| THARP | Noted choreographer of Baryshnikov |
| RIGA | Latvian birthplace of Baryshnikov |
| AGNES | de Mille, noted choreographer |
| BUSBYBERKELEY | Director/choreographer of "Gold Diggers of 1935" |
| CRANKO | John, choreographer of the 1957 ballet The Prince of the Pagodas (6) |
| ASHTON | Founding choreographer of the Royal Ballet whose corpus includes A Tragedy of Fashion, La fille mal gardee, Facade and A Month in the Country (6) |
| AGNESDEMILLE | Choreographer of Oklahoma! (1943), the daughter and niece of Hollywood directors |
| JOHNCRANKO | Choreographer of the 1957 ballet The Prince of the Pagodas (4,6) |
| IVANOV | Lev, choreographer of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker (6) |
| FOSSE | Director/choreographer of "All That Jazz" |
| LYNNE | Gillian _, the original choreographer of Cats (5) |
| BALANCHINE | George ___, choreographer of classical ballet born in 1904 |
| MISHA | Nickname of ballet legend Mr. Baryshnikov |
| PETIPA | One of the original choreographers of "Don Quixote" |
| USSR | Birth country of M. Baryshnikov |
| FOKINE | Michel ___, Russian-born choreographer of 1909 ballet Les Sylphides (6) |
| TETLEY | Glen, US choreographer of the works The Tempest and Sphinx (6) |
| NIJINSKY | Vaslav ___, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish descent who died in 1950 |
| LIFAR | Serge, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of 1950 ballet Phedre (5) |
| FREDASTAIRE | “What do dancers think of ____? [...] We hate him. He gives us a complex because he’s too perfect.” (Mikhail Baryshnikov) |
