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Harvey Fierstein

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:34PM

Fierstein is the gravelly-voiced Broadway veteran who most recently appeared in productions of Hairspray and Fiddler on the Roof.

Harold Varmus

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:34PM

The Nobel Prize-winning former CEO of Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Varmus is the Director of the National Cancer Institute.

Antonio Gotto Jr.

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:34PM

Tony Gotto is the dean and medical provost of Weill Cornell Medical College. He's also a world-renowned researcher and a leading authority on cardiovascular disease.

Arthur Mitchell

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:33PM

Mitchell is the artistic director and founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem, the country's leading African-American ballet company.

Elizabeth Streb

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:33PM

Avant-garde choreographer Elizabeth Streb is known for her athletic (and occasionally dangerous) dances.

Karole Armitage

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:33PM

Armitage is a wildly experimental choreographer whose work fuses ballet and modern dance.

Paul Taylor

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:33PM

Paul Taylor is one of America's most famous living choreographers, with the flammable temperament to match.

Kevin McKenzie

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:33PM

McKenzie has maintained the American Ballet Theater's rep as one of the world's premiere classical dance companies for decades.

Trisha Brown

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:33PM

Brown is a postmodern choreographer known for staging avant-garde performances in public spaces.

Bill T. Jones

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:33PM

One of the most talked-about modern dance choreographers working today (and also one of the most controversial), Jones is the artistic director of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.

Merce Cunningham

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:33PM

The eminence gris of the dance world, Cunningham was one of the most acclaimed choreographers of his time. He passed away in 2009.

Judith Jamison

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:33PM

Jamison is the former artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and muse of the company's namesake.