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Yvonne Rainer

1934 - Today

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Yvonne Rainer (born November 24, 1934) is an American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker, whose work in these disciplines is regarded as challenging and experimental. Her work is sometimes classified as minimalist art. Rainer currently lives and works in New York. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yvonne Rainer is the 85th most popular dancer (up from 89th in 2019), the 8,577th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,103rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Yvonne Rainer ranks 85 out of 116. Before her are Frankie Manning, Natalia Dudinskaya, Joaquín Cortés, Avdotia Istomina, Birju Maharaj, and Katherine Dunham. After her are Doris Humphrey, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Hryhorii Chapkis, Dušanka Sifnios, Jin Xing, and Yamini Krishnamurthy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Yvonne Rainer ranks 426. Before her are Mark Strand, Joseph Bologna, Luis Maidana, Anne Osborn Krueger, Ramón Marsal, and Engelbert Kraus. After her are Hellmuth Karasek, James Drury, Ulrich Plenzdorf, Joanna Moore, Sam Panopoulos, and Nobuyuki Aihara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Yvonne Rainer ranks 8,579 out of 20,380. Before her are Ally Walker (1961), Arliss Howard (1954), Robert John Burke (1960), Chelsea Clinton (1980), Jiah Khan (1988), and Kyle Eastwood (1968). After her are Alison Lurie (1926), Frankie Lymon (1942), Barbara Morgan (1951), Toni Frissell (1907), Edwin Graves (1897), and Frederick Hovey (1868).

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Among DANCERS In United States

Among dancers born in United States, Yvonne Rainer ranks 12. Before her are John Neumeier (1939), Adam Darius (1930), Maria Tallchief (1925), Alvin Ailey (1931), Frankie Manning (1914), and Katherine Dunham (1909). After her are Doris Humphrey (1895), Twyla Tharp (1941), Rachel Brice (1972), Agnes de Mille (1905), Rozonda Thomas (1971), and Misty Copeland (1982).

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