Famous Dancers — Page 8: Lives & Works
Biographies of notable dancers, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
V. Satyanarayana Sarma
Indian classical dancer and choreographer
Maud Allan
choreographer (1873-1956)
Barbara Jaruzelska
Polish university teacher (1931-2017)
Teairra Marí
American singer, rapper, songwriter actress
Doc Brown
ragtime dancer, famous for "Doc Brown's Cakewalk"
Kimberly McCullough
American actress, television director and dancer
Janine Charrat
French ballet dancer, actress and choreographer (1924–2017)
Tanya Chisholm
American actress
Vhong Navarro
Filipino actor, comedian and singer
Michelle Clunie
American actress
Alexey Vorobyov
Russian singer and actor
Sara Leland
American ballet dancer (1941-2020)
Jim Florentine
American comedian and actor
Phulwa Khamkar
Indian dancer and choreographer
Ernő Verebes
American actor (1902–1971)
Lidija Sotlar
Slovene ballet dancer
Teriya Magar
Nepalese dancer
Klara Semb
Norwegian folklorist, choreographer and folk dance educator (1884-1970)
Eleo Pomare
American choreographer
Betty Felsen
ballerina, vaudeville star, teacher
David Earle
Canadian choreographer, dancer and artistic director; co-founder and co-artistic director of Toronto Dance Theatre
Ruby Rose Turner
American actress and singer (born 2005)
Ryohei Chiba
Japanese musician
Pearl Bailey
American actress and singer (1918–1990)
Judson Laipply
American Internet personality
Hippolyte Monplaisir
French dancer (1821–1877)
Peggy Shannon
American actress (1907–1941)
Harmonize
Tanzanian artist and music entrepreneur
Hanna Rún Óladóttir
Icelandic dancer
Kyra Nichols
American ballet dancer
Elena Gibson
English dancer (born 1976)
Riker Lynch
American singer and actor
Vinii Revlon
French dancer, choreographer, and producer specializing in voguing
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Ukrainian-American Latin Ballroom dance champion, choreographer, and instructor
Masahiro Sunada
Japanese dancer, actor and radio personality
Raissa Calza
Ukrainian dancer and archaeologist (1894–1979)
Ayşe Nana
Turkish actor and dancer of Armenian ancestry (1936–2014)
Mary Anne Yates
English actress
Khalil
American singer
Sonia Petrovna
French actress
Vaslav Nijinsky
Polish-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
Monica Proenca
dance choreographer
Sophie Nélisse
Canadian actress
Richard Wherlock
British dancer and choreographer (born 1958)
Adina Bar-On
Israeli artist
William Forsythe
American actor
Kim Him-chan
South Korean singer, rapper and dancer
Christina Crawford
American dancer and professional wrestler
Ann Miller
American actress and dancer (1923–2004)
Robert Dotson
American flatfoot dancer
Barbara Dilley
American dancer and choreographer (born 1938)
James Morrow
American hip hop and contemporary dancer and choreographer
Nora Kiss
French ballet dancer and dance teacher (1908-1993)
Shannyn Sossamon
American actress and musician
Bernie Barker
American dancer
Louis Mérante
ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (Paris Opera)
Justin Peck
American choreographer
Angelika Bengtsson
Swedish politician
Inês Brasil
Brazilian singer and dancer
Lise Noblet
ballet dancer (1801–1852)
Violette Verdy
ballerina and ballet teacher (1933-2016)
Toby Lerner Ansin
founder Miami City Ballet
La Bala
Mexican YouTuber, singer and actress
Ülle Toming
Estonian dancer, actress, singer and dance pedagogue (1955-2025)
Mousbah Baalbaki
Lebanese dancer
Priscilla
Brazilian musician
Shanthi
Indian choreographer and actress
Habiba Msika
Tunisian singer, dancer and actress
LaVaughn Robinson
American dancer
Sean Young
American actress
Charles Castle
British dancer (1939-2013)
Jean-Baptiste Hus
French dancer and ballet master
Brian D. Tripp
Karuk artist, singer, and dancer (1945-2022)
Charles Weidman
American choreographer (1901–1975)
Jim Varney
American actor and comedian (1949–2000)
Dante Santiago
American executive producer, A&R, Consultant, singer and dancer
Edita Daniūtė
Lithuanian dancer
Jao Canlas
Filipino singer, dancer, and model (born 2002)
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Panamanian actress
Kazuo Ohno
Japanese dancer and choreographer (1906-2010)
G. Venu
Indian dancer and research scholar (born 1946)
Rhodessa Jones
American actress, teacher, director, writer, and founder of the Medea Project
Shivani Jha
Bruce Hopkins
New Zealand actor
Ann Hutchinson Guest
American dance notator (1918–2022)
Sharna Burgess
Australian dancer
Valentin Chmerkovskiy
Ukrainian-American dancer
Marie-Jeanne
American ballet dancer (1920-2007)
Na Ha-eun
South Korean singer and dancer
Trevor Jackson
American actor and singer
Gillian Lynne
British ballet dancer, actress, choreographer and director (1926-2018)
Sheila Vaz
Indian actress and dancer (1934–2022)
Maritza Garrido-Lecca
Peruvian terrorist
Vakhtang Chabukiani
Georgian ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (1910–1992)
Marty Baller
American rapper from New York
Bonnie Bird
American dancer (1914-1995)
June Carter Cash
American singer (1929–2003)
Methil Devika
Indian dancer
Teemu Keisteri
Finnish visual artist and DJ
Kherington Payne
American dance musician and actress
Michael Bennett
American choreographer (1943-1987)
Neal Kenyon
American choreographer and theatre director
Kristián Mensa
Czech actor, dancer and illustrator
Redfoo
American singer and rapper (born 1975)
Strings
American rapper and songwriter
Dai Ailian
ballerina (1916-2006)
Ninette de Valois
British dancer, teacher, choreographer and director of classical ballet
Lisa Yamada
American actress
Hisa Ōta
Japanese actress (1868-1945)
Gerd Kjølaas
Norwegian choreographer and dancer
Jenna Johnson
American professional dancer
Bobby Lee
American stand-up comedian
Jake Shears
American singer (born 1978)
Jacqueline Moreau
French ballet dancer and ballet teacher
Louise Madison
American tap dancer
Patricia Delgado
American ballet dancer
Edith Kanakaʻole
dancer 1913-1979
Michel François Hoguet
French Ballet dancer and choreographer (1793-1871)
Geneviève Guérard
Canadian dancer and television presenter
luciana achugar
Uruguayan-American choreographer