Notable LGBTQ Dance Choreographers
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Australia
- Robert Helpmann, Sadler Wells Ballet/Australia Ballet
Brazil
- Marcelo Gomes, American Ballet Theatre
Canada
- Maud Allan, contemporary dance
- Christopher Gillis, Paul Taylor Dance Company
- James Kudelka, National Ballet of Canada
- Keith Hennessy, Circozero
China
- Jin Xing, ballet
Croatia
- Rod Riffler, contemporary dance
Cuba
- Lazaro Cuervo Costa, Afro-Cuban dance
Czech Republic
- Yemi Akinyemi Dele, Dance Academy Prague/JAD Dance Company
Finland
- Tiina Lindfors, Dance Theatre ERI
France
- Maurice Bejart, Béjart Ballet Lausanne
- Yanis Marshall, 'La Meilleure Danse'
Great Britain
- Frederick Ashton, Royal Ballet
- Rikki Beadle-Blair, contemporary dance
- Matthew Bourne, Matthew Bourne Dance Company
- Warren Carlyle, theatre
- Rupert Doone, classical ballet
- Craig Revel Horwood, Commonwealth Games and 'Strictly Come Dancing'
- Alex Scurr, Gay Men's Dance Company
- Wayne Sleep, Royal Ballet
- Louie Spence, Pineapple Dance Studios
- Antony Tudor, ballet
- Christopher Wheeldon, ballet
- Ben Wright, bgroup
Greece
- Dimitris Papaioannou, Olympic Games ceremonies
India
- Navtej Singh Johar, Bharatanatyam dance
Iran
- Mohammad Khordadian, Persian dance
Italy
- Bruno Tonioli, 'Dancing With the Stars'
New Zealand
- Alexander Grant, Sadler Wells Theatre Ballet
- Michael Parmenter, Commotion/New Zealand Dance Company
Russia
- Yevgeny Kharitonov, pantomime
- Boris Kochno, Ballets Russes
- Serge Lifar, Paris Opera, Ballets Russes
- Leonide Massine, Ballets Russes
- Boris Moiseyev/ Boris Moiseev, pop music choreographer
- Vaslav Nijinski, Ballets Russes
- Rudolf Nureyev, Royal Ballet, Paris Opera
Spain
- Nacho Duato, Berlin State Ballet
- Antonio Najarro, National Ballet of Spain
Taiwan
- Lin Hwai-min, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
The Netherlands
- Rudi Van Dantzig, Dutch National Ballet
United States
- Kyle Abraham, Abraham in Motion
- Alvin Ailey, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
- Rob Ashford, theatre and television
- Arthur Aviles, Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre/BADD!
- Michael Bennett, 'A Chorus Line'
- Michael Berresse, theatre and film
- Candis Cayne, film
- Merce Cunningham, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
- Sean Dorsey, Sean Dorsey Dance Company
- Gina Gibney, Gibney Dance
- Trajal Harrell, contemporary dance
- Robert Joffrey, Joffrey Ballet
- Bill T. Jones, theatre
- Mark Kanemura, pop music video choreographer/Broadway Dance Center
- Rob Marshall, theatre and film
- Trey McIntyre, Trey McIntyre Project
- Jeremy McQueen, Black Iris Project/Joffrey Ballet
- James Mitchell, television shows
- Jerry Mitchell, Broadway Bares
- Marion Morgan, film choreographer
- Mark Morris, ballet
- Willi Ninja, creator of vogueing dance style
- Justin Peck, New York City Ballet
- Brontez Purnell, 'The Younger Lovers'
- Jerome Robbins, ballet
- Fatima Robinson, Super Bowl shows
- Yvonne Rainer, contemporary dance
- Benjamin Schwimmer, 'So You Think You Can Dance'
- Adam Shankman, 'So You Think You Can Dance'
- Ted Shawn, Denishawn/Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers/Jacobs Pillow
- Elizabeth Streb, Streb Extreme Action Company
- Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor Dance Company
- Tommy Tune, theatre
- Travis Wall, 'So You Think You Can Dance'
- Dashaun Williams, Vogue Evolution
- Robert Wilson, Watermill Center
See Also
- Notable LGBTQ Playwrights
- LGBTQ Classical Music Composers
- LGBTQ Lyricists and Composers for Theatre and Film
