C.V. Whitney Hall of Fame


This exhibition honors the founders and innovators of twentieth century dance and includes photographs, videos, biographies and artifacts.
The members of the Hall of Fame are:


Hall of Fame Inductees (beginning with our 2013 inductee) are selected by the museum's Nomination Commitee, which is made up of the following individuals:

Carolyn Adams
Mindy Aloff
Nora Ambrosio
Ella Baff
Peter Boal
Gil Boggs
Donnie Burns
Mary Cochran
John R. Crawford
Terry Creach
Alexander Dubé
Jan Erkert
Alex Ewing
Ruben Graciani
Elena Grinenko
Daniel Heroux
John Kimmins
Nicholas & Lena Kosovich
Peter Martins
Carla Maxwell
Mikko Nissinen
Victoria Reagan
Charles L. Reinhart
Chita Rivera
Jay Rogoff
Tommy Tune
Leslie Valencia
Denise Warner Limoli
Cathy Young
Elizabeth Zimmer

1987 Inductees


Fred Astaire (1899–1987)
George Balanchine (1904–1983)
Agnes deMille (1905–1993)
Isadora Duncan (1887–1927)
Katherine Dunham (1909–2006)
Martha Graham (1894–1991)
Doris Humphrey (1895–1958)
Lincoln Kirstein (1907–1996)
Catherine Littlefield (1908–1951)
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878–1949)
Ruth St. Denis (1877–1968)
Ted Shawn (1891–1972)
Charles Weidman (1901–1975)

1988 Inductees


Busby Berkeley (1895–1976)
Lucia Chase (1897–1986)
Hanya Holm (1898–1992)
John Martin (1893–1992)
Antony Tudor (1908–1987)

1989-1999 Inductees


Jerome Robbins (1918–1998)
Alvin Ailey (1931–1989)
Merce Cunningham (1919–2009)
Bronislava Nijinska (1891–1972)
Paul Taylor (1930–)
Jose Limon (1908–1972)
Anna Sokolow (1910–2000)
Barbara Karinska (1886–1983)
Arthur Mitchell (1934–)

2000-2011 Inductees


Trisha Brown (1936–)
Robert Joffrey (1930–1988)
Alwin Nikolais (1910–1993)
Fayard Nicholas (1914–2006)
Harold Nicholas (1921–2000)
Edwin Denby (1903–1983)
Leonide Massine (1895–1979)
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Arthur and Kathryn Murray
The New Dance Group 1932
Bob Fosse (1927–1987)
Bill T. Jones (1952–)
Peter Martins (1946–)
Marge Champion (1919–)
Suzanne Farrell (1945–)
Frankie Manning (1914–2009)
Tommy Tune (1939–)
Edward Villella (1936–)
Michael Jackson (1958–2009)
Frederic Franklin (1914–)
Oliver Smith (1918–1994)