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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American choreographers. It includes choreographers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Wikimedia Commons has media related to African American choreographers .
Albert Pierce Evans (December 29, 1968 – June 22, 2015) [1] was an American ballet dancer and choreographer. He joined the New York City Ballet in 1988, became a principal dancer in 1995, making him the second African American dancer to hold this position, and had pursue choreography.
Juanita Pitts, African-American tap dancer who performed in the 1930s to the 1950s; Maya Plisetskaya (1925–2015), Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress, who is considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century. Since 1960 she was the prima ballerina assoluta of the Bolshoi Theatre.
Buddy Bradley (July 24, 1905 – July 17, 1972) [1] was an African-American dancer and choreographer of the 1930s and later. [2] He worked for more than 20 years as an artist and teacher in England, where he became influential in the world of ballet, film, and theater.
Arthur Mitchell (March 27, 1934 – September 19, 2018) [1] was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of ballet companies.In 1955, he was the first African-American dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he was promoted to principal dancer the following year and danced in major roles until 1966.
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Donald McKayle (July 6, 1930 – April 6, 2018 [2]) was an American modern dancer, choreographer, teacher, director and writer best known for creating socially conscious concert works during the 1950s and '60s that focus on expressing the human condition and, more specifically, the black experience in America. He was "among the first black men ...
Charles Rudolph Davis, also known as Baba Chuck Davis, (January 1, 1937 – May 14, 2017) was an American dancer and choreographer whose work focused on traditional African dance. He was the founder of DanceAfrica, the Chuck Davis Dance Company, and the African American Dance Ensemble.