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• MC Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell born March 30, 1962) is an American emcee and hip-hop dancer, most popular during the late 1980s to mid-1990s. His flamboyant dance style, which was a significant part of his performances, influenced the early development of Hyphy. As an entertainer, Hammer's shows and music videos included unique elements popularized by James Brown and The Nicholas Brothers; such as splits, leaps and slides. Moves such as the "Hammer Dance" (or the "Typewriter" Dance), the "Butterfly" and the use of "The Running Man" dance, among others, were unlike anyone else at the time. Hammer won many awards and was nominated for his dancing and choreography.

• Erick Hawkins (April 23, 1909 – November 23, 1994) was an American dancer and choreographer. He was a graduate of Harvard. Erick was inspired by the dancing of Harald Kreutzber and Yvonne Georgi. In the 1930s he was the first American student of George Balanchine. He became a soloist and the first male dancer in Martha Graham's dance company. Hawkins and Graham lived together for eight years, but soon after marrying the relationship fell apart. The influence of her work on Hawkins is legendary. Erick Hawkins is known as one of the revolutionary pioneers of radical modern dance through his original choreography and evolution of a new theory and technique of modern dance. "Dance is the most beautiful metaphor of existence in the world." is one of Erick's beautiful quotes.

• Tatsumi Hijikata (March 9, 1928 - January 21, 1986) was a Japanese choreographer, and the founder of a genre of dance performance art called Butoh. By the late 1960s, he had begun to develop this dance form, which is highly choreographed with stylized gestures drawn from his childhood memories of his northern Japan home. It is this style which is most often associated with Butoh by Westerners. Hijikata was an innovator in movement technique. He was a master of the use of energy qualities in constructing expressive movement. He would use sounds, paintings, sculptures, and words to construct movement, not exclusively in a formal or literal memetic application, but by integrating these elements via visualization into the nervous system to produce movement qualities that could be very subtle, light, angelic and ghost-like, or demonic, heavy, dark, grotesque, violent and extreme.

• Gregory Oliver Hines (February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was an American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer.

• Hong 10 (born 16 February 1985 in South Korea) is a male South Korean B-Boy. As of 2007, he has won more than 20 competitions as an individual or as a member of a crew, and has been termed "the best B-Boy in the world". His accomplishments include both a Red Bull BC One individual title (2006) and a Battle of the Year crew title (2002). He also was a judge at the 2007 Battle of the Year world finals. Hong 10 is recognized as a superb all-around B-boy able to dynamically hit beats with floorwork, freezes, uprock/toprock and powermoves - not to mention the rare ability to mix all of them in a set. His breakdancing features bridge-like floor work, sharp execution, and an arsenal of signature moves. These all showcase not only the complex nature of his dance, but also his creativity.

• Lester Horton (January 23, 1906 - November 2, 1953) was an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Lester Horton was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Choosing to work in California (three thousand miles away from the center of modern dance - New York City), Horton developed his own approach that incorporated diverse elements including Native American dances and modern Jazz. Horton's dance technique (Lester Horton Technique) emphasises a whole body approach including flexibility, strength, coordination, and body awareness to allow freedom of expression. Horton trained a number of the mid-20th century's best-known modern dancers, including Alvin Ailey, Carmen de Lavallade, and Bella Lewitzky, as well as dance teacher James Truitte, Broadway dancer James Mitchell, and the gay activist Harry Hay.

• Finola Hughes, an English dancer and actress, most noted for her appearance in the film Staying Alive. Trained in England at the Arts Educational Schools London, she subsequently worked extensively in London musical theatre, including the original West End cast of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. Currently resides in the United States, where she works predominantly as a television actress, most notably portraying the role of Patty Halliwell in Charmed.

• Doris Batcheller Humphrey (October 17, 1895 – December 29, 1958) was a dancer of the early 20th century. In Chicago, she both studied and taught dance, opening her own dance school in 1913 at the age of 18. In 1917, she moved to California and entered the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, where she studied, performed, taught classes, and learned choreography. Her creations from this era, "Valse Caprice" ("Scarf Dance"), "Soaring", and "Scherzo Waltz" ("Hoop Dance") are all still performed today. Humphrey toured the Orient for two years, followed by a successful career in American vaudeville theaters. One of her last pieces, "Dawn in New York", featured the strengths she demonstrated throughout her career — her mastery of the intricacies of large groups, and her emphasis on sculptural shapes.