Famous Ballet Dancers — Page 8: Lives & Works
Biographies of notable ballet dancers, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
Maude Lloyd
South African ballerina (1908-2004)
Ida Rubinstein
Russian actress and dancer
Jurgita Dronina
Russian-Lithuanian ballet dancer
David Poole
South African ballet dancer
Teresa Mann
Panamanian ballerina (b. 1934, d. 2017)
Janet Karin
Australian dancer
Toer van Schayk
Dutch artist (born 1936)
Thelma Hill
African-American dancer, dance educator (1924-1977)
Charlotte Slottsberg
Swedish dancer (1760-1800)
Viviana Durante
Italian dancer
Edward Villella
American ballet dancer (born 1936)
Natalia Makarova
Soviet and American ballet dancer
Carl Dahlén
Swedish ballet dancer and choreographer
Michio Itō
Japanese dancer and choreographer (1892 or 1893-1961)
Evgenia Kolosova
Russian ballet dancer (1780-1869)
Malika Sobirova
Soviet ballet dancer (1942-1982)
Beverly Jane Fry
Australian ballet dancer
Sofiane Sylve
French ballet dancer
Jorge Donn
Argentine ballet dancer (1947–1992)
Tringa Hysa
Albanian ballet dancer
Juliet Landau
American actress
Doris Laine
Finnish ballet dancer (1931–2018)
Anine Frölich
Danish ballet dancer (1762-1784)
Françoise Adret
French ballet dancer (1920-2018)
Ghislaine Thesmar
French ballet dancer (born 1943)
Sofia Fuoco
Italian ballerina, 1830-1916
Julia Turnbull
1822-1887 , ballerina and actress
Jake Canuso
Swiss actor
Alberto Testa
Italian dancer (1922–2019)
Madeline Woo
American ballet dancer
Altynai Asylmuratova
ballet dancer, Kirov Ballet/Mariinsky, Ballet National de Marseille
Raziä Kärimevä
Soviet ballet dancer and actress (1916-2011)
Birgit Keil
German ballerina
Judy Tyrus
US classical ballet dancer
Jia Ruskaja
Russian-Italian dancer and choreographer
Robert Joffrey
Ballet choreographer (1928–1988)
Ethan Stiefel
American ballet dancer
Charlene Gehm MacDougal
American ballet dancer
Betty Low
Canadian ballet dancer and actress
Margaret Morris
British ballet dancer (1891–1980)
Marcia Haydée
Ballet dancer and choreographer
Tamilla Shiraliyeva
Azerbaijani-Soviet ballet dancer and ballet master
Faye Leung
Chinese ballet dancer
Emma Livry
French ballet dancer (1841-1863)
Serenity
pornographic actress from the United States
Jelena Tinska
Serbian actor-journalist
Sara Luzita
Spanish ballet dancer
Mirta Plá
Cuban ballet dancer, ballet mistress
Marguerite Morel
French actor and ballerina
Alberto Alonso
Cuban dancer and choreographer (1917-2007)
Galiya Izmaylova
Soviet and Uzbekistani ballet dancer and ballet master (1923-2010)
Ashley Ellis
US ballet dancer
Tamara Rojo
Spanish ballet dancer
Barbara Bourget
Canadian artistic director
Betty Hennings
Danish actress
Kirsten Bloom Allen
Ballet dancer
Dulcie Howes
South African ballet dancer (1908–1993)
Milena Sidorova
ballet dancer and choreographer
Fernando Bujones
American dancer (1955–2005)
Pavlo Virsky
Ukrainian choreographer (1905-1975)
Cleo Nordi
Russian-Finnish ballerina
Reid Anderson
Canadian ballet dancer
Ninel Petrova
Russian ballet dancer and music educator
Lucía Lacarra
Spanish ballet dancer
Georgette Sanchez
Filipino ballet dancer
Hermine Blangy
19th century ballet dancer
Carol Haney
American dancer and actress (1924–1964)
Eros Volúsia
Brazilian dancer
Bernice Coppieters
ballet dancer
Ekaterina Sankovskaya
Russian ballet dancer
Daniel Ezralow
American dancer and choreographer
Calvin Richardson
Australian ballet dancer
Aurora Bosch
Cuban dancer and teacher of ballet
Alan Bergman
ballet dancer and photographer (1943–2010)
Marjorie Tallchief
American ballerina
David Hallberg
American dancer
Nora Kaye
American ballet dancer and choreographer (1920-1987)
Patricia Lousada
American ballet dancer and cookbook author (1929–2019)
Angela Ekaette
Nigerian ballet dancer
Shesha Palihakkara
Sri Lankan actor and dancer (1928-2009)
Julia Goldani Telles
American actress and ballet dancer
Eric Gauthier
Canadian dancer and musician
Vladimir Malakhov
Ukrainian ballet dancer
Kimberly Glasco
Canadian ballet dancer
Manuel Legris
French ballet dancer
Daniel Camargo
Brazilian dancer
Peter Walker
American ballet dancer and choreographer
Tatiana Stepanova
Russian choreographer
Giulia Stabile
Italian dancer and television presenter
C.J. Perry Barnyashev
American professional wrestling manager and actress
Maurice Béjart
French-born Swiss ballet dancer and choreographer (1927–2007)
Polina Semionova
Russian ballerina
Tiler Peck
American ballet dancer and choreographer
Tatiana Barbakov
dancer (1899-1944)
Peter Frame
American ballet dancer
Patricia McBride
American ballet dancer
Jorma Uotinen
Finnish dancer and choreographer
Swayam Bhatia
American actress
Mette Hønningen
Danish ballet dancer
Elena Andreianova
Russian dancer (1819-1857)
Mary Meerson
Russian art model and archivist (1900-1993)
Roberto Bolle
Italian danseur (1975)
Judith Chazin-Bennahum
American historian (born 1937)
Ana Laguna
spanish-Swedish ballet dancer
Douglas Lee
British choreographer
Noemí Lapzeson
Argentinian dancer and choreographer (1940-2018)
Karla Álvarez
Mexican actress (1972-2013)
Jennifer Olayvar
Filipino ballet dancer
Ruth Pryor
American ballet dancer
Elena Gutiérrez
Costa Rican-Chilean ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1944)
Richard Cragun
Ballet dancer and choreographer
Yvonne Georgi
German ballet dancer (1903–1975)
Marc Platt
American ballet dancer, musical theatre performer, and actor (1913-2014)
Mads Blangstrup
ballet dancer
Kristina Anapau
American actress
Marina Medvetskaya
Georgian prima ballerina
Muriel Bentley
ballet dancer (1917-1999)
Mira Redina
Russian ballet dancer
Marquise-Thérèse de Gorla
French stage actress and ballerina
Rodney Yee
American yoga instructor