Hall of Fame

This exhibition honors the founders and innovators of 20th Century American Professional Dance and includes photographs, videos, biographies and artifacts.

The members of the Hall of Fame are:

1987 Honorees
Fred Astaire (1899-1987)
George Balanchine (1904-1983)
Agnes deMille (1905-1993)
Isadora Duncan (1887-1927)
Katherine Dunham (1909 -Present)
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 Honorees
Busby Berkeley (1895-1976)
Lucia Chase (1897-1986)
Hanya Holm (1898-1992)
John Martin (1893-1992)
Antony Tudor (1908-1987)

1989 Honoree
Jerome Robbins (1918-1998)

1992 Honoree
Alvin Ailey (1931-1989)

1993 Honoree
Merce Cunningham (1919-present)

1994 Honoree
Bronislava Nijinska (1891-1972)

1995 Honoree
Paul Taylor (1930-present)

1997 Honoree
Jose Limon (1908-1972)

1998 Honoree
Anna Sokolow (1910-2000)

1999 Honorees
Arthur Mitchell (1934-Present)

2000 Honorees
Robert Joffrey (1930-1988)
Trisha Brown (1936-Present)
Alwin Nikolais (1910-1993)

2001 Honorees
Fayard Nicholas (1914-Present)
Harold Nicholas (1921-2000)

2002 Honorees
Leonide Massine (1895-1979)
Edwin Denby (1903-1983)

2004 Honoree

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

2006 Honoree

Arthur and Kathryn Murray

The New Dance Group 1932

2007 Honoree

Bob Fosse (1927-1987)

Bill T. Jones (1952)