, contact improvisation)

T

• Trisha Brown
• Twyla Tharp

U

• -

V

• Vaslav Nijinsky: (Modern ballet)

W

• William Forsythe: (Post-structuralist ballet)
• Wade Robson: (contemporary ballet)

X

Y

• Yvonne Rainer: (postmodern dance, dance for camera)

Z

• -