One of the most famous choreographers of the world, the five-time Tony Award winner Michael Kidd, died on Sunday at the age of 92. Known for his work as the choreographer of exuberant Broadway dance numbers such as Finian’s Rainbow, Can-Can, Guys and Dolls and Hollywood musicals like Seven Brides for Seven Brothers or The Band Wagon, Michael Kidd also received in 1996 a special Academy Award “in recognition of his services to the art of dance in the art of the screen.”

According to Robert Greenwald, his nephew, Michael Kidd died of cancer. Greenwald also wanted to add that although biographical sources generally give Kidd’s age as 88, he was actually 92.

For the famous late choreographer, choreography was defined as “human behavior and people’s manners, stylized into musical rhythmic forms.” “I always use real-life gestures, and most of my dancing is based on real life,” Michael Kidd once said.

Best known for his 1954 film work in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Kidd won five Tony Awards: for Finian’s Rainbow in 1947, Guys and Dolls in 1951, Can-Can in 1954, Li’l Abner in 1957 and for Destry Rides Again in 1960.

Michael Kidd is survived by his second wife, the former dance Shelah Hackett, and by his four children: Kristine Kidd and Susan Kidd, from his first marriage to dancer Mary Heater, and Amy Kidd and Matthew Kidd, for his second marriage.