Notable LGBTQ Dance Choreographers
From QueerBio.com
Canada
- Maud Allan, contemporary dance
- Christopher Gillis, Paul Taylor Dance Company
- Keith Hennessy, Circozero
France
- Maurice Bejart, Béjart Ballet Lausanne
- Yanis Marshall, 'La Meilleure Danse'
Great Britain
- Matthew Bourne, Matthew Bourne Dance Company
- Warren Carlyle, theatre
- Rupert Doone, classical ballet
- Craig Revel Horwood, Commonwealth Games and 'Strictly Come Dancing'
- Wayne Sleep, Royal Ballet
- Louie Spence, Pineapple Dance Studios
- Antony Tudor, ballet
- Christopher Wheeldon, ballet
- Ben Wright, bgroup
Greece
- Dimitris Papaioannou, Olympic Games ceremonies
Italy
- Bruno Tonioli, 'Dancing With the Stars'
New Zealand
- Michael Parmenter, Commotion/New Zealand Dance Company
Russia
- Yevgeny Kharitonov, pantomime
- Serge Lifar, Paris Opera, Ballets Russes
- Boris Moiseyev/ Boris Moiseev, pop music choreographer
- Vaslav Nijinski, Ballets Russes
- Rudolf Nureyev, Royal Ballet, Paris Opera
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
- Michael Bennett, 'A Chorus Line'
- Michael Berresse, theatre and film
- Candis Cayne, film
- Merce Cunningham, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
- Bill T. Jones, theatre
- Rob Marshall, theatre and film
- Mark Morris, ballet
- Willi Ninja, creator of vogueing dance style
- Brontez Purnell, 'The Younger Lovers'
- Jerome Robbins, ballet
- Adam Shankman, 'So You Think You Can Dance'
- Elizabeth Streb, Streb Extreme Action Company
- Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor Dance Company
- Dashaun Williams, Vogue Evolution
- Robert Wilson, Watermill Center
