Eleonora Abbagnato Eleonora Abbagnato (; born 30 June 1978) is an Italian ballet dancer, model, and actress. Between 2013 and 2021 she was Étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet. Early life and education Born in Palermo, Abbagnato started dancing at 4 years old ...

Stella Abrera Stella Abrera (born 1978 in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipina-American ballet dancer. She danced as a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre until her retirement in 2020, and is the company's first Filipina principal ballerina. She is ...

Carlos Acosta Carlos Yunior Acosta Quesada (born 2 June 1973) is a Cuban-British ballet director and retired dancer who is director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. He danced with many companies including the English National Ballet, National Ballet of ...

Birmingham Royal Ballet Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) is one of the five major ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside The Royal Ballet, the English National Ballet, Northern Ballet and Scottish Ballet. Founded as the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, the company ...

Precious Adams Precious Adams is an American ballet dancer who currently dances with the English National Ballet. Early life Adams was born and raised in Canton, Michigan. Training Adams began dancing at the age of seven at a competitive jazz dance studio. ...

Joo Won Ahn Joo Won Ahn (born 1993) is a South Korean ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. Ahn was born in Wonju. He trained at the Y.J. Ballet People Academy and Sunhwa Arts School, then entered the Korea Nat ...

Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey Jr. (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). He created AAADT and its affiliated Alvin Ailey American Dance Cente ...

Alicia Alonso Alicia Alonso (born Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez del Hoyo; 21 December 1920 – 17 October 2019) was a Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer whose company became the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955. She is best ...

prima ballerina assoluta ''Prima ballerina assoluta'' is a title awarded to the most notable of female ballet dancers. To be recognised as a ''prima ballerina assoluta'' is a rare honour, traditionally reserved only for the most exceptional dancers of their generatio ...

Alicia Amatriain Alicia Amatriain (born 1980) is a Spanish ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at the Stuttgart Ballet. Biography Amatriain was born in San Sebastián, Spain. She first learned ballet there and later trained at John Cranko Schule in Stuttg ...

Dores André Dores André Rodríguez (born 1985) is a Spanish ballet dancer. She is currently a principal dancer at the San Francisco Ballet. Early life André was born in Vigo, Spain, to a professor and a doctor. When she was eleven, she was sent to a small ...

Elena Andreianova Elena Ivanovna Andreïanova , sometimes spelt Yelena Andreyanova (Russian Елена Ивановна Андреянова), 13 July 1819 St. Petersburg - 28 October 1857 Paris, was a Russian ballerina. She is considered to be the outstanding Ru ...

Gasparo Angiolini Gasparo Angiolini (7 February 1731 – 6 February 1803), real name Domenico Maria Gasparo, son of Francesco Angiolini and Maria Maddalena Torzi, was an Italian dancer, choreographer and composer. He was born in Florence and died in Milan. He is ...

Ann-Margret Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish–American actress, singer, and dancer. As an actress and singer, she is credited as Ann-Margret. She is known for her roles in ''Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961), ''State Fair'' (1962), ''B ...

films A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

Viva Las Vegas ''Viva Las Vegas'' is a 1964 American musical film directed by George Sidney and starring Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret. The film is regarded by fans and film critics as one of Presley's best films, and it is noted for the on-screen chemistry bet ...

Aesha Ash Aesha Ash (born December 30, 1977) is an American ballet dancer and teacher. She danced numerous leading roles as a member of New York City Ballet's corps de ballet and as a soloist with Béjart Ballet and Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and Morphoses/T ...

Merrill Ashley Linda Michelle Merrill (born December 2, 1950), known professionally as Merrill Ashley, is an American former ballet dancer and ''répétiteur''. She joined the New York City Ballet in 1967, was promoted to principal dancer in 1977, and retired i ...

Charles Askegard Charles Askegard is an American ballet dancer and ballet master at Pennsylvania Ballet. Early life and education Askegard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and began his dance training at the age of five with Loyce Houlton and the Minneso ...

Adele Astaire Adele Astaire Douglass (born Adele Marie Austerlitz, later known as Lady Charles Cavendish; September 10, 1896 – January 25, 1981), was an American dancer, stage actress, and singer. After beginning work as a dancer and vaudeville perform ...

Broadway Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (disambiguation) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street **Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...

Fred Astaire Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer. He is often called the greatest dancer in Hollywood film history. Astaire's career in stage, film, and tele ...

Gary Avis Gary Avis MBE is an English ballet dancer who is currently a Principal Character Artist and Senior Ballet Master with The Royal Ballet, London. Early life Avis was born in Ipswich. He was first trained in musical theatre, and had performed in t ...

Silvia Azzoni Silvia Azzoni (born 3 November 1973) is an Italian ballet dancer who performs at the Hamburg Ballet as a principal dancer. Early life Azzoni was born in Turin, Italy. She trained at Baletna Skola at her hometown, and later The School of The Hambu ...

Elisa Badenes Elisa Badenes is a Spanish ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer at the Stuttgart Ballet in Germany. Early life Badenes was born in Valencia, Spain. She started ballet at Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Valencia at age 11. In ...

George Balanchine George Balanchine (; Various sources: * * * * born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; ka, გიორგი მელიტონის ძე ბალანჩივაძე; January 22, 1904 (O. S. January 9) – April 30, 1983) was ...

modern Modern may refer to: History * Modern history ** Early Modern period ** Late Modern period *** 18th century *** 19th century *** 20th century ** Contemporary history * Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century Phil ...

Caroline Baldwin Caroline Baldwin (born 1990) is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen. Baldwin was raised in Chicago, Illinois. She attended her first ballet class at age 11, and later trained ...

Ashley Banjo Ashley Modurotolu Banjo is an English street dancer, choreographer and actor. He is the leader of dance troupe Diversity who won the third series of ''Britain's Got Talent''. Banjo was a judge on the Sky1 talent show '' Got to Danc ...

Marie Barch Marie Barch (née ''Knudsen''; 1744 – 31 March 1827), was a Danish ballerina. She was a pioneer within her profession in her country. Barch debuted at the Royal Danish Theatre The Royal Danish Theatre (RDT, Danish: ') is both the national D ...

Aszure Barton Aszure Barton is a Canadian-born choreographer. Career Aszure Barton was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. She received her formal training at the National Ballet School in Toronto, where, as a student, she helped originate the ongoing Steph ...

Mikhail Baryshnikov Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Барышников, p=mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf; lv, Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 28, 1948) is a Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Latvian-born R ...

Léonore Baulac Léonore Baulac (born 10 May 1990) is a French ballet dancer. She is an '' étoile'' at the Paris Opera Ballet. Early life Baulac was born in Paris to a Norwegian-born mother. When Baulac was ten, she did not participate in the entrance exam to t ...

Vytautas Beliajus Vytautas Finadar "Vyts" Beliajus (born 26 February 1908, Pakumprys, – died 20 September 1994) was a dancer and choreographer, and is considered the father of international folk dance, international folk dancing in the United States. He specialize ...

international folk dance International folk dance includes Balkan dance, Middle Eastern dance, contra dance, Hungarian dance, polka, Chinese dance, and Japanese dance. Clubs featuring these ethnic dance genres are enjoyed by non-professional dancers for entertainment. Ma ...

Aran Bell Aran Bell (born October 7, 1998) is an American ballet dancer. He was featured in the 2011 documentary ''First Position'', and became a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre at age 21. Early life and training Bell was born on October ...

Leanne Benjamin Leanne Faye Benjamin (born 13 July 1964) is a retired Australian ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London. Early life and training Benjamin was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, to Jill and Bernie Benjamin. Be ...

Hannelore Bey Hannelore Bey (née ''Mueller''; born 6 November 1941, in Leipzig) was a prima ballerina at the Komische Oper Berlin. Life She studied from 1956 to 1961 at the Palucca School of Dance in Dresden. She then studied from 1965 to 1966 at the Waganow ...

Joan Boada Joan Boada (born ) is a Cuban retired ballet dancer, teacher and ballet master. His career started at the Cuban National Ballet, where he was promoted to principal dancer at age 16. He defected to France in 1994, then performed with several compa ...

Gertrud Bodenwieser Gertrud Bodenwieser (3 February 1890 – 10 November 1959), also known as "Gertrude", was a dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and pioneer of expressive dance. Early life The daughter of Theodore and Maria Bondi, a wealthy Jewish couple, ...

modern dance Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which included dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th ...

Roberto Bolle Roberto Bolle (born March 26, 1975 in Casale Monferrato) is an Italian danseur. He is currently a ''principal dancer'' with the American Ballet Theatre and a principal dancer ''étoile'' at La Scala Theatre Ballet. Bolle also dances regularly ...

August Bournonville August Bournonville (21 August 1805 – 30 November 1879) was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. He was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the nep ...

Julio Bocca Julio Adrián Lojo Bocca (born March 6, 1967) is an Argentine ballet dancer. Bocca spent twenty years as a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. From 2010 to 2018 he served as artistic director of the National Ballet of Uruguay, administe ...

Roberto Bolle Roberto Bolle (born March 26, 1975 in Casale Monferrato) is an Italian danseur. He is currently a ''principal dancer'' with the American Ballet Theatre and a principal dancer ''étoile'' at La Scala Theatre Ballet. Bolle also dances regularly ...

Federico Bonelli Federico Bonelli (Genoa, 1978) is an Italian ballet dancer and was a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London, England. He became the artistic director of Northern Ballet in May 2022. Biography Federico Bonelli was born in Genoa, Italy ...

Hélène Bouchet Hélène Bouchet (born 1980) is a French ballet dancer is a principal dancer at the Hamburg Ballet. Early life Bouchet was born in Cannes in the south of France. She studied ballet at École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower and ...

Ashley Bouder Ashley Bouder (; born December 10, 1983) is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet. She also founded and currently runs her own project, The Ashley Bouder Project. Early life Ashley Bouder was ...

So You Think You Can Dance ''So You Think You Can Dance'' is a franchise of reality television shows in which contestants compete in dance. The first series of the franchise, created by '' Idols'' producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe, premiered in July 2005 and has ...

Isabella Boylston Hildur Isabella Boylston (born October 13, 1986) is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT). Early life Boylston was born Hildur Isabella Boylston, named for an Icelandic great-grand ...

Skylar Brandt Skylar Paley Brandt (born January 8, 1993) is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. Early life Skylar Brandt was born and raised in Purchase, New York. Her parents are Gary and Barbara ...

James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honor ...

Cheryl Burke Cheryl Burke (born May 3, 1984) is an American dancer, model, and television host. She is best known for being a professional dancer on ABC's '' Dancing with the Stars''. She was the first female professional to win the show and the first prof ...

Darcey Bussell Dame Darcey Andrea Bussell, (born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle; 27 April 1969) is an English retired ballerina and a former judge on the BBC television dance contest ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Trained at the Arts Educational Sc ...

Maria Calegari Maria Calegari (born March 30, 1957) is an American ballet dancer, teacher and répétiteur. She joined the New York City Ballet in 1974 and became a principal dancer in 1983. She left the company in 1994, then occasionally performed until 2004. ...

Claire Calvert Claire Louise Calvert (born 1988) is an English ballet dancer and is a first soloist at the Royal Ballet. Early life and training Calvert started ballet training at the age of three. She started attending The Royal Ballet School when she was 1 ...

Leslie Caron Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (; born 1 July 1931) is a French-American actress and dancer. She is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. She is one ...

José Manuel Carreño José Manuel Carreño (born 25 May 1968) is a retired Cuban ballet dancer, who performed as a principal dancer with the English National Ballet, Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Carreño started dancing at the age of ten and received ...

Elisa Carrillo Cabrera Elisa Carrillo Cabrera (born 1981) is a Mexican classical ballet dancer. She is a co-director of the Mexican National Dance Company and principal dancer with the Berlin State Ballet (since 2011). Early life and training Carrillo was born in ...

Yvonne Cartier Yvonne Cartier (27 February 1928 – 11 May 2014) was a New Zealand-born ballet dancer and instructor, and mime. Her artistic biography coincides with the rebirth of theatrical dancing in England after World War II. Ballet career Born in t ...

Irene Castle Vernon and Irene Castle were a husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers and dance teachers who appeared on Broadway and in silent films in the early 20th century. They are credited with reviving the popularity of modern dancing. Castle was a st ...

ballroom dance Ballroom dance is a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world, mostly because of its performance and entertainment aspects. Ballroom dancing is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television. ...

Vernon Castle Vernon and Irene Castle were a husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers and dance teachers who appeared on Broadway and in silent films in the early 20th century. They are credited with reviving the popularity of modern dancing. Castle was a st ...

Vakhtang Chabukiani Vakhtang Mikheilis dze Chabukiani (Russian: Вахта́нг Миха́йлович Чабукиа́ни, ka, ვახტანგ ჭაბუკიანი) (March 12, 1910 – April 6, 1992) was a Soviet and Georgian ballet dancer, choreogra ...

Guru Chandrasekharan Guru Chandrasekharan (1916–1998) was an Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor of Kathakali. He was born in Trivandrum, India in 1916. His father was N.K. Nair, an artist and notable oil painter. Guru Chandrasekharan held ten ...

Cyd Charisse Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea; March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008) was an American actress and dancer. After recovering from polio as a child and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually featured her abilit ...

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (born 1976) is a Belgian dancer and choreographer and director. He has made over 50 choreographic pieces and received two Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production, three Ballet Tanz awards for best choreographer ...

Royal Ballet of Flanders The Royal Ballet of Flanders is a dance company based in Antwerp, Belgium, specializing in classical, neoclassical and contemporary ballet. In its current incarnation, the company was established in 1969. It tours internationally. History The ...

Jeffrey Cirio Jeffrey Cirio (born 1991) is an American ballet dancer. He joined the Boston Ballet in 2009, and was promoted to principal dancer in 2012. In 2015, he moved to the American Ballet Theatre as a soloist, and was promoted to principal dancer the f ...

The Clark Brothers The Clark Brothers, consisting of Steve (1924 – February 2017) and James ("Jimmy") (23 July 1922 – 30 October 2009), were an American double act, who achieved success in Britain in the postwar period. They were thought to be the las ...

Alina Cojocaru Alina Cojocaru (born 27 May 1981) is a Romanian ballet dancer. She was previously a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet and a lead principal with the English National Ballet. Early years Alina Cojocaru was born and raised in Bucharest, Roman ...

Deborah Colker Deborah Colker (born 1960 Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian writer, theater director, dancer and choreographer. She was an awardee of the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance. Colker was also the movement director and chore ...

Calico Cooper Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillot ...

Alice Cooper Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillot ...

Misty Copeland Misty Danielle Copeland (born September 10, 1982) is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African Amer ...

Bernice Coppieters Bernice Coppieters (born 18 November 1970) is a Belgian retired ballet dancer and ballet master. She danced as an ''étoile'' at Les Ballets de Monte Carlo and is a long time collaborator of Jean-Christophe Maillot. She is now the principal bal ...

Jean Coralli Jean Coralli (15 January 1779 – 1 May 1854) was a French ballet dancer and choreographer, best known for collaborating with Jules Perrot in creating ''Giselle'' (1841), the quintessential Romantic ballet of the nineteenth century. Early life ...

Angel Corella In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as wikt:benevolent, benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Oth ...

Erica Cornejo Erica Cornejo (born 1978/79) is an Argentine ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with the Boston Ballet. Early life Cornejo was born in San Luis, Argentina and raised in Buenos Aires. Her younger brother, Herman Cornejo, is currently a pri ...

Herman Cornejo Herman Cornejo (born 13 May 1981) is an Argentine-born ballet dancer and a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. He has had leading roles created for him by Alexei Ratmansky and Twyla Tharp; his signature roles include Puck in '' A ...

Joaquín Cortés Joaquín Pedraja Reyes (known professionally as Joaquín Cortés; born 22 February 1969) is a Spanish classically trained ballet and flamenco dancer. Biography Joaquin Cortés is a Spanish flamenco dancer. A native of Córdoba, Spain, Córdoba, ...

John Cranko John Cyril Cranko (15 August 1927 – 26 June 1973) was a South African ballet dancer and choreographer with the Royal Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet. Life and career Early life Cranko was born in Rustenburg in the former province of Tran ...

Merce Cunningham Mercier Philip "Merce" Cunningham (April 16, 1919 – July 26, 2009) was an American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of American modern dance for more than 50 years. He frequently collaborated with artists of other discipl ...

Lauren Cuthbertson Lauren Louise Cuthbertson (born 11 June 1984) is an English ballerina and a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London. Early life and education Lauren Cuthbertson was born in Devon in 1984. She began studying dance at a local dance sch ...

Sophie Daguin Sophie Marguerite Daguin (26 March 1801 – 13 March 1881) was a French ballet dancer and choreographer. She spent her career in Sweden, where she became a star ballerina and ballet mistress of the Royal Swedish Ballet, and the principal of t ...

Dan Dailey Daniel James Dailey Jr. (December 14, 1915 – October 16, 1978) was an American dancer and actor. He is best remembered for a series of popular musicals he made at 20th Century Fox such as '' Mother Wore Tights'' (1947). Biography Early life D ...

Jean Dauberval Jean Dauberval, a.k.a. Jean D’Auberval, (born Jean Bercher in Montpellier, 19 August 1742 – Tours, 14 February 1806), was a French dancer and ballet master. He is most noted for creating the ballet, ''La fille mal gardée'', one of the ...

Shiamak Davar Shiamak Davar is an Indian choreographer, noted as one of the first to bring contemporary jazz and western forms of dance to India.David Dawson - British choreographer *

Igone de Jongh Igone de Jongh (born 9 September 1979) is a Dutch ballerina and a former principal dancer with the Dutch National Ballet. She is featured in the music video for Anouk's song ''Birds'', the official Netherlands entry to the Eurovision Song Conte ...

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Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Anne Teresa, Baroness De Keersmaeker (, born 1960 in Mechelen, Belgium, grew up in Wemmel) is a contemporary dance choreographer. The dance company constructed around her, , was in residence at La Monnaie in Brussels from 1992 to 2007. Biography ...

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Louis Deland Louis Joseph Marie Deland (25 April 1772 – 15 April 1823) was a Swedish ballet dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and ballet master in the Royal Swedish Ballet. He is often considered the first native male star in the Royal Swedish Ballet. ...

- ballet master, ballet dancer, choreographer * Patricia Delgado - American ballet dancer, ''répétiteur'' and teacher *

Michaela DePrince Michaela Mabinty DePrince (born Mabinty Bangura, 6 January 1995) is a Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer, currently dancing with the Boston Ballet. She rose to fame after starring in the documentary ''First Position'' in 2011, following her an ...

- Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer *

Gaby Deslys Gaby Deslys (born Marie-Elise-Gabrielle Caire, 4 November 1881 – 11 February 1920) was a singer and actress during the early 20th century. She selected her name for her stage career, and it is a contraction of ''Gabrielle of the Lillies'' ...

- French ballroom dancer and actress *

Sasha De Sola Sasha De Sola is an American ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at the San Francisco Ballet. Early life De Sola was born in Winter Park, Florida. Both of her parents are musicians. She started dancing at age 3. She trained at Kirov Acad ...

- American ballet dancer *

Prabhu Deva Prabhu Deva (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada language films. In a career spanning 32 years, he has performed and designed a ...

- Indian dancer and choreographer *

Julie Diana Julie Diana Hench (born ) is an American ballet dancer, teacher, writer and arts administrator. She joined the San Francisco Ballet in 1993, and was promoted to principal dancer in 2000. In 2004, she joined the Pennsylvania Ballet, where she rem ...

- American ballet dancer, ballet master, writer and arts administrator *

Charles-Louis Didelot Charles-Louis Didelot (28 March 1767, Stockholm - 7 November 1837, Kiev) was a French dancer, the creator of the ballet shoes and a choreographer. The son of Charles Didelot, the dance-master of the King of Sweden, he studied dance with his fath ...

- French dancer and choreographer * Anton Dolin - English ballet dancer and choreographer *

Holly Dorger Holly Jean Dorger (born 1989) is an American ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at the Royal Danish Ballet. Early life Dorger's first dance training was Scottish highland dance. She was the U.S. Champion at age 10. Soon, she shifted her fo ...

- American ballet dancer *

Anthony Dowell Sir Anthony James Dowell (born 16 February 1943) is a retired British ballet dancer and a former artistic director of the Royal Ballet. He is widely recognized as one of the great ''danseurs nobles'' of the twentieth century. Early life and tra ...

- English ballet dancer and choreographer *

Jurgita Dronina Jurgita Dronina (born 27 March 1986) is a Russian-Lithuanian ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, having previously danced with Royal Swedish Ballet, Dutch National Ballet and English National Ballet. Earl ...

- Russian-Lithuanian ballet dancer *

Remo D'Souza Remo D'Souza (born Ramesh Gopi Nair; 2 April 1974), is an Indian choreographer, actor, film director and producer, based in Mumbai. He is best known for his works in ''Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'' (2014) and ''Bajirao Mastani'' (2016). In a career ...

- Indian Bollywood choreographer *

Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo Tabitha A. D'umo ( née Cortopassi) and Napoleon Buddy D'umo, known together as Nappytabs, are Emmy Award-winning married choreographers. They are best known for their choreography on the television show ''So You Think You Can Dance'' and for ...

a.k.a. "Nappytabs" - dance teachers, choreographers, and creative directors *

Isadora Duncan Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877 or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance, who performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the US. Born and raised in ...

- "mother of modern dance" *

Katherine Dunham Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909 – May 21, 2006) was an American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and social activist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers of the 20th century, and directed her own dance company for ma ...

- pioneer of black dance, anthropologist, dancer, choreographer, creator of the Dunham Technique *

Aurélie Dupont Aurélie Dupont (born 15 January 1973 in Paris) is a French ballet dancer who performed with the Paris Opera Ballet as an '' Étoile''. She began her career in dance in 1983 when she entered the Paris Opera Ballet School (''L’École de danse de ...

- French ballet dancer and artistic director of

Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet () is a French ballet company that is an integral part of the Paris Opera. It is the oldest national ballet company, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it. It is still regarded ...

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Irina Dvorovenko Irina Vladimirovna Dvorovenko ( uk, Ірина Володимирівна Дворовенко; russian: Ирина Владимировна Дворовенко; born 28 August 1973) is a Ukrainian-American retired ballet dancer and actress. She ...

- Ukrainian-American ballet dancer

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Madeleine Eastoe Madeleine Eastoe is an Australian retired ballet dancer. She was a principal dancer at The Australian Ballet. Biography Eastoe started ballet at age six, in Perth, Australia. In 1994, Eastoe moved to Melbourne to study at the Australian Ballet ...

- Australian ballet dancer * Andre Eglevsky - Russian-American ballet dancer and teacher; performed in Charles Chaplin's film ''Limelight'' *

Alexander Ekman Karl Wilhelm Alexander Ekman (born 1984) is a Swedish ballet dancer and choreographer. His choreographies have been performed by Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, the Boston Ballet, the Semperoper Ballett, the Nederlands Dans Theater, the Norweg ...

- Swedish choreographer *

Jorma Elo Jorma Elo is a contemporary choreographer. Early life He was born 30 August 1961 in Helsinki, Finland. His father, Jaakko Elo, is a urological surgeon, mother Ruth Elo née Carlstedt, a dentist. Jorma Elo's partner since 1994 is Nancy Euverin ...

- Finnish choreographer *

Fanny Elssler Fanny Elssler (born Franziska Elßler; 23 June 181027 November 1884) was an Austrian ballerina of the Romantic Period. Life and career She was born in Gumpendorf, a neighborhood of Vienna. Her father Johann Florian Elssler was a second ge ...

- Austrian ballet dancer and actress *

Sorella Englund Sorella Englund (born 23 December 1945 in Helsinki) is a former Soloist (ballet), soloist and character dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet. She has been a keen supporter of August Bournonville, staging a number of his ballets in Denmark and abroad. ...

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Adolfina Fägerstedt Adolfina Fägerstedt (31 August 1811-1902), was a Swedish ballerina. She was considered as one of the leading members of the Royal Swedish Ballet in the 1830s and 1840s. She became a student of the Royal Swedish Ballet in 1821, a figurante in ...

- Swedish ballerina *

Robert Fairchild Robert Fairchild (born June 9, 1987) is an American dancer and actor. He is best known for originating the role Jerry Mulligan in the musical ''An American in Paris'', and as Munkustrap in the 2019 film ''Cats''. He was a principal dancer at the ...

- American ballet dancer and actor *

Silas Farley Silas Farley (born ) is an American ballet dancer, choreographer and educator. He danced at the New York City Ballet between 2013 and 2020, and choreographed outside the company. In 2021, he became the dean of Colburn School's Trudl Zipper Dance ...

- ballet dancer, choreographer and educator *

Suzanne Farrell Suzanne Farrell (born August 16, 1945) is an American ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Farrell began her ballet training at the age of eight. In 1960, she received a scholarship t ...

- ballet dancer *

Jane Farwell Jane Farwell (January 18, 1916 – April 6, 1993) was a Wisconsin-born American folk dance and recreation leader. She specialized in Scandinavian dancing. Early life and education The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Farwell, she was born on her fam ...

- folk dance teacher * Marie Favart - French ballet dancer *

Lorena Feijóo Lorena Feijóo (born ) is a Cuban former ballet dancer. Her dance career started in 1988 at the Cuban National Ballet, but left Cuba two years later for more opportunities. After stints at Ballet de Monterrey, Royal Ballet of Flanders and Joffre ...

- Cuban ballet dancer *

Lorna Feijóo Lorna Feijóo (born ) is a Cuban former ballet dancer. Her career started at the Cuban National Ballet, where she rose through the ranks. She left Cuba in 2001, then spent two years with the Cincinnati Ballet, before joining the Boston Ballet in ...

- Cuban ballet dancer *

Alessandra Ferri Alessandra Ferri OMRI (born 6 May 1963) is an Italian prima ballerina. She danced with the Royal Ballet (1980–1984), American Ballet Theatre (1985–2007) and La Scala Theatre Ballet (1992–2007) and as an international guest artist, before t ...

- Italian prima ballerina assoluta * Nikisha Fogo - Swedish ballet dancer *

Michel Fokine Michael Fokine, ''Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin'', group=lower-alpha ( – 22 August 1942) was a groundbreaking Imperial Russian choreographer and dancer. Career Early years Fokine was born in Saint Petersburg to a prosperous merchant and a ...

- Russian choreographer *

Margot Fonteyn Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias DBE (''née'' Hookham; 18 May 191921 February 1991), known by the stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet (formerly the Sadler's Wells T ...

- foremost British ballerina and assoluta *

Thomas Forster (dancer) Thomas Forster (born 1986) is an English ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. Forster was born in London. He was first sent to study ballet as his mother believed it would help his karate training ...

- English ballet dancer *

Bob Fosse Robert Louis Fosse (; June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American actor, choreographer, dancer, and film and stage director. He directed and choreographed musical works on stage and screen, including the stage musicals ''The Pajam ...

- American dancer and musical theater choreographer * Alina Frasa - Finnish ballet dancer and choreographer * Francesco Gabriele Frola - Italian ballet dancer *

Anine Frölich is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

- Danish ballerina * Jovani Furlan - Brazilian ballet dancer

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Mara Galeazzi Mara Galeazzi (born 1973) is an Italian ballet dancer. She was a Principal Dancer of The Royal Ballet. Early life Galeazzi was born in Brescia, Italy. At age 10, she started ballet training at La Scala Theatre Ballet School, where she graduated ...

- Italian ballet dancer *

Louis Gallodier Louis Gallodier (c. 1734 – 6 June 1803) was a French ballet dancer and choreographer who spent the majority of his career in Sweden, where he was to have a great importance for the development of the ballet in Sweden as the ballet master ...

- ballet master and choreographer *

Mathieu Ganio Mathieu Ganio (born 16 March 1984) is a French ''danseur étoile'' of the Paris Opera Ballet. Mathieu Ganio was born in Marseille, France, the son of Ballet National de Marseille principal dancers Dominique Khalfouni and Denys Ganio. He began da ...

- French ballet dancer * Gonzalo Garcia - Spanish ballet dancer *

Daniel Gaudiello Daniel Gaudiello (born 1982) is an Australian ballet dancer. He performed with The Australian Ballet from 2004 until his retirement as a principal artist in March 2016 to dance and teach as a freelancer. Dance career Daniel Gaudiello began dan ...

- Australian ballet dancer * Asen Gavrilov - Bulgarian ballet dancer and choreographer *

Mitzi Gaynor Mitzi Gaynor (born Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber; September 4, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Her notable films include '' We're Not Married!'' (1952), '' There's No Business Like Show Business'' (1954), '' The Birds ...

- American film actress and dancer *

Gisa Geert Gisa Geert, stage name of Margarita Gross (Vienna, 7 June 1900 – Madrid, 2 April 1991), was an Austrian actress and choreographer, who was very active in Italy from the 1940s to the 1960s. Biography Geert had been a member of the 'Bodenwies ...

- Austrian actress and choreographer * Yekaterina Geltzer - prima ballerina of the Bolshoi in the 1910s and 1920s * Adeline Genée - Danish ballet dancer * Angelica Generosa - American ballet dancer *

Yvonne Georgi Yvonne Georgi (29 October 1903 – 25 January 1975) was a German dancer, choreographer and ballet mistress. She was known for her comedic talents and her extraordinary jumping ability. In her roles as a dancer, choreographer, and ballet mistres ...

- German ballet dancer *

Elizaveta Gerdt Elizaveta Pavlovna Gerdt (russian: Елизавета Павловна Гердт; – 6 November 1975) was a Russian dancer and teacher whose career links the Russian imperial and Soviet schools of classical dance. A daughter of celebrated ...

- Russian dancer and teacher *

Pavel Gerdt Pavel Andreyevich Gerdt (russian: Па́вел Андре́евич Ге́рдт), also known as Paul Gerdt (near Saint Petersburg, Russia, 22 November 1844 – Vamaloki, Finland, 12 August 1917), was the ''Premier Danseur Noble'' of the Imperial ...

- "Prince of the St Petersburg stage" * Dorothée Gilbert - French ballet dancer *

Marie-Agnès Gillot Marie-Agnès Gillot (born in 1975) is a French ballet dancer and choreographer. She danced with the Paris Opera Ballet as an ''étoiles''. She is also POB's first in-house female dancer to choreograph for the company. Early life Gillot was born i ...

- French ballet dancer and choreographer *

Ailes Gilmour Ailes Gilmour (January 27, 1912 – April 16, 1993) was a Japanese American dancer who was one of the young pioneers of the American Modern Dance movement of the 1930s. She was one of the first members of Martha Graham's dance company. Gilmour' ...

- early Martha Graham dancer, socialist activist, and sister of

Isamu Noguchi was an American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. Known for his sculpture and public artworks, Noguchi also designed stage sets for various Martha Graham productions, and several ...

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Céline Gittens Céline Gittens is a Trinidadian ballerina. She is a principal dancer at the Birmingham Royal Ballet, in Birmingham, England. Life Gittens was born in Trinidad, where her mother was a ballet teacher; her father was an accountant. She bega ...

- Trinidadian ballet dancer *

Alexander Godunov Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

- Russian dancer who defected to the West *

Matthew Golding Matthew Golding (born 30 December 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL). He started his career at the Reynella Football Club and then went on to playing footy for Glenelg ...

- Canadian ballet dancer * Jeffrey Golladay - American ballet dancer *

Chachi Gonzales Olivia "Chachi" Hildén (née Gonzales) is an American dancer, choreographer and actress. She was a member of the dance crew I.aM.mE, which won the sixth season of ''America's Best Dance Crew'' in 2011. Life and career Hildén was born Oli ...

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Betty Grable Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million; for 10 consecutive years (1942–1951) she reign ...

- American film actress and dancer * Alicia Graf Mack - American dancer *

Martha Graham Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Her style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide. Graham danced and taught for over seventy years. She wa ...

- American dancer and choreographer * Carolina Granberg - Swedish ballerina *

Yury Grigorovich Yury Nikolayevich Grigorovich (russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Григоро́вич; born 2 January 1927 in Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian dancer and choreographerFabio Grossi - Italian ballet dancer *

Victor Gsovsky Victor Gsovsky (russian: Виктор Иванович Гзовский; 12 January 1902, Saint Petersburg - 14 March 1974, Hamburg) was a Russian ballet dancer, teacher, balletmaster and choreographer. Biography He studied with Mariinsky Theatre ...

- Russian ballet dancer and choreographer *

Sylvie Guillem Sylvie Guillem (; born 23 February 1965) is a French ballet dancer. Guillem was the top-ranking female dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet from 1984 to 1989, before becoming a principal guest artist with the Royal Ballet in London. She has ...

- French ballet dancer

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David Hallberg David Hallberg (born May 18, 1982) is an American classical ballet dancer. He was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre and resident guest artist at The Australian Ballet, as well as a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet. In 2021 ...

- American ballet dancer *

Anna Halprin Anna Halprin (born Hannah Dorothy Schuman; July 13, 1920 – May 24, 2021) was an American choreographer and dancer. She helped redefine dance in postwar America and pioneer the experimental art form known as postmodern dance and referred to hers ...

- American postmodern dancer and teacher *

Melissa Hamilton Melissa Hamilton (born 2 August 1989) is a Northern Irish ballet dancer and a First Soloist with the Royal Ballet, London. Early life Hamilton was born in Belfast and spent most of her childhood in Dromore, County Down. Her father is a builder ...

- Irish ballet dancer *

MC Hammer Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper, dancer, record producer and entrepreneur. He is known for hit songs such as "U Can't Touch This", "2 Legit 2 Quit" ...

- American hip hop dancer, rapper and choreographer *

Christopher Hampson Christopher Hampson (born 31 March 1973) is an English ballet choreographer and director and former ballet dancer. In August 2012, Hampson succeeded Ashley Page as artistic director of Scottish Ballet, and was appointed CEO/Artistic Director in ...

- English ballet dancer and choreographer, artistic director of

Scottish Ballet Scottish Ballet is the national ballet company of Scotland and one of the five leading ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Northern Ballet. Founded in 1969, ...

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Mata Hari Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod (née Zelle; 7 August 187615 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari (), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. She was executed by ...

- Dutch born dancer, courtesan and alleged spy *

Evelyn Hart Evelyn Anne Hart (born April 4, 1956) is a Canadian ballerina and former principal dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Life and career Born in Toronto, Ontario, Hart studied dance at the Dorothy Carter School of Dance in London, Ontario, Can ...

- ballet dancer *

Sarah Hay Sarah Hay (born September 16, 1987) is an American actress and ballerina. She is best known for her role as Claire Robbins in the Starz mini-series ''Flesh and Bone'', she was nominated for a Golden Globe, a Satellite Award and a Critics' Choi ...

- American actress and ballet dancer *

Francesca Hayward Francesca Hayward (born 4 July 1992) is a Kenyan-born English ballet dancer and actress. She is a principal dancer in the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden in London. In 2019, she starred as Victoria the White Cat in the musical film '' Cats'', an ...

- British ballet dancer *

Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer and producer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years. The press coined th ...

- American film dancer and actress *

Robyn Hendricks Robyn Hendricks is a South African ballet dancer who is a principal artist with The Australian Ballet. Biography Hendricks grew up in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She started ballet late, at the age of eight, after her grandfather recognised ...

- South African ballet dancer *

Robert Helpmann Sir Robert Murray Helpmann CBE ( Helpman, 9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian ballet dancer, actor, director, and choreographer. After early work in Australia he moved to Britain in 1932, where he joined the Vic-Wells Ballet ( ...

- ballet dancer *

Susan Hendl Susan Coxe Hendl (September 18, 1947 – October 12, 2020) was an American ballet dancer and '' répétiteur''. She danced with the New York City Ballet between 1963 and 1983, then staged and coached works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins ...

- American ballet dancer and ''répétiteur'' *

Heike Hennig Heike Hennig (born 8 November 1966) is a German dancer, choreographer and director of the opera and dance ensemble "Heike Hennig & Co". Life Heike Hennig had her first dance lessons at the age of 5 years in Leipzig of East Germany, studied moder ...

- German dancer and choreographer *

Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as both a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, t ...

- ballerina and movie star *

Isaac Hernández Isaac Eleazar Hernández Fernández (born 30 April 1990) is a Mexican ballet dancer and actor who is a lead principal with the English National Ballet. Early life Isaac Hernández was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, one of 11 children of Hector H ...

- Mexican ballet dancer *

Paloma Herrera Paloma Herrera (born 21 December 1975) is a prominent Argentine ballet dancer, choreographer, and artistic director who was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, where she worked for twenty-four years. She was the director of Colo ...

- Argentine ballet dancer and artistic director of Colon Theater Ballet *

Laurent Hilaire Laurent Hilaire (born 8 November 1962) is a French ballet dancer. Regarded as one of the greatest dancers to emerge from ballet over the past few decades, he was an '' étoile'' of the Paris Opera Ballet for 22 years. From 2011, he was the assoc ...

- French ballet dancer, ballet master and associate director of the

Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet () is a French ballet company that is an integral part of the Paris Opera. It is the oldest national ballet company, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it. It is still regarded ...

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Ryoichi Hirano Ryoichi Hirano (平野亮一, born 1983/84) is a Japanese ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London. Early life Hirano was born in Osaka. He had his ballet training at his mother's dance school. His bro ...

- Japanese ballet dancer * Hedda Hjortsberg - ballet dancer * Greta Hodgkinson - American-Canadian ballet dancer *

Hilde Holger Hilde Boman-Behram (née Hilde Sofer, stage name Hilde Holger; 18 October 1905 – 22 September 2001) was an expressionist dancer, choreographer and dance teacher whose pioneering work in integrated dance transformed modern dance. Family H ...

- Austro-British expressionist dancer, choreographer, and pioneer of

physically integrated dance The physically integrated dance movement is part of the disability culture movement, which recognizes and celebrates the first-person experience of disability, not as a medical model construct but as a social phenomenon, through artistic, litera ...

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Anna Sophia Holmstedt Anna ''Sophia'' Holmstedt (1759–1807) as married Anna Sophia Bleumortier, was a Swedish ballet dancer and translator. Sophia Holmstedt belonged to the pioneers of Swedish ballet at the Royal Swedish Ballet upon its foundation in Bollhuset in 17 ...

- ballet dancer *

Melissa Hough Melissa Hough (born 1985/1986) is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the Norwegian National Ballet. She was previously a principal dancer with the Boston Ballet and a first soloist with the Houston Ballet. Early ...

- American ballet dancer * Dulcie Howes - South African ballet dancer and founder of

Cape Town City Ballet The Cape Town City Ballet Company, formerly known as the CAPAB Ballet Company, is a dance company based in Cape Town, South Africa. History The Cape Town City Ballet originated from the UCT Ballet Company, which was established by Dulcie Howe ...

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Nikolaj Hübbe Nikolaj Hübbe (born 30 October 1967) is artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. Career Since becoming artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet, Hübbe has successfully staged new productions of Bournonville's '' Napoli'' (2009) and '' ...

- Danish ballet dancer, artistic director of

Royal Danish Ballet The Royal Danish Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Danish Theatre in Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world and originates from 1748, when the Ro ...

* Catherine Hurlin - American ballet dancer *

Sterling Hyltin Sterling Hyltin is an American ballet dancer. She is currently a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet. Early life and training Hyltin was born in Amarillo, Texas. She wanted to be an ice skater, and would train before school started. Howe ...

- American ballet dancer

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Carrie Imler Carrie Imler (born 1977 or 1978) is an American ballet dancer. She joined the Pacific Northwest Ballet in 1995 and became a principal dancer in 2002. She retired in 2017, following a 22-year career, and started teaching at the company's school. ...

- American ballet dancer

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Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreog ...

- American dancer, choreographer, actor and singer *

Kevin Jackson Kevin Andre Jackson (born November 25, 1964 in Highland Falls, New York) is an American retired freestyle and folkstyle wrestler, and mixed martial artist. Following his competitive career, Jackson would become a wrestling coach. During his i ...

- Australian ballet dancer *

Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...

- American dancer, choreographer, singer and entertainer *

Rowena Jackson Rowena Othlie Jackson (also known as Chatfield; born 24 March 1926) is a New Zealand former prima ballerina. Early life Jackson was born in Invercargill on 24 March 1926 to William Ernest Jackson and Lilian Jane, née Solomon. As a young chil ...

- New Zealand prima ballerina of the

Royal Ballet The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the five major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in ...

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Drew Jacoby Drew Jacoby (born September 2, 1984) is an American contemporary ballet dancer. As of 2020, she is a principal dancer of Royal Ballet of Flanders. Early life Jacoby was born in Boise, Idaho in 1984. She trained at the School of American Ballet ...

- American contemporary ballet dancer *

Zizi Jeanmaire Renée Marcelle "Zizi" Jeanmaire (29 April 192417 July 2020) was a French ballet dancer, actress and singer. She became famous in the 1950s after playing the title role in the ballet ''Carmen'', produced in London in 1949, and went on to appear ...

- French ballet dancer *

Whitney Jensen Whitney Jensen (born May 4, 1992) is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the Norwegian National Ballet in Oslo, and was previously a principal with the Boston Ballet. Early life and education Jensen was born in Sa ...

- American ballet dancer *

Lana Jones Lana Jones is an Australian retired ballet dancer. She was a principal dancer with The Australian Ballet, and danced with the company for 16 years. Early life and training Jones was born in Coffs Harbour, but soon relocated to Canberra. She sta ...

- Australian ballet dancer *

Raghav Juyal Raghav Juyal (born 10 July 1991) is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and television presenter. He is known as the "''King of Slow Motion"'' for his surreal dance moves in slow motion style and for his reinvention of the "''Slow Motion Walk ...

- unique dancer in India, known for an imitative dance style, choreographer, dancer and also known for slo-motion dance style.

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Karen Kain Karen Alexandria Kain (born March 28, 1951) is a Canadian former ballet dancer, and was the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 2005 - 2021. Early training and childhood Kain's mother enrolled her daughter in ballet training ...

- Canadian prima ballerina * Yuriko Kajiya - Japanese ballet dancer * Fumi Kaneko - Japanese ballet dancer * Kang Sue-jin - Korean ballet dancer *

Vera Karalli Vera Alexeyevna Karalli (russian: Вера Алексеевна Каралли; 27 July 1889 – 16 November 1972) was a Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and silent film actress during the early years of the 20th century. Early life and ca ...

- ballet dancer and actress *

Gene Kelly Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessibl ...

- American film and stage dancer, choreographer, singer, actor and film director * Julie Kent - American ballet dancer and artistic director of

The Washington Ballet The Washington Ballet (TWB) is an ensemble of professional ballet dancers based in Washington DC. It was founded in 1976 by Mary Day, and has been under the artistic directorship of Julie Kent since 2016. Septime Webre was artistic director fo ...

* Akram khan - English dancer and choreographer *

Farah Khan Farah Khan Kunder (born 9 January 1965) is an Indian film director, film producer, actress, dancer and choreographer who works predominantly in Hindi films. Khan has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred songs in over 80 films, w ...

- Indian Bollywood choreographer and filmmaker *

Saroj Khan Saroj Khan (born Nirmala Nagpal; 22 November 1948 – 3 July 2020) was an Indian dance choreographer in Hindi cinema. She was born in Bombay State (present day Maharashtra), India. She was best known for the dance form mujra and the fir ...

- Indian Bollywood choreographer *

Michael Kidd Michael Kidd (August 12, 1915 – December 23, 2007) was an American film and stage choreographer, dancer and actor, whose career spanned five decades, and staged some of the leading Broadway and film musicals of the 1940s and 1950s. Kidd, stron ...

- American Broadway and film choreographer and dancer *

Ty King-Wall Ty King-Wall is a New Zealand ballet dancer, an ex principal dancer with The Australian Ballet and current Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Dance career King-Wall was born in Waihi, New Zealand. He started dancing aged seven an ...

- New Zealand ballet dancer *

Gelsey Kirkland Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29, 1952) is an American ballerina. She received early ballet training at the School of American Ballet. Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age 15, at the invitation of George Balanchine. She was ...

- former legendary American Ballet Theatre and Principal dancer with the

New York City Ballet New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company' ...

* Nehemiah Kish - American ballet dancer *

Daria Klimentová Daria Klimentová (born 23 June 1971) is a Czech retired ballet dancer, ballet teacher and photographer . She spent most of her career as a lead principal dancer at English National Ballet. She is currently a teacher at the Royal Ballet Upper S ...

- Czech ballet dancer, teacher and photographer *

Hikaru Kobayashi Hikaru Kobayashi (小林ひかる, born 19 September 1976) is a Japanese ballet dancer who was a first soloist with The Royal Ballet in London. Biography Born in Tokyo, she started ballet at age three after seeing ''Swan Lake'' on television. ...

- Japanese ballet dancer * Maria Kochetkova - Russian ballet dancer * Ako Kondo - Japanese ballet dancer *

Carla Körbes Carla Körbes is a Brazilian ballet dancer who performed as a principal dancer with the Pacific Northwest Ballet, then became the associate artistic director of L.A Dance Project. She is now an associate professor at Indiana University Jacobs S ...

- Brazilian ballet dancer *

Maria Kowroski Maria Kowroski is an American ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet. Early life Kowroski was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She started ballet at the age of five. In 1992, she entered the School of American Ballet ...

- American ballet dancer *

Gertrud Kraus Gertrud Kraus ( he, גרטרוד קראוס; 5 May 1901 – 13 November 1977) was an Israeli pioneer of modern dance in Israel. Biography Gertrud Kraus was born in 1901 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Her father, Leopold Kraus, and her mother, Olga ...

- Israeli pioneer of modern dance *

Rebecca Krohn Rebecca Krohn (born 1981/1982) is an American retired ballet dancer. She danced with the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer until her retirement in 2017, then became a ballet master and served as one of the interim leaders between late 2 ...

- American ballet dancer *

Mathilde Kschessinska Mathilde-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinska ( pl, Matylda Maria Krzesińska, russian: Матильда Феликсовна Кшесинская; 6 December 1971; also known as Princess Romanovskaya-Krasinskaya after her marriage) was a Polish ...

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prima ballerina assoluta ''Prima ballerina assoluta'' is a title awarded to the most notable of female ballet dancers. To be recognised as a ''prima ballerina assoluta'' is a rare honour, traditionally reserved only for the most exceptional dancers of their generatio ...

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Jiří Kylián Jiří Kylián (born 21 March 1947) is a Czech former dancer and contemporary dance choreographer. Life Jiří Kylián was born in 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to his father Václav who was a banker and to his mother Markéta, who was as a ...

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Rudolf Laban Rudolf von Laban, also known as Rudolf Laban (German; also ''Rudolph von Laban'', hu, Lábán Rezső János Attila, Lábán Rudolf; 15 December 1879 – 1 July 1958), was an Austro-Hungarian, German and British dance artist, choreographer and ...

- choreographer, inventor of

Labanotation Labanotation (the grammatically correct form "Labannotation" or "Laban notation" is uncommon) is a system for analyzing and recording human movement. The inventor was Rudolf von Laban (1879-1958), a central figure in European modern dance, who d ...

* Lucia Lacarra - Spanish ballet dancer *

Eddie Ladd Eddie Ladd is a Welsh people, Welsh television presenter and leading dance and performance artist. Early life and education Eddie Ladd's birth name is Gwenith Owen.Gareth Bicknell"Avant-garde Eddie is one of the Ladds; Gareth Bicknell gets to grip ...

- Welsh Physical Theatre performer and dancer *

Sarah Lamb Sarah Lamb (born 17 October 1980) is an American principal ballet dancer with The Royal Ballet, London. Early life Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Lamb is the second of three daughters born to Kathleen and John Lamb. Her father is English a ...

- American ballet dancer *

Jean-Baptiste Landé Jean-Baptiste Landé (died 26 February 1748) was a French ballet dancer, active in Sweden, Denmark and Russia. He is the founder of the Russian Ballet Mariinsky Ballet. Sweden Landé was employed at the Polish royal court in Dresden when he was ...

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Sarah Lane Sarah Lane (born August 3, 1984) is an American ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre (ABT). She served as a " dance double" for Natalie Portman in the 2010 film '' Black Swan''. Early life Lane was born in San ...

- American ballet dancer *

Tina LeBlanc Tina LeBlanc (born October 17, 1966) is an American ballet dancer, teacher and ballet master. She joined the Joffrey Ballet in 1988. In 1992, she joined the San Francisco Ballet as a principal dancer. She retired in 2009, then joined the facult ...

- American ballet dancer, teacher and ballet master *

Louise Lecavalier Louise Lecavalier Order of Canada, OC (born October 3, 1958) is a Canadians, Canadian dancer known as one of the icons of Canadian contemporary dance. Biography Lecavalier was born and raised in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She began her p ...

- icon of Canadian

contemporary dance Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in ...

* Douglas Lee - British ballet dancer and choreographer *

Manuel Legris Manuel Legris is a French ballet dancer, born in Paris on October 10, 1964. He was an '' étoile'' (star dancer) of the Paris Opera Ballet for 23 years. On September 1, 2010, he began direction of the Vienna State Ballet. He was appointed artist ...

- French ballet dancer and artistic director of

Vienna State Ballet Vienna State Ballet, ''Wiener Staatsballett'', is considered one of the world's top ballet companies. It was formerly named the Vienna State Opera Ballet as it is based at the Vienna State Opera building. In 2005 the ballets of the Vienna State ...

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Pierina Legnani Pierina Legnani (September 30, 1863 – November 15, 1930) was an Italian ballerina considered one of the greatest ballerinas of all time. Biography Legnani was born on September 30, 1863, in Milan and originally studied with famous ballet dan ...

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prima ballerina assoluta ''Prima ballerina assoluta'' is a title awarded to the most notable of female ballet dancers. To be recognised as a ''prima ballerina assoluta'' is a rare honour, traditionally reserved only for the most exceptional dancers of their generatio ...

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Sara Leland Sally Harrington (August 2, 1941 – November 28, 2020), known professionally as Sara Leland, was an American ballet dancer and ''répétiteur''. She started her career with the Joffrey Ballet in 1959, and was recruited to join the New York City ...

- American ballet dancer and ''répétiteur'' * Alban Lendorf - Danish ballet dancer *

Nicolas Le Riche Nicolas Le Riche (born 29 January 1972, in Sartrouville, Yvelines) is a French ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet director. Biography Le Riche entered the Paris Opera Ballet school at age ten and joined the corps de ballet six years later; h ...

- French ballet dancer and choreographer *

Lawrence Leritz Lawrence Leritz (born September 26, 1962) is an American actor, dancer, singer, producer, director, fitness expert and choreographer. Life and career Born in Alton, Illinois, Leritz made his stage debut in the children's chorus of the world st ...

- American dancer and choreographer * Agnès Letestu - French ballet dancer * Tracy Li - Chinese ballet dancer; a senior principal in the

Cape Town City Ballet The Cape Town City Ballet Company, formerly known as the CAPAB Ballet Company, is a dance company based in Cape Town, South Africa. History The Cape Town City Ballet originated from the UCT Ballet Company, which was established by Dulcie Howe ...

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Edwaard Liang Edwaard Liang (born c. 1975/1976 Also available a. in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese-born American dancer and choreographer. He grew up in Marin County, California. Career Liang began studying dance at the age of 5. He entered the School of Ame ...

- Taiwanese-born American dancer and choreographer *

Serge Lifar Serge Lifar ( ua, Сергій Михайлович Лифар, ''Serhіy Mуkhailovуch Lуfar'') ( 15 December 1986) was a Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer, famous as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. No ...

- Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer *

Maude Lloyd Maude may refer to: Places *Maude, New South Wales, a village on the lower Murrumbidgee River in Australia *Maude, South Australia, a locality in South Australia *Maude, Victoria, a town in Australia *Cape Maude, a high ice-covered cape forming ...

- South African ballerina and dance critic *

Elena Lobsanova Elena Lobsanova (born ) is a Russian-Canadian ballet dancer. She joined the National Ballet of Canada in 2004 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2015. In 2020, she joined the Miami City Ballet. Early life and training Lobsanova was born in ...

- Russian-Canadian ballet dancer *

Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Affleck (' Lopez; born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress and dancer. In 1991, she began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy television series ''In Living Color'', where she rema ...

- American (Puerto Rican descent) dancer, singer and actress *

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (born 30 April 1973) is a Belgian-born international choreographer based out of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dance background Ochoa, who is half-Colombian and half-Belgian, completed her dance training at the Royal Ballet Acad ...

- Belgian choreographer *

Lydia Lopokova Lydia Lopokova, Baroness Keynes (born Lidia Vasilyevna Lopukhova, russian: Лидия Васильевна Лопухова; 21 October 1891 – 8 June 1981) was a Russian ballerina famous during the early 20th century. Lopokova trained at the ...

- Russian ballet dancer *

Lauren Lovette Lauren Lovette (born November 10, 1991) is an American ballet dancer and choreographer who was previously a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. Early life and education Lovette was born in Thousand Oaks, California, and started her ...

- American ballet dancer and choreographer * Svetlana Lunkina - Russian ballet dancer

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Shantanu Maheshwari Shantanu Maheshwari (born 7 March 1991) is an Indian actor, dancer, choreographer and host. He debuted with the show '' Dil Dosti Dance'' on Channel V in his breakthrough performance as the protagonist Swayam Shekhawat. In 2017, he participate ...

- Indian dancer, choreographer and actor *

Natascha Mair Natascha Mair (born 6 February 1995)Natalia Makarova Natalia Romanovna Makarova (russian: Ната́лия Рома́новна Мака́рова, born 21 November 1940) is a Russian prima ballerina and choreographer. ''The History of Dance'', published in 1981, notes that "her performances set ...

- Russian ballet dancer * David Makhateli - Georgian ballet dancer *

Maia Makhateli Maia Makhateli (born ca. 1986) is a Georgian ballet dancer. After terms with the Colorado Ballet and the Birmingham Royal Ballet, she joined the Dutch National Ballet in 2006, where she now is a principal dancer. Early life Makhateli was born i ...

- Georgian ballet dancer *

Marianna Malińska Marianna Malińska, also called ''Marianna Malewiczówna'' (1767-fl.1797), was a Polish ballerina. She was the first native ballerina in Poland. Marianna Malińska was a serf of count Antoni Tyzenhauz on his estate in Grodno and Postawy, and pla ...

(1767–fl.1797) - first native ballerina in Poland *

Hugo Marchand Hugo Marchand (born ) is a French ballet dancer. He joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 2011 and was named '' étoile'' in 2017, at age 23. Early life Marchand was born in Nantes. He trained at Nantes Conservatory, before leaving home to study at ...

- French ballet dancer *

Paul Marque Paul Marque (born 12 April 1997) is a French people, French ballet dancer . In December 2020, he was named an ''Danseur étoile, étoile'' (literally, "star"), the highest rank of the Paris Opera Ballet. Biography Paul Marque was born in Dax, ...

- French ballet dancer * Roberta Marquez - Brazilian ballet dancer *

Cathy Marston Cathy Marston (born 1975) is a British choreographer and artistic director. She was the director of Bern Ballett from 2007–2013. After her tenure, she has choreographed for companies worldwide, including The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Balle ...

- British choreographer *

Sophie Martin Sophie Christine Martin (born 1984) is a French ballet dancer. She was a principal dancer with the Scottish Ballet between 2008 and 2022, before joining the Badisches Staatsballett Karlsruhe in the 2022/23 season. Early life Sophie Martin was ...

- French ballet dancer * Kizzy Matiakis - English ballet dancer * José Martínez - Spanish ballet dancer * William Matons - WPA-era, 1930s modern dancer and choreographer, known later during Calypso craze as Calypso Joe, and later still as General Hershy Bar *

Sabrina Matthews Sabrina Matthews (born 1977) is a Canadian ballet choreographer. She has created pieces for some of the most prestigious ballet companies in the world, including multiple pieces for the renowned Stuttgart Ballet. This in-demand choreographer ha ...

- Canadian ballet choreographer and former ballet dancer *

Kay Mazzo Kay Mazzo (born January 17, 1946) is an American former ballet dancer and educator. In 1961, she joined Jerome Robbins' company, Ballets USA. The following year, she joined the New York City Ballet, and was promoted to principal dancer in 1969. S ...

- American ballet dancer and educator, Chairman of Faculty of

School of American Ballet The School of American Ballet (SAB) is the most renowned ballet school in the United States. School of American Ballet is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New ...

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David McAllister David James McAllister (born 12 January 1971) is a German politician who has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. He is the current Vice Pre ...

- Australian ballet dancer, former artistic director of

The Australian Ballet The Australian Ballet is the largest classical ballet company in Australia. It was founded by J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd and the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1962, with the English-born dancer, teacher, repetiteur and direct ...

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Wayne McGregor Wayne McGregor, CBE (born 12 March 1970) is a multi award-winning British choreographer and director. He is the Artistic Director of Studio Wayne McGregor and Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet. McGregor was appointed Commander of the ...

- British choreographer *

Trey McIntyre Trey McIntyre (born November 12, 1969) is an American dancer and choreographer, who has a body of work that includes around 100 original dance pieces. He founded and acts as president of Trey McIntyre Project, a dance company that was based in B ...

- American dancer and choreographer * Amanda McKerrow - American ballet dancer *

Rachael McLaren Rachael McLaren is a Canadian dancer who performed with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Early life McLaren was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was the youngest of four children. She started ballet at age five, at the Royal Winnipeg Bal ...

- Canadian dancer * Steven McRae - Australian ballet dancer *

Tate McRae Tate Rosner McRae (; born July 1, 2003) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. At the age of thirteen, she gained prominence as the first Canadian finalist on the American reality TV show ''So You Think You Can Dance''. McRae cau ...

- first-ever Canadian finalist in ''

So You Think You Can Dance ''So You Think You Can Dance'' is a franchise of reality television shows in which contestants compete in dance. The first series of the franchise, created by '' Idols'' producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe, premiered in July 2005 and has ...

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Sara Mearns Sara Ann Mearns (born 19 January 1986) is an American ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at New York City Ballet. Early life Mearns was born in Columbia, South Carolina. Her mother is a nurse. At age three, she began dancing with Ann Brodi ...

- American ballet dancer *

Vrushika Mehta Vrushika Mehta is an Indian actress and professional dancer who mainly works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut with ''Aasman Se Aage'' portraying Vrushika in 2012. Mehta is best known for her portrayal of Sharon Rai Prakash in '' ...

- Indian contemporary dancer and television actress * Itziar Mendizabal - Spanish ballet dancer * Sulamith Messerer - founder of Japanese ballet *

Jo Mihaly Elfriede Alice "Piete" Kuhr (1902 – 1989), known professionally as Jo Mihaly, was a German dancer and writer. Early years and war diary Kuhr grew up in Schneidemühl (now Piła), then about 80 miles from the German-Russian border, now in Pol ...

- German dancer and writer *

Ann Miller Ann Miller (born Johnnie Lucille Collier; April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004) was an American retired actress and former dancer. She is best remembered for her work in the Classical Hollywood cinema musicals of the 1940s and 1950s. Her early ...

- American tap dancer, singer, and actress, especially in films * Arthur Mitchell - American artistic director, educator, choreographer and dancer *

Shakti Mohan Shakti Mohan is an Indian dancer, choreographer and television personality. She is the winner of Zee TV's dance reality show '' Dance India Dance 2''. She is a judge and captain of Indian Reality shows like '' Dance plus season' Career Follow ...

- Indian contemporary dancer and winner of ''Dance India Dance 2'' *

Baisali Mohanty Baisali Mohanty (born 5 August 1994) is an Indian classical dancer and choreographer, author, columnist and analyst of foreign and public policy. She is a regular contributor on foreign policy and strategic affairs to several prestigious inter ...

- Indian classical dancer and choreographer * Pippa Moore - English ballet dancer *

Laura Morera Laura Morera is a Spanish ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet until 2023. Early life and training Morera was born in Madrid. She started going to London to attend Royal Academy of Dance's summer programme when she was ...

- Spanish ballet dancer *

Kathryn Morgan Kathryn Elizabeth Morgan (born August 17, 1988) is an American ballet dancer. She joined New York City Ballet in 2006 and was promoted to the rank of soloist in 2009. Morgan left New York City Ballet in 2012 due to health complications related t ...

- American ballet dancer and YouTuber *

Mary Ellen Moylan Mary Ellen Moylan (August 24, 1925 – April 28, 2020) was an American ballet dancer. She was one of the first students of George Balanchine's School of American Ballet, and made her New York stage debut in 1942. She had danced with Ballet Russe ...

- American ballet dancer * Hope Muir - Canadian dancer, artistic director of

National Ballet of Canada The National Ballet of Canada is a Canadian ballet company that was founded in 1951 in Toronto, Ontario, with Celia Franca as the first artistic director. A company of 70 dancers with its own orchestra, the National Ballet has been led since 2022 ...

, former artistic director of

Charlotte Ballet Charlotte Ballet is the oldest professional ballet company in North Carolina. It was founded as North Carolina Dance Theatre in Winston-Salem by Robert Lindgren, who was then Dean of Dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, i ...

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Vadim Muntagirov Vadim Muntagirov is a Russian ballet dancer. He is currently a principal dancer at The Royal Ballet in London and previously a lead principal dancer at the English National Ballet. Early life Muntagirov, was born in Chelyabinsk, Russia. His pa ...

- Russian ballet dancer *

Gillian Murphy Gillian Murphy ( ; born April 11, 1979) is an American ballet dancer who is a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. Early life and education Raised in Florence, South Carolina, Murphy was a member of Columbia City Ballet before at ...

- American ballet dancer *

Graeme Murphy Graeme Lloyd Murphy AO (born 2 November 1950) is an Australian choreographer. With his fellow dancer (and wife since 2004) Janet Vernon, he guided Sydney Dance Company to become one of Australia's most successful and best-known dance compani ...

- Australian choreographer *

Arthur Murray Arthur Murray (born Moses Teichman, April 4, 1895 – March 3, 1991) was an American ballroom dancer and businessman, whose name is most often associated with the dance studio chain that bears his name. Early life and start in dance Arthur Mur ...

- dance instructor and businessman, known for the Arthur Murray Dance Studios

franchise Franchise may refer to: Business and law * Franchising, a business method that involves licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business to franchisees * Franchise, a privilege to operate a type of business such as a cable television p ...

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Yasmine Naghdi Yasmine Naghdi (born March 25, 1992) is a British ballerina and principal dancer of The Royal Ballet in London. She joined The Royal Ballet in April 2010. In June 2017, she was promoted to the rank of principal ballerina. Early life Naghdi ...

- British ballet dancer *

Gene Nelson Gene Nelson (born Leander Eugene Berg; March 24, 1920 – September 16, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, screenwriter, and director. Biography Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, he and his family moved to Seattle when he wa ...

- American film dancer, actor and television director *

Nadia Nerina Nadia is a female name. Variations include Nadja, Nadya, Nadine, Nadiya, and Nadiia. Most variations of the name are derived from Arabic, Slavic languages, or both. In Slavic, names similar to ''Nadia'' mean "hope" in many Slavic languages: Uk ...

- South African ballet dancer *

John Neumeier John Neumeier (born February 24, 1939) is an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director. He has been the director and chief choreographer of Hamburg Ballet since 1973. Five years later he founded the Hamburg Ballet School, which also in ...

- American choreographer, artistic director of

Hamburg Ballet The Hamburg Ballet is a ballet company based in Hamburg, Germany. Since 1973, it has been directed by the American dancer and choreographer John Neumeier. In addition there is a ballet school, , established in 1978. The performances of the Hamb ...

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Nicholas Brothers The Nicholas Brothers were an entertainment act composed of biological brothers, Fayard (1914–2006) and Harold (1921–2000), who excelled in a variety of dance techniques, primarily between the 1930s and 1950s. Best known for their ...

- African American dancing brothers (Fayard and Harold) known for their acrobatic techniques *

Kyra Nichols Kyra Nichols (born July 2, 1958) is an American retired ballet dancer and teacher. She joined the New York City Ballet in 1974 and was promoted to principal dancer in 1979. She is one of the last dancers to have worked with George Balanchine, a ...

- American ballet dancer and teacher * Nikolina Nikoleski - Croatian teacher and choreographer of

Bharatnatyam Bharatanatyam () is a major form of Indian classical dance that originated in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the eight widely recognized Indian classical dance forms, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas, particularly of ...

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Vaslav Nijinsky Vaslav (or Vatslav) Nijinsky (; rus, Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky, p=ˈvatsləf fɐˈmʲitɕ nʲɪˈʐɨnskʲɪj; pl, Wacław Niżyński, ; 12 March 1889/18908 April 1950) was a ballet dancer and choreog ...

- Russian ballet dancer and choreographer *

Ena Noël Phillipena Noël, (30 July 1910 to 7 December 2003) best known by the name Ena Noël, was an inspirational school teacher and advocate for children's literature and library services to children and young adults. Ena Noël's name is synonymous in ...

- Australian children's author and ballet dancer * Charlotta Norberg - Swedish ballerina * Dominic North - British ballet dancer * Siphesihle November - South African ballet dancer * Ivan Novikoff - ballet master, founder of Novikoff School of Russian-American Ballet *

Marianela Nuñez Marianela may refer to: People * Carmen Barros (born 1925), Chilean actress and singer nicknamed Marianela * Marianela De La Hoz (born 1956), Mexican painter * Marianela González (born 1978), Venezuelan actress * Marianela Huen (born 1960), Venezu ...

- Argentine-British ballet dancer *

Rudolf Nureyev Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev ( ; Tatar/ Bashkir: Рудольф Хәмит улы Нуриев; rus, Рудо́льф Хаме́тович Нуре́ев, p=rʊˈdolʲf xɐˈmʲetəvʲɪtɕ nʊˈrʲejɪf; 17 March 19386 January 1993) was a Soviet ...

- Russian ballet dancer

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* Agnes Oaks - Estonian ballet dancer *

Donald O'Connor Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor (August 28, 1925 – September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer and actor. He came to fame in a series of films in which he co-starred with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule. His best ...

- American dancer, singer and actor * Heather Ogden - Canadian ballet dancer * Fernanda Oliveira - Brazilian ballet dancer * Jonathan Ollivier - British dancer *

Hannah O'Neill Hannah O'Neill (born January 8, 1993) is a New Zealand ballet dancer who is an '' étoile'' with the Paris Opera Ballet. Early life O'Neill was born in Japan to a Japanese mother, Sumie, and a New Zealand father, Chris, a professional rugby pl ...

- New Zealand ballet dancer * Simona Orinska - only butoh artist in Latvia; multidisciplinary artist; contemporary dancer, poet, director and choreographer of many art projects; practitioner of dance therapy or dance movement therapy *

Nancy Osbaldeston Nancy Osbaldeston (born 1989) is an English ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet of Flanders. Osbaldeston was born in Cuckfield, England. She started dancing at age 3, and appeared in Birmingham Royal Ballet's ...

- English ballet dancer *

Natalia Osipova Natalia Petrovna Osipova (russian: Наталья Петровна Осипова; born 18 May 1986) is a Russian ballerina, currently a principal ballerina with The Royal Ballet in London. Early life and training Born in Moscow, Osipova began ...

- Russian ballet dancer *

Clairemarie Osta Clairemarie Osta (born 1970) is a French ballet dancer who performed with the Paris Opera Ballet as an ''Danseur étoile, étoile''. In 2017, she became the head of the ballet department at the Royal Swedish Ballet School. Early life Osta was bor ...

- French ballet dancer * Anna Rose O'Sullivan - British ballet dancer * Sonia Osorio - Ballet de Colombia founder

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* Stephen Page - Australian choreographer, artistic director of Bangarra Dance Theatre * Ludmila Pagliero - Argentine ballet dancer * Maria Palmer - Austrian-born American actress and dancer * Hermes Pan (choreographer), Hermes Pan - film choreographer, especially in collaboration with

Fred Astaire Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer. He is often called the greatest dancer in Hollywood film history. Astaire's career in stage, film, and tele ...

* Noelani Pantastico - American ballet dancer * Merle Park - Zimbabwean ballerina at the Royal Ballet * Sae Eun Park - South Korean ballet dancer * Georgina Parkinson - English ballet dancer and ballet mistress * Veronika Part - Russian ballet dancer * Anna Pavlova - legendary Russian prima ballerina, who brought ballet to the world * Georgina Pazcoguin - American ballet dancer * Justin Peck - American ballet dancer and choreographer * Tiler Peck - American ballet dancer * Rupert Pennefather - English ballet dancer * Tina Pereira - Trinidadian-Canadian ballet dancer * Rosie Perez - American (Afro-Puerto Rican descent) dancer, choreographer, actress and director * Jules Perrot - French ballet dancer and choreographer * Marius Petipa - choreographer who created the classical ballet * Vilhelm Pettersson - Swedish ballet dancer * Unity Phelan - American ballet dancer * Juanita Pitts - African-American tap dancer * Maya Plisetskaya - ''prima ballerina assoluta'' of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1960 to 1990 * David Poole (dancer), David Poole - South African ballet dancer and ballet master at

Cape Town City Ballet The Cape Town City Ballet Company, formerly known as the CAPAB Ballet Company, is a dance company based in Cape Town, South Africa. History The Cape Town City Ballet originated from the UCT Ballet Company, which was established by Dulcie Howe ...

* Eleanor Powell - American actress and dancer of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her exuberant solo tap dancing * Ida Praetorius - Danish ballet dancer * Angelin Preljocaj - French dancer and choreographer * Olga Preobrajenska - Russian dancer and teacher * Juliet Prowse - South African-American dancer, actress, and singer in many films, including ''G.I. Blues'', which also starred Elvis Presley * Laetitia Pujol - French ballet dancer * Brian Puspos - American hip-hop dancer, choreographer

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* Sascha Radetsky - American ballet dancer and artistic director of American Ballet Theatre Studio Company * Samantha Raine - British ballet dancer and ballet mistress * Daniel Rajna - South African ballet dancer, currently a principal in the Cape Town City Ballet * Tina Ramirez - founder and artistic director of Ballet Hispanico * Teresa Reichlen - American ballet dancer * Alice Renavand - French ballet dancer * Dwight Rhoden - American choreographer, artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet * Moon Ribas - choreographer with a cybernetic sensor attached to her body that allows her to feel earthquakes * María Noel Riccetto - Uruguayan ballet dancer * Jenifer Ringer - American ballet dancer and teacher * Jerome Robbins - American choreographer * Sonia Rodriguez - Canadian ballet dancer * Ginger Rogers - American film and stage dancer, singer and actress, most remembered as partner of

Fred Astaire Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer. He is often called the greatest dancer in Hollywood film history. Astaire's career in stage, film, and tele ...

* Tamara Rojo - Spanish ballet dancer and artistic director of English National Ballet * Pedro Romeiras - dancer gold medal winner 1982 II Prix Français de la Danse * Gunhild Rosén - Swedish ballerina, ballet master and choreographer * Danielle Rowe - Australian ballet dancer and choreographer * Calvin Royal III - American ballet dancer

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* Stephanie Saland - American ballet dancer and teacher * Iana Salenko - Ukrainian-German ballet dancer * Marcelino Sambé - Portuguese ballet dancer * Oh Sehun - South Korean dancer and member of EXO * Ruth St. Denis - American dancer who tried to fuse modern dance with Egyptian and east Asian ideas; famously in collaboration with her partner Ted Shawn * Olga Sandberg (1844–1926) - Swedish ballerina * Margrethe Schall - ballerina * Silja Schandorff - Danish ballet dancer * Amanda Schull - American actress and ballet dancer * Amber Scott - Australian ballet dancer * Anders Selinder - ballet master and choreographer * Polina Semionova - Russian ballet dancer * Hee Seo - South Korean ballet dancer * Lynn Seymour - Canadian ballet dancer * Uday Shankar (Bengali: উদয় শংকর) (1900–1977) - pioneer of modern dance in India; world-renowned Indian dancer and choreographer; known for adapting Western theatrical techniques to traditional Indian classical dance, imbued with elements of Indian classical, folk, and tribal dance, thus laying the roots of modern Indian dance, which he popularized in India, Europe, and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s * Ted Shawn - ballet dancer often in collaboration with his influential partner Ruth St. Denis; they were the creators of Denishawn * Moira Shearer - Scottish ballet dancer and actress in ''The Red Shoes (1948 film), The Red Shoes'' * Fang-Yi Sheu - Taiwanese dancer * Ingrid Silva - Brazilian ballet dancer * Daniil Simkin - ballet dancer * Mary Skeaping - British ballerina * Charlotte Slottsberg - ballet dancer * Damian Smith (dancer), Damian Smith - Australian ballet dancer * Thiago Soares - Brazilian ballet dancer * Yuri Soloviev (dancer), Yuri Soloviev - soloist of the Kirov Theatre * Jennie Somogyi - American ballet dancer * Phyllis Spira-Boyd - South African ballet dancer * Abi Stafford - American ballet dancer * Jonathan Stafford - American ballet dancer and artistic director of

New York City Ballet New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company' ...

* Taylor Stanley - American ballet dancer * Cory Stearns - American ballet dancer * Lisa Steier - Swedish ballerina * Dana Stephensen - Australian ballet dancer * Ethan Stiefel - American ballet dancer and choreographer * Beatriz Stix-Brunell - American ballet dancer * Madoka Sugai - Japanese ballet dancer * Laurretta Summerscales - British ballet dancer * Sofiane Sylve - French ballet dancer * Sofia Boutella - Algerian hip hop dancer * Shobana - Indian Bharatanatyam dancer

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* Marie Taglioni - Italian ballet dancer * Akane Takada - Japanese ballet dancer * Erina Takahashi - Japanese ballet dancer * Janie Taylor - American ballet dancer * Paul Taylor (choreographer), Paul Taylor - American choreographer * Devon Teuscher - America ballet dancer * Twyla Tharp - American dancer and choreographer * Emmanuel Thibault (born 1974) - dancer, Paris Opera Ballet * Lisa Joann Thompson (born 1969) - Warrior Girls, Warrior Girl, Laker Girls, Laker Girl, Fly Girls (dance troupe), Fly Girl, and ''Motown Live'' dancer * Helgi Tómasson (dancer), Helgi Tómasson, Icelandic ballet dancer and choreographer, artistic director of San Francisco Ballet * Mark Tompkins (dancer), Mark Tompkins (born 1954) - American-born French artist, dancer and choreographer of contemporary dance * Tamara Toumanova (1919–1997) - one of Balanchine's three "Baby Ballerinas" * Elizabeth Triegaardt - South African ballerina and current director of

Cape Town City Ballet The Cape Town City Ballet Company, formerly known as the CAPAB Ballet Company, is a dance company based in Cape Town, South Africa. History The Cape Town City Ballet originated from the UCT Ballet Company, which was established by Dulcie Howe ...

* Anna Tsygankova - Russian ballet dancer * Cassandra Trenary - American ballet dancer * Roger Tully (1928–2020) - dancer, teacher

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* Galina Ulanova (1910–1998) - Soviet prima ballerina assoluta * Eric Underwood (dancer), Eric Underwood - America British ballet dancer

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* Agrippina Vaganova - founder of Vaganova method * Ninette de Valois, Dame Ninette de Valois - founder of the

Royal Ballet The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the five major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in ...

of London * Rudi van Dantzig - Dutch choreographer * Hans van Manen - Dutch ballet dancer, choreographer and photographer * Sarah Van Patten - American ballet dancer * Jillian Vanstone - Canadian ballet dancer * Francesca Velicu - Romanian ballet dancer * Vera-Ellen - American Broadway and film dancer and actress * Gwen Verdon - Broadway dancer and actress * Ben Vereen - Tony Award-winning, Emmy Award-nominated actor, dancer and singer * Friedemann Vogel - German ballet dancer * Anastasia Volochkova - Russian prima ballerina

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* Katita Waldo - Spanish ballet dancer and ballet master * Peter Walker (dancer), Peter Walker - American ballet dancer and choreographer * Cilli Wang - Austrian-born Dutch dancer, performer and theater maker * Edward Watson (dancer), Edward Watson - British ballet dancer * Miranda Weese - American ballet dancer * Stanton Welch - Australian ballet dancer and choreographer, artistic director of Houston Ballet * Christopher Wheeldon - British choreographer * Wendy Whelan - American ballet dancer and associate artistic director of

New York City Ballet New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company' ...

* James Whiteside (dancer), James Whiteside - American ballet dancer * Joy Womack - American ballet dancer * Peter Wright (dancer), Peter Wright - British ballet dancer and choreographer * Leni Wylliams - African-American dancer/choreographer/master-teacher

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* Nadia Yanowsky - Spanish ballet dancer * Yury Yanowsky - Spanish ballet dancer * Zenaida Yanowsky - Spanish ballet dancer * Lillian Yarbo, Lillian "Billie" Yarbo - Broadway dancer and comedienneJohnson, Lillian (May 14, 1938). ''The Baltimore Afro-American''. Page 10. Retrieved January 28, 2021. * Miyako Yoshida - Japanese ballet dancer * Nellie Yu Roung Ling - Chinese dancer

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* Vanessa Zahorian - American ballet dancer * Maddie Ziegler - American dancer

By occupation in ballet

Theatre directors

* Gerald Arpino *

Jean Dauberval Jean Dauberval, a.k.a. Jean D’Auberval, (born Jean Bercher in Montpellier, 19 August 1742 – Tours, 14 February 1806), was a French dancer and ballet master. He is most noted for creating the ballet, ''La fille mal gardée'', one of the ...

* Sergei Diaghilev * Robert Joffrey * Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV * Jean-Baptiste Lully * Catherine de' Medici * Marie Rambert * Ninette de Valois * Robert de Warren

Choreographers

* Frederick Ashton, Sir Frederick Ashton *

George Balanchine George Balanchine (; Various sources: * * * * born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; ka, გიორგი მელიტონის ძე ბალანჩივაძე; January 22, 1904 (O. S. January 9) – April 30, 1983) was ...

* Pierre Beauchamp * Erik Bruhn *

John Cranko John Cyril Cranko (15 August 1927 – 26 June 1973) was a South African ballet dancer and choreographer with the Royal Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet. Life and career Early life Cranko was born in Rustenburg in the former province of Tran ...

* Peter Darrell * Michel Fokine, Mikhail Fokine * William Forsythe (dancer), William Forsythe *

Yury Grigorovich Yury Nikolayevich Grigorovich (russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Григоро́вич; born 2 January 1927 in Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian dancer and choreographer Serge Lifar Serge Lifar ( ua, Сергій Михайлович Лифар, ''Serhіy Mуkhailovуch Lуfar'') ( 15 December 1986) was a Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer, famous as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. No ...

* Kenneth MacMillan * Léonide Massine *

Sabrina Matthews Sabrina Matthews (born 1977) is a Canadian ballet choreographer. She has created pieces for some of the most prestigious ballet companies in the world, including multiple pieces for the renowned Stuttgart Ballet. This in-demand choreographer ha ...

* Bronislava Nijinska *

Vaslav Nijinsky Vaslav (or Vatslav) Nijinsky (; rus, Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky, p=ˈvatsləf fɐˈmʲitɕ nʲɪˈʐɨnskʲɪj; pl, Wacław Niżyński, ; 12 March 1889/18908 April 1950) was a ballet dancer and choreog ...

* Jean-Georges Noverre *

Rudolf Nureyev Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev ( ; Tatar/ Bashkir: Рудольф Хәмит улы Нуриев; rus, Рудо́льф Хаме́тович Нуре́ев, p=rʊˈdolʲf xɐˈmʲetəvʲɪtɕ nʊˈrʲejɪf; 17 March 19386 January 1993) was a Soviet ...

* Jules Perrot * Marius Petipa * Roland Petit * Jerome Robbins * Filippo Taglioni * Antony Tudor * Robert de Warren

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Carlos Acosta Carlos Yunior Acosta Quesada (born 2 June 1973) is a Cuban-British ballet director and retired dancer who is director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. He danced with many companies including the English National Ballet, National Ballet of ...

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Alicia Alonso Alicia Alonso (born Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez del Hoyo; 21 December 1920 – 17 October 2019) was a Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer whose company became the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955. She is best ...

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Ann-Margret Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish–American actress, singer, and dancer. As an actress and singer, she is credited as Ann-Margret. She is known for her roles in ''Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961), ''State Fair'' (1962), ''B ...

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Mikhail Baryshnikov Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Барышников, p=mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf; lv, Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 28, 1948) is a Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Latvian-born R ...

* Jérémie Bélingard * Maxim Beloserkovsky *

Ashley Bouder Ashley Bouder (; born December 10, 1983) is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet. She also founded and currently runs her own project, The Ashley Bouder Project. Early life Ashley Bouder was ...

* Erik Bruhn * Fernando Bujones *

Darcey Bussell Dame Darcey Andrea Bussell, (born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle; 27 April 1969) is an English retired ballerina and a former judge on the BBC television dance contest ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Trained at the Arts Educational Sc ...

* Jennifer Butler *

Leslie Caron Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (; born 1 July 1931) is a French-American actress and dancer. She is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. She is one ...

* Jose Manuel Carreno * Fanny Cerito *

Vakhtang Chabukiani Vakhtang Mikheilis dze Chabukiani (Russian: Вахта́нг Миха́йлович Чабукиа́ни, ka, ვახტანგ ჭაბუკიანი) (March 12, 1910 – April 6, 1992) was a Soviet and Georgian ballet dancer, choreogra ...

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Cyd Charisse Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea; March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008) was an American actress and dancer. After recovering from polio as a child and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually featured her abilit ...

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Alina Cojocaru Alina Cojocaru (born 27 May 1981) is a Romanian ballet dancer. She was previously a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet and a lead principal with the English National Ballet. Early years Alina Cojocaru was born and raised in Bucharest, Roman ...

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Angel Corella In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as wikt:benevolent, benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Oth ...

* Anton Dolin * Aurelie Dupont *

Irina Dvorovenko Irina Vladimirovna Dvorovenko ( uk, Ірина Володимирівна Дворовенко; russian: Ирина Владимировна Дворовенко; born 28 August 1973) is a Ukrainian-American retired ballet dancer and actress. She ...

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Fanny Elssler Fanny Elssler (born Franziska Elßler; 23 June 181027 November 1884) was an Austrian ballerina of the Romantic Period. Life and career She was born in Gumpendorf, a neighborhood of Vienna. Her father Johann Florian Elssler was a second ge ...

* Megan Fairchild *

Suzanne Farrell Suzanne Farrell (born August 16, 1945) is an American ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Farrell began her ballet training at the age of eight. In 1960, she received a scholarship t ...

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Alessandra Ferri Alessandra Ferri OMRI (born 6 May 1963) is an Italian prima ballerina. She danced with the Royal Ballet (1980–1984), American Ballet Theatre (1985–2007) and La Scala Theatre Ballet (1992–2007) and as an international guest artist, before t ...

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Margot Fonteyn Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias DBE (''née'' Hookham; 18 May 191921 February 1991), known by the stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet (formerly the Sadler's Wells T ...

* Yekaterina Geltzer * Adeline Genée *

Pavel Gerdt Pavel Andreyevich Gerdt (russian: Па́вел Андре́евич Ге́рдт), also known as Paul Gerdt (near Saint Petersburg, Russia, 22 November 1844 – Vamaloki, Finland, 12 August 1917), was the ''Premier Danseur Noble'' of the Imperial ...

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Ailes Gilmour Ailes Gilmour (January 27, 1912 – April 16, 1993) was a Japanese American dancer who was one of the young pioneers of the American Modern Dance movement of the 1930s. She was one of the first members of Martha Graham's dance company. Gilmour' ...

* Jeffrey Golladay * Marcelo Gomes (dancer), Marcelo Gomes * Lucile Grahn * Carlotta Grisi * Fabio Grossi *

Sylvie Guillem Sylvie Guillem (; born 23 February 1965) is a French ballet dancer. Guillem was the top-ranking female dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet from 1984 to 1989, before becoming a principal guest artist with the Royal Ballet in London. She has ...

* Rex Harrington *

Evelyn Hart Evelyn Anne Hart (born April 4, 1956) is a Canadian ballerina and former principal dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Life and career Born in Toronto, Ontario, Hart studied dance at the Dorothy Carter School of Dance in London, Ontario, Can ...

* Melissa Hayden (dancer), Melissa Hayden *

Paloma Herrera Paloma Herrera (born 21 December 1975) is a prominent Argentine ballet dancer, choreographer, and artistic director who was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, where she worked for twenty-four years. She was the director of Colo ...

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Laurent Hilaire Laurent Hilaire (born 8 November 1962) is a French ballet dancer. Regarded as one of the greatest dancers to emerge from ballet over the past few decades, he was an '' étoile'' of the Paris Opera Ballet for 22 years. From 2011, he was the assoc ...

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Rowena Jackson Rowena Othlie Jackson (also known as Chatfield; born 24 March 1926) is a New Zealand former prima ballerina. Early life Jackson was born in Invercargill on 24 March 1926 to William Ernest Jackson and Lilian Jane, née Solomon. As a young chil ...

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Karen Kain Karen Alexandria Kain (born March 28, 1951) is a Canadian former ballet dancer, and was the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 2005 - 2021. Early training and childhood Kain's mother enrolled her daughter in ballet training ...

* Allegra Kent * Julie Kent * Darci Kistler * Johan Kobborg * Maria Kochetkova *

Maria Kowroski Maria Kowroski is an American ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet. Early life Kowroski was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She started ballet at the age of five. In 1992, she entered the School of American Ballet ...

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Mathilde Kschessinska Mathilde-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinska ( pl, Matylda Maria Krzesińska, russian: Матильда Феликсовна Кшесинская; 6 December 1971; also known as Princess Romanovskaya-Krasinskaya after her marriage) was a Polish ...

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Pierina Legnani Pierina Legnani (September 30, 1863 – November 15, 1930) was an Italian ballerina considered one of the greatest ballerinas of all time. Biography Legnani was born on September 30, 1863, in Milan and originally studied with famous ballet dan ...

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Manuel Legris Manuel Legris is a French ballet dancer, born in Paris on October 10, 1964. He was an '' étoile'' (star dancer) of the Paris Opera Ballet for 23 years. On September 1, 2010, he began direction of the Vienna State Ballet. He was appointed artist ...

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Lawrence Leritz Lawrence Leritz (born September 26, 1962) is an American actor, dancer, singer, producer, director, fitness expert and choreographer. Life and career Born in Alton, Illinois, Leritz made his stage debut in the children's chorus of the world st ...

* Agnes Letestu * Emma Livry * Uliana Lopatkina * Joaquín De Luz * Vladimir Malakhov (dancer), Vladimir Malakhov * Alicia Markova * José Martínez * Patricia McBride *

Gillian Murphy Gillian Murphy ( ; born April 11, 1979) is an American ballet dancer who is a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. Early life and education Raised in Florence, South Carolina, Murphy was a member of Columbia City Ballet before at ...

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Nadia Nerina Nadia is a female name. Variations include Nadja, Nadya, Nadine, Nadiya, and Nadiia. Most variations of the name are derived from Arabic, Slavic languages, or both. In Slavic, names similar to ''Nadia'' mean "hope" in many Slavic languages: Uk ...

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Kyra Nichols Kyra Nichols (born July 2, 1958) is an American retired ballet dancer and teacher. She joined the New York City Ballet in 1974 and was promoted to principal dancer in 1979. She is one of the last dancers to have worked with George Balanchine, a ...

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Vaslav Nijinsky Vaslav (or Vatslav) Nijinsky (; rus, Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky, p=ˈvatsləf fɐˈmʲitɕ nʲɪˈʐɨnskʲɪj; pl, Wacław Niżyński, ; 12 March 1889/18908 April 1950) was a ballet dancer and choreog ...

* Marianela Nunez *

Rudolf Nureyev Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev ( ; Tatar/ Bashkir: Рудольф Хәмит улы Нуриев; rus, Рудо́льф Хаме́тович Нуре́ев, p=rʊˈdolʲf xɐˈmʲetəvʲɪtɕ nʊˈrʲejɪf; 17 March 19386 January 1993) was a Soviet ...

* Anna Pavlova * Élisabeth Platel * Maya Plisetskaya * Olga Preobrajenska * Juliet Prowse * Laetitia Pujol * Rolando Sarabia * Moira Shearer * Yuri Soloviev (dancer), Yuri Soloviev * Phyllis Spira * Ethan Stiefel * Sofiane Sylve * Marie Taglioni * Maria Tallchief * Ludmilla Tchérina * Emmanuel Thibault * Galina Ulanova * Auguste Vestris * Gaetan Vestris * Diana Vishneva * Wendy Whelan * Miyako Yoshida * Svetlana Zakharova (dancer), Svetlana Zakharova

Teachers

* Thoinot Arbeau * Cyril Atanassoff *

George Balanchine George Balanchine (; Various sources: * * * * born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; ka, გიორგი მელიტონის ძე ბალანჩივაძე; January 22, 1904 (O. S. January 9) – April 30, 1983) was ...

* Claude Bessy (dancer), Claude Bessy * Pierre Beauchamp * Carlo Blasis *

August Bournonville August Bournonville (21 August 1805 – 30 November 1879) was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. He was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the nep ...

* Enrico Cecchetti * Raoul-Auger Feuillet * Elisabeth Gerdt * Rosella Hightower * Stanley Holden * Victor Kanevsky (dancer), Victor Kanevsky *

Gelsey Kirkland Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29, 1952) is an American ballerina. She received early ballet training at the School of American Ballet. Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age 15, at the invitation of George Balanchine. She was ...

* Attilio Labis * Nicolai Legat * Sulamith Messerer * Peter Naumann * Anna Pavlova * Jules Perrot * Domenico da Piacenza * Olga Preobrajenska * Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky * Pierre Rameau * Jerome Robbins * Víctor Ullate * Agrippina Vaganova * Auguste Vestris * Vera Volkova * Stanley Williams (ballet), Stanley Williams

Designers and scenographers

* Léon Bakst * Alexandre Benois * Christian Bérard * Georges Braque * Marc Chagall * John Craxton * Salvador Dalí * André Derain * Barbara Karinska * Barry Kay * Pablo Picasso * Pavel Tchelitchev * Maurice Utrillo

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