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Australia

• Robert Helpmann, Sadler Wells Ballet/Australia Ballet

Brazil

• Marcelo Gomes, American Ballet Theatre

Canada

• Maud Allan, contemporary dance
• Reid Anderson, National Ballet of Canada/Stuttgart Ballet
• 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

Further Reading/Research

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