Dance in musicals

Who is famous for choreography in musicals?
-Obviously where would dance be like in musicals without chroreography. This website has a list of famous choreographers through out the years

What type of dance in most popular in musicals?
- Usually ballet, jazz and tap but hip hop is starting to also become popular

Where is the musical with the best dance playing at?
- I would say three that have good dance numbers is Newsies, West Side Story and A Chorus Line. (Of course there are other musicals that also have great choreography).

When did dance become popular in musicals?
- It's supposed around the 18th century (source)

Why do we use dance in mucials?
- We use dance in musicals to express an action, a place, because it's the plot (refer to a Chorus Line)

How long does it take to learn choreography for a musical?
- It depends on how much dance is in the musical. For Hamilton it can be around 6 months but for something like Dear Evan Hansen roughly a few weeks.