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100

Ted Shawn was recruited by _ brother to dance with her. Later on they got married in late 1914.

Ruth St Denis

100

_ joined Denishawn after seeing the way Ruth St Denis danced at a performance. 

Charles Weidman

100

_ was performing at a show that Isadora Duncan watched. This inspired Duncan to move in the way _ did, which was more natural to the body.

Loie Fuller

200

Merce Cunningham made an appearance dancing alongside _ in a trio that Martha Graham had choreographed in 1948.

Paul Taylor

200

Jose Limon studied under _ company for a few years. He then left to create his own company and hired _ to be an artistic director

Doris Humphrey

200

After Alwin Nicholas opened up his own company in 1937. He decided to move to New York to get more training where he studied under _. He then assisted her for many years.

Hanya Holm

300

After Paul Taylor booked a show with _ where Taylor did creative aspects and _ did lighting, they continued to work together and dance together.

Alwin Nicholas

300

Hanya Holm studied under _ before joining her institute. _ then sent her to the United States to open up another company for her naming her the director. 

Mary Wigman

300

Lots of _ moves were influenced by the way Loie Fuller danced. She was the first person to break away from classical ballet, which is the route _ followed.

Ted Shawn

400

Eric Hawkins went to train under _ and eventually married her in 1948. There divorce was then finalized in 1954 because he decided to leave her company.

Martha Graham
400

_ joined the Martha Graham Company for a short period of time. Although, in this time she became one of Grahams principal dancers. 

Anna Sokolow

400

Anna Sokolow's first dance class was taught by Elsa Pohl who trained under _ directly. 

Isadora Duncan

500

After Doris Humphrey taught _ everything they know about lighting and stage management, the 2 went off to become a powerful team in performance creations.

Merce Cunningham

500

_ started studying dance in 1930 at the Humphrey-Weidman School and Company. Within no time, he became one of the companies leading dancers.

Jose Limon