Who are the five most influential dance figures to you?

Laura Diffenderfer | Apr 01, 2009 | there are 7 comments 7
Susan Marshall's

Susan Marshall's "Cloudless"

The five most influential dance figures to me are:

1. Martha Graham

2. Pina Bausch

3. Yvonne Rainer

4. Susan Marshall

5. Mark Morris

Who are yours?

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Yay!!!

Petipa
Anne Teresa De Keersmacher
Twyla
Vim Vandekeybus
Nijinska

Katie Farhat Associate Publisher Dancer Publishing O: (646) 216-8814 P: (732) 768-2791 F: (646) 827-3879 user icon Katie Farhat | Apr 01, 2009 | rated none by 0 others

Mine are...

George Balanchine
Twyla Tharp
Katherine Dunham
Bob Fosse
Michael Jackson

There are so many more I wanted to add... runners up are Jerome Robbins and Gregory Hines.

user icon Lindsay Live | Apr 01, 2009 | rated none by 0 others

Here's mine:

George Balanchine
Jerome Robbins
Martha Graham
Ruth St. Denis
Sir Kenneh MacMillan

I also had a hard time narrowing it down. There are so many that are so important.

user icon Meryl Cates | Apr 01, 2009 | rated none by 0 others

My picks:

King Louis XIV
Marie Taglioni
Anna Pavlova
Agnes de Mille
Margot Fonteyn

I agree with everybody's choices! I just wanted to add these. There are so many more. . .

user icon Sondra Forsyth | Apr 01, 2009 | rated none by 0 others

5 Most Influential (and inspiring)

  1. George Balanchine
  2. Michael Jackson (it's true!)
  3. Sylvie Guillem
  4. Carlos Acosta
  5. Julie Kent
  6. Christopher Wheeldon

user icon Joey Lico | Apr 02, 2009 | rated none by 0 others

my 5

My five and the reason why

1: Nijinsky- iconic

2: Tina Landon- revamped dance on film

3: Stephen Petronio- has a personal style

4: Busby Berkeley- innovator

5: Jamie King- smart business man

user icon Matthew Neff | Apr 05, 2009 | rated none by 0 others

Eclectic Tastes

I'm not a professional dancer (nor do I play one on television), so I'm just putting down the ones who have impressed me with the way they can move their bodies to their own particular music.

Even so, there are a couple of names here that others might recognize.  Here's my list:

1. Gelsey Kirkland

2. Mikhail Baryshnikov

3. Louise Reichlin (my friend, who danced on Broadway in Coco and Fiddler on the Roof)

4. Jamie Elmer (former dancer, now yoga teacher extraordinaire)

5. The Florida A&M Marching Band (Really!  The only reason I'd watch their football games is to see their halftime performances.)  :-)

Lynn

user icon hairartist | Apr 06, 2009 | rated none by 0 others

5 most influential dance figures

Maya Plisetskaya
Jiri Kylian
Natalia Makarova
Eva Evdokimova
Anna Laguna

user icon prenzet | May 17, 2009 | rated none by 0 others

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