Famous French Ballet Dancers: 110 Biographies
Biographies of notable french ballet dancers, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
Henriette Darricarrère
French dancer and actress, Henri Matisse's female model (1901–1991)
Marius Petipa
French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (1818–1910)
Jean-Georges Noverre
French dancer (1727-1810)
Pauline Leroux
French ballet dancer
Genia Melikova
French ballet dancer
Françoise Prévost
French ballet dancer (1680-1741)
August Bournonville
Danish ballet master and choreographer (1805–1879)
Auguste Vestris
French dancer (1760-1842)
Vera Trefilova
Russian dancer (1875–1943)
Mademoiselle Ambroisine
French actress and ballet dancer (1811-1882)
Widowmaker
fictional character in the 2016 video game Overwatch
Émilie Bigottini
ballet dancer, Opéra de Paris (1801-1823)
Antonine Meunier
French choreographer (1877-1972)
Aurélie Dupont
French ballerina
De Lafontaine
French ballet dancer
Babette Cochois
French writer and ballerina
Monique Sand
ballet dancer 1944—
Josephine Sainte-Claire
French ballet dancer
Josette Amiel
French ballet dancer and dance teacher
Lucien Petipa
French ballet dancer (1815–1898)
Benjamin Millepied
French dancer and choreographer
Claire Motte
French ballet dancer, dance teacher and choreographer
Emmanuel Thibault
French ballet dancer
Janine Charrat
French ballet dancer, actress and choreographer (1924–2017)
Hippolyte Monplaisir
French dancer (1821–1877)
Nora Kiss
French ballet dancer and dance teacher (1908-1993)
Louis Mérante
ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (Paris Opera)
Lise Noblet
ballet dancer (1801–1852)
Violette Verdy
ballerina and ballet teacher (1933-2016)
Jacqueline Moreau
French ballet dancer and ballet teacher
Michel François Hoguet
French Ballet dancer and choreographer (1793-1871)
Laurent Hilaire
French ballet dancer
Colette Marchand
French dancer and actress (1925-2015)
Claude Balon
French dancer
Solange Schwarz
ballet dancer 1910–2000
Marie-Madeleine Guimard
French ballerina (1743-1816)
Miss Kittin
French electronic musician (born 1973)
Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo
French dancer
Mathilde Kschessinska
Russian ballet dancer and princess
Sylvie Guillem
French dancer and choreographer
Boris Knyazev
choreographer
Maria Kuznetsova
singer and dancer (1880–1966)
Pierre Beauchamp
French ballet choreographer, dancer and composer
Ivan Clustine
ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (1862–1941)
Irène Skorik
French ballet dancer, composer and actress
Tamara Tchinarova
French and Australian ballet dancer (1919–2017)
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer (1905–1986)
Eugénie Fiocre
French ballet dancer (1845–1908)
Louise Fitzjames
19th-century French ballerina
Polly Cuninghame
Dutch ballerina
Marie-Thérèse de Subligny
French ballerina
Cléo de Mérode
French dancer (1875-1966)
Jacqueline Rayet
French choreographer
Isabelle Guérin
Paris Opera Ballet dancer
Pierre Gardel
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1758-1840)
Zizi Jeanmaire
French ballet dancer and singer
Kader Belarbi
French ballet dancer
Joseph Mazilier
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1801–1868)
Monique Loudières
French ballet dancer, teacher
Nina Alexandrovna Tikhonova
russian-French ballet dancer and dance teacher (1910–1995)
Irina Grjebine
Russian ballet dancer
Jean-Marie Leclair
French Baroque violinist and composer
Luba Marks
French fashion designer
Jules Perrot
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1810–1892)
Jean Babilée
French ballet dancer (1923–2014)
Jérémie Bélingard
French choreographer
Julie Alix de la Fay
Belgian ballet dancer
Olha Khokhlova
Ukrainian model and dancer (1891-1955)
Yvette Chauviré
French ballet dancer (1917–2016)
Ida Rubinstein
Russian actress and dancer
Sofiane Sylve
French ballet dancer
Françoise Adret
French ballet dancer (1920-2018)
Ghislaine Thesmar
French ballet dancer (born 1943)
Emma Livry
French ballet dancer (1841-1863)
Manuel Legris
French ballet dancer
Marquise-Thérèse de Gorla
French stage actress and ballerina
Alice Renavand
French ballet dancer
David Lichine
ballet dancer and choreographer (1910-1972)
Isabelle Ciaravola
French ballet dancer
Jean Dauberval
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Mademoiselle Parisot
French singer and ballet dancer
Marie van Goethem
French ballet dancer
Katherine Kath
French prima ballerina at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris
Adèle Dumilâtre
French choreographer
Dominique Mercy
French dancer
Beaupré
French dancer and mime (c.1758-1842)
Louis-Guillaume Pécour
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Louise Dimanche
French actress
Marie Miller
French ballet dancer (1770-1833)
Stacia Napierkowska
French actor and dancer (1891–1945)
Justine Favart
French opera singer
Olga Preobrajenska
Prima ballerina and ballet teacher (1871–1962)
Eugénie Renique
French ballet dancer
Jean Coralli
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1779-1854)
Lycette Darsonval
French dancer (1912–1996)
Guillaume Diop
French dancer
Jean-Baptiste Malter
French ballet dancer
Natalia Trukhanova
French ballet dancer of Ukrainian origin (1885–1956)
Myriam Ould-Braham
ballet dancer
Mathilde Froustey
French choreographer
Arthur Saint-Léon
French ballet dancer (1821–1870)
Fanny Bias
ballet dancer (Paris Opera)
Marie-Agnès Gillot
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Suzette Defoye
French actor and dancer
Marie Sallé
French ballet dancer
Marie Sanlaville
leading dancer with the Paris Opéra (1847-1930)
Roland Petit
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1924–2011)
Victoire Saulnier
French ballet dancer
Pierre Lacotte
French choreographer (1932-2023)
Clairemarie Osta
French ballet dancer