List of female dancers

The following is a list of female dancers by nationality – notable women who are well known for their work in the field of dance.

Africa

[|Algeria]

Mariquita, early choreographer, director and teacher in Paris, Folies Bergère, Opéra Comique

Egypt

Naima Akef, belly dancer, film actress
Zouba El-Klobatiyya, belly dancer, film actress
Nagwa Fouad, belly dancer
Nadia Gamal, belly dancer, toured widely including North America
Samia Gamal, belly dancer, film actress
Taheyya Kariokka, belly dancer, film actress
Kuchuk Hanem, erotic dancer
Nelly Mazloum, belly dancer, show dancer, folklorist, own dance company
Hanan Tork, ballerina, Cairo Ballet Group, later film actress
Mona El Said, Belly dancer, actress, Internationally acclaimed and dance teacher.

South Africa

Kamo Mphela, dancer known for dancing Amapiano
Nadia Nerina, prima ballerina who made her glittering career with The Royal Ballet in London
Juliet Prowse, Indian-born, stage dancer, starred in Can-Can
Robyn Hendricks, ballet dancer, principal dancer, The Australian Ballet
Phyllis Spira, prima ballerina, teacher, performed with Cape Town's CAPAB

Asia

Armenia

Armen Ohanian, Oriental dancer

Bangladesh

Benazir Salam, Indian classical dancer, modern dancer, Odissi teacher

China

Dai Ailian, modern dancer, choreographer, teacher, first principal of Beijing Dance Academy
Jin Xing, ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer, actress
Faye Leung, former principal dancer, Hong Kong Ballet
Yuanyuan Tan, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
Xue Jinghua, prima ballerina, National Ballet of China
Nellie Yu Roung Ling, dancer and choreographer, considered the first modern dancer of China.
Zhu Yan, prima ballerina with the National Ballet of China since 1995

[|Georgia]

Maia Makhateli, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Dutch National Ballet
Lila Zali, ballet dancer, film actress, American Ballet Theatre, Ballets Russes

India

Olive Katherine Craddock, Anglo-Indian dancer who danced under the name of Roshanara
Rukmini Devi Arundale, Bharata Natyam classical dancer, choreographer
Methil Devika, dancer, choreographer, teacher
Madhuri Dixit, film actress, dance sequences in Bollywood films
Usha Jey, French-Tamilian dancer
Geeta Kapoor, Bollywood choreographer
Saroj Khan, Bollywood choreographer
Hema Malini, Bharata Natyam dancer, choreographer, actress
Vaibhavi Merchant, Bollywood dancer, choreographer
Sujata Mohapatra, Indian classical dancer, Odissi teacher
Baisali Mohanty, Indian classical dancer and choreographer of Odissi
Rekha Raju, Mohiniyattam exponent
Anita Ratnam, Indian classical dancer, modern dancer, choreographer
Mallika Sarabhai, classical Indian dancer, choreographer
Savitha Sastry, Indian dancer, choreographer, specializing in Bharata Natyam
Zohra Sehgal, film actress, modern dancer, choreographer
Vyjayanthimala, classical Indian dancer, choreographer, actress

Indonesia

Gusmiati Suid, dancer and choreographer

Iran

Farzaneh Kaboli, Iranian folk dancer, ballet dancer, choreographer

Israel

Rina Schenfeld, prima ballerina, choreographer, Batsheva Dance Company

Japan

Motofuji Akiko, ballerina, modern dancer
Tae-ji Choi, ballerina, director, teacher, Korea National Ballet
Shizuka Gozen, court dancer
Utako Hanazono, modern dancer, geisha
Yuriko Kajiya, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Houston Ballet
Maki Kawamura, ballerina, New National Theatre Tokyo
Hikaru Kobayashi, ballet dancer, former first soloist, The Royal Ballet
Ako Kondo, ballet dancer, The Australian Ballet
Misa Kuranaga, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet, formerly Boston Ballet
Tamiyo Kusakari, ballerina, film actress, Maki Asami Ballet Company
Noriko Ohara, ballerina, Scottish Ballet
Masako Ono, Odissi dancer since 1996
Shino Mori, ballerina, National Ballet of Canada
Yoko Morishita, prima ballerina, director, Matsuyama Ballet Company
Ayako Nakano, ballerina, soloist Theater Basel
Madoka Sugai, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Hamburg Ballet
Akane Takada, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
Erina Takahashi, ballet dancer, lead principal, English National Ballet
Yumiko Takeshima, designer and former ballet dancer
Miyako Yoshida, former ballet dancer, The Royal Ballet and K-ballet
Yuriko Kimura, modern dancer, lead principal with Martha Graham Dance Company

[|Kazakhstan]

Nadezhda Gracheva, prima ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet

Lebanon

Layal Abboud, concert dancer

Nepal

Bandana Nepal, record-breaking marathon dancer

Pakistan

Suhaee Abro, dancer since 2001, Indian classical dancer, modern dancer, choreographer
Nargis, film actress, stage dancer

South Korea

Yuhui Choe, ballet dancer, first soloist, The Royal Ballet
Ji-Young Kim, prima ballerina, Korean National Ballet
Kang Sue-jin, ballerina, Stuttgart Ballet
Kim Joo-won, prima ballerina, Korean National Ballet
EunWon Lee, prima ballerina, Korean National Ballet
Young Soon Hue, ballerina, choreographer, Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Sae Eun Park, ballet dancer, étoile, Paris Opera Ballet
Hee Seo, ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Ahn Yoo-jin, belly dancer

Turkey

Sema Yildiz, belly dancer, Romani Dancer, actress and dance teacher.
Özel Türkbaş, belly dancer, actress, dance teacher, singer, model.
Nesrin Topkapı, belly dancer, dance teacher and singer.
Nejla Ateş, belly dancer and actress.

Taiwan

PeiJu Chien-Pott, dancer, Martha Graham Dance Company
Fang-Yi Sheu, dancer, Martha Graham Dance Company

Australia

Lucette Aldous, ballerina, teacher with the Australian Ballet
Leanne Benjamin, former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
Madeleine Eastoe, former ballet dancer, principal artist, Australian Ballet
Roma Egan, senior soloist, Australian Ballet
Jean Garling, ballet dancer
Amy Harris, ballet dancer, principal artist, Australian Ballet
Ella Havelka, ballet dancer, first indigenous dancer at Australian Ballet
Margaret Illmann, ballerina, National Ballet of Canada
Lana Jones, former ballet dancer, Australian Ballet
Marilyn Jones, ballerina, director, Australian Ballet
Dena Kaplan, dancer, actress, film roles
Stephanie Kurlow, ballet dancer
Kirsty Martin, principal dancer, Australian Ballet
Laurel Martyn, ballerina, Australian Ballet, Vic-Wells Ballet
Danielle Rowe, ballet dancer and choreographer
Amber Scott, ballet dancer, principal dancer, The Australian Ballet
Margaret Scott, ballerina, Ballet Rambert, Australian Ballet, director of the Australian Ballet School
Dana Stephensen, ballerina, Australian Ballet
Sharni Spencer, Australian ballet dancer, graduate of New Zealand School of Dance
Meryl Tankard, ballet dancer, choreographer, director Australian Dance Theatre
Tamara Tchinarova, ballet dancer Ballets Russes, Borovansky Ballet
Stephanie Williams, ballet dancer, American Ballet Theatre

New Zealand

Claire Ahuriri-Dunning
Rona Bailey – drama and dance practitioner, educationalist and activist
Jan Bolwell
Yvonne Cartier – ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher of mime and movement, based in Paris
Lisa Densem
Lusi Faiva – known for physically integrated dance
Sarah-Jayne Howard – dancer and choreographer
Bianca Hyslop – dancer and choreographer
Rowena Jackson – prima ballerina, Sadler's Wells Ballet, Royal Ballet
Malia Johnston – choreographer
Susan Jordan – dancer and choreographer
June Kerr – dancer
Cathy Livermore – dancer
Tupe Lualua – choreographer and director of Le Moana and the Measina Festival
Lucy Marinkovich – dancer, choreographer
Sara Neil (dancer)
Hannah O'Neill – ballet dancer, premier danseur, Paris Opera Ballet
Patricia Rianne – ballet dancer and choreographer
Turid Revfeim
Anne Rowse – dancer
Cat Ruka – dancer and choreographer
Amanaki Prescott-Faletau – actor, writer, dancer, choreographer, producer and director
Louise Potiki Bryant – choreographer, dancer, video artist
Gaylene Sciascia
Deirdre Tarrant – dancer, choreographer

Europe

Austria

Kathrin Beck, ice dancer, actress
Gertrud Bodenwieser, dancer, choreographer, teacher, pioneer of expressive dance
Trudl Dubsky, innovative dancer, choreographer, teacher
Poldi Dur, dancer, actress
Fanny Elssler, ballerina, Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique, toured widely
Therese Elssler, ballerina, sister of Fanny Elssler
Angelika Führing, ice dancer
Susi Handschmann, ice dancer
Lilian Harmel, dancer, choreographer, teacher
Barbara Herzog, ice dancer
Saskia Hölbling, modern dancer, choreographer
Hilde Holger, expressionist dancer, choreographer, teacher
Katti Lanner, ballet dancer, choreographer, Viennese Ballet Company, Drury Lane
Maria Ley-Piscator, dancer, choreographer
Tilly Losch, ballet dancer, show dancer, choreographer, trained at the Vienna Opera, later turned to musicals including The Band Wagon
Natascha Mair, ballet dancer, first soloist, Vienna State Ballet
Daria-Larissa Maritczak, ice dancer
Kathrin Menzinger, competitive ballroom dancer
Albertina Rasch, ballerina, show dancer, choreographer, remembered for her extensive work in American musicals
Brigitte Scheijbal, ice dancer
Babsie Steger, dancer, actress, television presenter
Eva Marie Veigel, early dancer in London
Cilli Wang, Austrian-born Dutch dancer, cabaret artist
Grete Wiesenthal, ballet dancer, worked with Max Reinhardt

Belgium

Akarova, ballet dancer, choreographer, performed in various venues in Brussels
Jeanne Brabants, dancer, choreographer, teacher
Veerle Casteleyn, ballerina, show dancer, performing in Belgian musicals
Lydia Chagoll, dancer, choreographer, screenwriter, actress
Bernice Coppieters, ballet dancer, étoile and principal ballet master of the Ballets de Monte-Carlo
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, contemporary dancer, choreographer
Julie Alix de la Fay, ballet dancer, teacher, helped develop the Royal Swedish Ballet
Joanna Leunis, Latin ballroom dancer
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, choreographer
Andrée Marlière, ballet dancer, teacher, danced mainly in Belgian and German companies including the Flemish Opera
Adeline Plunkett, star of the Paris Opera Ballet
Ira Vannut, ice dancer

Bulgaria

Albena Denkova, ice dancer
Maria Filippov, ice dancer
Petya Gavazova, ice dancer
Mila Iskrenova, modern dancer, choreographer

Croatia

Nikolina Nikoleski, dancer and choreographer of Bharatanatyam

Czech Republic

Jana Andrsová, ballet dancer, actress
Jitka Babická, ice dancer
Radmila Chroboková, ice dancer
Anka Čekanová, dancer, choreographer
Kamila Hájková, ice dancer
Jindra Holá, ice dancer
Dana Holanová, ice dancer
Gabriela Hrázská, ice dancer
Diana Janošťáková, ice dancer
Jarmila Jeřábková, modern dancer, choreographer, taught Isadora Duncan's method
Daria Klimentová, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, National Theatre Ballet, English National Ballet, teacher, Royal Ballet School
Kateřina Kovalová, ice dancer
Jarmila Kröschlová, modern dancer, choreographer, teacher
Gabriela Kubová, ice dancer
Leona Kvasnicová, dancer, choreographer
Nikola Márová, prima ballerina, National Theatre (Prague)
Kateřina Mrázová, ice dancer
Veronika Morávková, ice dancer
Lucie Myslivečková, ice dancer
Eva Peštová, ice dancer
Anna Pisánská, ice dancer
Liliana Řeháková, ice dancer
Viera Řeháková, ice dancer
Eva Romanová, ice dancer
Barbora Silná, Czech-Austrian ice dancer
Diana Skotnická, ice dancer
Ivana Střondalová, ice dancer
Milena Tůmová, ice dancer
Nikola Višňová, ice dancer
Šárka Vondrková, ice dancer
Jana Zangiová, ice dancer

Denmark

Marie Barch
Dinna Bjørn, prima ballerina, choreographer, ballet mistress, Royal Danish Ballet
Mette Bødtcher, balletna, trained and danced at the Royal Danish Theatre
Gudrun Bojesen, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
Edith von Bonsdorff, ballet dancer
Valborg Borchsenius, soloist with the Royal Danish ballet, later an instructor
Ida Brun, singer, dancer, mine artist
Camilla Dallerup, ballroom dancer, coach
Eva Eklund, Swedish-born Danish dancer, singer, composer
Vivi Flindt, soloist with the Royal Danish Ballet, now a choreographer
Laurence Fournier Beaudry, ice dancer
Anine Frølich, ballerina, first native Dane in the Royal Danish Ballet
Adeline Genée, ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, later classical ballet and music hall roles at Empire, Leicester Square, in New York and Sydney
Gerda Karstens, ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
Lucile Grahn, ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, performed widely across Europe
Susanne Grinder, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
Eline Heger, ballet dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
Else Højgaard, ballerina, stage and film actress, Royal Danish Theatre
Mette Ingvarsten, Danish dancer, choreographer and performance artist
Lis Jeppesen, soloist with the Royal Danish Ballet
Andrea Krætzmer, soloist in August Bournonville's early ballets
Mette Hønningen, principal at the Royal Danish Ballet
Charlotte Jørgensen, ballroom dancer
Hélène Kirsova, ballerina, choreographer, director
Margot Lander, born in Oslo, Denmark's first prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
Anna Lærkesen, soloist at the Royal Danish Ballet
Elna Lassen, ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
Gitte Lindstrøm, principal dancer, teacher, Royal Danish Ballet
Charlotte Jørgensen, dancer, singer, actress
Asta Mollerup, brought modern dance to Denmark
Augusta Nielsen, ballerina, performed as a soloist in Bournonville's ballets
Elna Ørnberg, ballerina, performed as a soloist in Bournonville's ballets
Ulla Poulsen, soloist with the Royal Danish Ballet, also an actress
Ida Praetorius, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
Ellen Price, prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
Juliette Price, prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, worked closely with August Bournonville
Kirsten Ralov, ballerina, ballet mistress, associate director, Royal Danish Ballet
Louise Rasmussen, ballet dancer and stage actor, Royal Danish Ballet
Johanne Rosing, actress, ballet dancer
Margrethe Schall, ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
Silja Schandorff, ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
Delia Sheppard, actress, model, singer, ballet dancer
Kirsten Simone, first soloist Royal Danish Ballet
Nini Theilade, ballet dancer, choreographer, starred in the film A Midsummer Night's Dream
Valda Valkyrien, Iceland-born prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, later silent film actress in the United States
Mona Vangsaae, ballet dancer, choreographer and instructor
Emilie Walbom, ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet mistress

Estonia

Johanna Allik, ice dancer
Grethe Grünberg, ice dancer
Anna Mosenkova, ice dancer
Agnes Oaks, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, English National Ballet
Irina Shtork, ice dancer
Marina Timofeieva, ice dancer

Finland

Ritva Arvelo, actress, screenwriter, pioneer in modern dance
Sorella Englund, soloist, character dancer, teacher, Royal Danish Ballet
Alina Frasa, Finnish ballet dancer and choreographer
Maggie Gripenberg, pioneer of modern dance in Finland
Hanna Haarala, Latin American dancer
Irja Hagfors, dancer, choreographer, dance teacher
Jessica Huot, ice dancer
Olesia Karmi, ice dancer
Hanna Karttunen, Latin American dancer
Oona Kivelä, professional dancer, pole dancer
Jaana Kunitz, ballroom dancer, dance instructor
Monica Lindfors, ice dancer
Henna Lindholm, ice dancer
Marja Merisalo, choreographer, dancer, director
Cleo Nordi, prima ballerina with Anna Pavlova, choreographer and teacher in London
Susanna Rahkamo, ice dancer
Sirpa Suutari, professional ballroom dancer
Cecilia Törn, ice dancer
Satu Tuomisto, active since 2000, contemporary dance choreographer
Anu Viheriäranta, principal dancer, Dutch National Ballet
Maikki Uotila, ice dancer

[|France]

Françoise Adret, ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, director
Émilienne d'Alençon, dancer, actress, courtesan
Marie Allard, ballerina, Comédie-Française, Paris Opera Ballet
Mademoiselle Ambroisine, prima ballerina, leading lady of romantic ballet in Brussels
Madame Anatole, prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
Anne and Janneton Auretti
Jane Avril, can-can dancer, Moulin Rouge
Josephine Baker, American-born erotic dancer, singer, entertainer, Folies Bergère, also in films
Léonore Baulac, ballet dancer, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
Claude Bessy, ballerina, teacher, Paris Opera Ballet
Émilie Bigottini, ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
Doriane Bontemps, ice dancer
Emmanuelle Bouaziz, actress, dancer, singer
Hélène Bouchet, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Hamburg Ballet
Muriel Boucher-Zazoui, ice dancer
Olympe Bradna, dancer, actress
Roxane Butterfly, tap dancer, choreographer
Rita Cadillac, exotic dancer
Vanessa Cailhol, dancer, singer
Leslie Caron, ballerina, film actress, starred in Gigi
Pernelle Carron, ice dancer
Céline Céleste, ballerina
Marie-Adrienne Chameroy, dancer at the Paris Opera
Jeanne Chasles, dancer, choreographer and professor
Cha-U-Kao, dancer and clown
Jeanne Chasles, dancer, choreographer at the Opéra Comique
Yvette Chauviré, prima ballerina, director, Paris Opera Ballet
Isabelle Ciaravola, ballet dancer, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
Valentine Colasante, ballet dancer
Émilie Cozette, ballerina
Polly Cuninghame, ballerina, active in Amsterdam, Stadsschouwburg
Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo, prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet,
Sophie Daguin, ballerina, choreographer, Royal Swedish Opera
Suzette Defoye, ballet dancer, actress, opera singer
Isabelle Delobel, ice dancer
Véronique Delobel, ice dancer
Davina Delor, dancer, choreographer, Buddhist nun
Bintou Dembélé, pioneering hip hop dancer, choreographer
Dominique Deniaud, ice dancer
Gaby Deslys, show dancer, singer, actress,
Suzanne Douvillier, ballerina, choreographer
Adèle Dumilâtre, prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, Drury Lane, La Scala
Aurélie Dupont, director and former ballet dancer and artistic director, Paris Opera Ballet
Pauline Duvernay, ballerina,
Estelle Elizabeth, ice dancer
Eugénie Fiocre, ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, often in male roles
Louise Fitzjames, ballet dancer with the Paris Opera
Mathilde Froustey, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
Dorothée Gilbert, ballerina
Marie-Agnès Gillot, ballet dancer, choreographer
Geneviève Gosselin, ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
La Goulue, can-can dancer, Moulin Rouge
Isabelle Guérin, ballet dancer, principal dancer with Paris Opera Ballet
Christiane Guhel, ice dancer
Sylvie Guillem, ballerina, choreographer, contemporary dancer
Marie-Madeleine Guimard, ballerina
Nathalie Hervé, ice dancer
Fauve Hautot, dancer, choreographer
Zizi Jeanmaire, ballet dancer, film actress,
Katherine Kath, prima ballerina, Théâtre du Châtelet
Dominique Khalfouni, ballerina, teacher, Paris Opera Ballet, Ballet National de Marseille
De Lafontaine, ballerina
Brigitte Lefèvre, dancer, choreographer, director of the Paris Opera Ballet
Marcelle Lender, stage dancer, singer, Théâtre des Variétés, painted by Toulouse-Lautrec
Marie Lesueur, ballet dancer, Théâtre de Marseille, Théâtre de la Monnaie
Agnès Letestu, ballerina
Emma Livry, ballerina, romantic ballet, Paris Opera, died after her clothes caught fire on stage
Sophie Lothaire, dancer, actress, director, active in Brussels
Monique Loudières, ballet dancer, teacher,
Mariquita, see Algeria
Brigitte Martin, ice dancer
Sophie Martin, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Scottish Ballet
Genia Melikova, ballerina, choreographer, teacher
Cléo de Mérode, dancer, international star
Antonine Meunier, ballet dancer, teacher, writer
Magali Messac, ballet dancer
Sophie Moniotte, ice dancer
Madame Montessu, prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
Marion Motin, dancer, choreographer
Marguerite Morel, ballerina, opera singer, active in [|Sweden] at Bollhuset
Bérangère Nau, ice dancer
Stacia Napierkowska, dancer, film actress
Lise Noblet, ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
Clairemarie Osta, former ballet dancer
Martine Olivier, ice dancer
Alia Ouabdelsselam, ice dancer
Myriam Ould-Braham, ballerina
Ludmila Pagliero, see [|Argentina]
Corinne Paliard, ice dancer
Gabriella Papadakis, ice dancer
Mademoiselle Parisot, opera singer, ballet dancer, King's Theatre
Nathalie Péchalat, ice dancer
Roxane Petetin, ice dancer
Sonia Petrovna, ballerina, actress
Marie-Claude Pietragalla, dancer, choreographer
Wilfride Piollet, ballerina, choreographer
Barbara Piton, ice dancer
Élisabeth Platel, prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
Françoise Prévost, ballerina
Liane de Pougy, courtesan, cabaret dancer, Folies Bergère
Laetitia Pujol, ballet dancer
Alice Renavand, ballet dancer,
Rigolboche, stage dancer, possibly invented the can-can
Marie Sallé, prima ballerina, first female choreographer, Paris Opera Ballet, Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London
Marie Sanlaville, prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, often in male roles
Magali Sauri, ice dancer
Élisabeth Soligny, prima ballerina, ballet mistress, Royal Swedish Ballet
Louise Stichel, dancer, ballet master
Agnès Souret, show dancer, actress, winner of first Miss France contest
Marie-Thérèse de Subligny, prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, first professional ballet dancer to appear in England
Marina Svetlova, ballerina, Original Ballet Russe, Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Ludmilla Tchérina, prima ballerina, Ballet des Champs-Élysées
Ghislaine Thesmar, prima ballerina, choreographer, Ballets de Monte-Carlo
Caroline Truong, ice dancer
Marie van Goethem, dancer, model
Violette Verdy, ballerina, Ballet des Champs-Élysées, New York City Ballet, director of Paris Opera Ballet
Adorée Villany, dancer, choreographer
Dominique Yvon, ice dancer

Germany

Ruth Abramovitsch Sorel, dancer, choreographer, director, active in Canada
Karin von Aroldingen, ballet dancer, former principal dancer with New York City Ballet
Annerose Baier, ice dancer
Pina Bausch, dancer and choreographer, company founder, Tanztheater
Antonia Becherer, ice dancer
Christina Beier, ice dancer
Lotte Berk, ballet dancer, teacher
Anita Berber, cabaret dancer in Berlin
Hannelore Bey, ballerina, Komische Oper Berlin
Petra Born, ice dancer
Sonja Bragowa, expressionist dancer, revue dancer
Angelika Buck, ice dancer
Ursula Cain, modern dancer, ballet dancer, teacher, Leipzig Opera, television appearances
Marlene Charell, modern dancer, Le Lido
Ursula Deinert, dancer, film actress
Clotilde von Derp, expressionist dancer, partner and wife of Alexander Sakharoff
Jutta Deutschland, prima ballerina, Komische Oper Berlin
Hertha Feist, expressionist dancer, combining gymnastics, nudity and dance
Stefanie Frohberg, ice dancer
Yvonne Georgi, ballerina, choreographer, ballet mistress
Valeska Gert, cabaret dancer, film actress, also in the United States
Tatjana Gsovsky, see [|Russia]
Grit Hegesa, dancer, silent film actress
Anna Heinel, ballerina, Paris Opera
Heike Hennig, modern dancer, choreographer, teacher, active mainly in Leipzig
Ida Herion, modernist dance teacher in Stuttgart
Carolina Hermann, ice dancer
Reinhild Hoffmann, show dancer
Hanya Holm, major contributor to modern dance in the United States, especially Broadway musicals
Dore Hoyer, expressionist dancer, choreographer, teacher, associate of Mary Wigman
La Jana, Austrian-born cabaret dancer, film actress
Karina Jäger-von Stülpnagel, ballet dancer, former soloist with Royal Ballet of Flanders
Birgit Keil, prima ballerina, teacher, Stuttgart Ballet
Tiger Kirchharz, show dancer, choreographer and actress, also in the United States
Franziska Romana Koch, ballet dancer, soprano singer, actress
Shari Koch, ice dancer
Tanja Kolbe, ice dancer
Gertrud Leistikow, show dancer, teacher in Amsterdam
Rosemarie Lindt, ballet dancer, film actress
Maria Litto, prima ballerina, choreographer, film actress, pioneered dance on German television
Kavita Lorenz, ice dancer
Jo Mihaly, expressionist dancer, writer, fled to Zurich
Katharina Müller, ice dancer
Nicole Nau, Argentine tango dancer, show director
Lea Niako, exotic dancer, film actress
Anneliese von Oettingen, ballerina, choreographer, teacher, taught ballet and modern dance in Cincinnati
Edith Oß, dancer, film actress
Gret Palucca, dancer, teacher in Berlin and post-war East Germany
Eva Prawitz, ice dancer
Laya Raki, dancer, film actress
Stephanie Rauer, ice dancer
Edel von Rothe, prima ballerina, ballet mistress, Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Sonia Santiago, ballet dancer and teacher
Steffi Scherzer, prima ballerina, Berlin State Opera, instructor in Zurich
Ria Schiffner, ice dancer
Bessie Schonberg, modern dancer, choreographer, teacher, active mainly in New York
Yvonne Schulz, ice dancer
Rina Thieleke, ice dancer
Natascha Trofimowa, prima ballerina, German State Opera, Bavarian State Opera
Georgette Tsinguirides, ballet dancer, ballet mistress, choreologist
Konstanze Vernon, prima ballerina, teacher, Bavarian State Opera
Carmen Vincelj, ballroom dancer
Jill Vernekohl, ice dancer
Sasha Waltz, modern dancer, choreographer, director, active in Berlin
Sybil Werden, dancer, film actress
Mary Wigman, expressionist dancer, choreographer, teacher, important figure in modern dance, taught in Dresden and post-war Berlin
Marianne Winkelstern, dancer, film actress
Kati Winkler, ice dancer
Greta Wrage von Pustau, dancer, dance teacher

Greece

Toula Limnaios, dancer, choreographer, based in Germany
Tatiana Mamaki, ballerina, choreographer, teacher, ballet of the Greek National Opera
Evelina Papoulia, modern dancer, actress
Dora Stratou, Greek folk dancer

Hungary

Krisztina Barta, ice dancer
Ilona Berecz, ice dancer
Ilona Berecz, ice dancer, coach
Valéria Dienes, dancer, choreographer, and movement theorist
Steffi Duna, dancer, film actress in the United States
Klára Engi, ice dancer
Zita Gebora, ice dancer
Nóra Hoffmann, ice dancer
Györgyi Korda, ice dancer
Nora Kovach, ballerina, Budapest State Opera, Festival Ballet, London
Edit Mató, ice dancer
Zsuzsanna Nagy, ice dancer
Judit Péterfy, ice dancer
Kornélia Pongo, ice dancer
Krisztina Regőczy, ice dancer
Gabriella Remport, ice dancer
Enikő Somorjai, ballet dancer
Bianca Szíjgyártó, ice dancer
Dóra Turóczi, ice dancer

Iceland

Hanna Rún Óladóttir, ballroom dancer
Þórhildur Þorleifsdóttir, actress, dancer, choreographer, cultural director

Ireland

Jean Butler, Irish step dancer
Marguerite Donlon, ballerina, choreographer, director, working mainly in Germany
Joanne Doyle, dancer, Riverdance specialist
Bernadette Flynn, Irish dancer, show dancer, performed in musical Lord of the Dance
Margaret Kelly Leibovici, show dancer in Paris
Monica Loughman, ballerina, joined the Russian Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre in 1992, founder and director of Ireland's Monica Loughman Ballet
Lola Montez, dancer, courtesan
Joan Denise Moriarty, ballerina, choreographer, traditional Irish dancer, founder of professional ballet in Ireland
Gillian Norris, show dancer
Ciara Sexton, five time world champion Irish dancer who toured with the Lord of the Dance
Ninette de Valois, ballerina, choreographer, director, founded Vic-Wells Ballet which became the Royal Ballet

[|Italy]

Eleonora Abbagnato, ballet dancer, étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet
Lorenza Alessandrini, ice dancer
Silvia Azzoni, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Hamburg Ballet
Giovanna Baccelli, ballerina, moved to London
Teresa Bandettini, dancer, poet
Giovanna Bassi, ballerina based in Sweden
Alice Bellagamba, dancer, actress
Brunilde Bianchi, ice dancer
Giuseppina Bozzacchi, ballerina, Paris Opera
Sabrina Brazzo, prima ballerina, La Scala Ballet
Carlotta Brianza, prima ballerina, La Scala, Mariinsky Theatre
Amalia Brugnoli, ballerina, first to have used the pointe technique
Alessia Busi, ice dancer
Stefania Calegari, ice dancer
Barbara Campanini, ballerina, actress, Paris Opera
Anna Cappellini, ice dancer
Fanny Cerrito, ballerina, early female choreographer, Paris Opera, La Scala
Matilde Ciccia, ice dancer
Petra Conti, ballet dancer, principal dancer with Los Angeles Ballet
Lucia Cormani, ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
Antonietta Dell'Era, prima ballerina, active in St Petersberg and Berlin
Oriella Dorella, étoile with La Scala Theatre Ballet
Viviana Durante, prima ballerina, Royal Ballet, La Scala
Federica Faiella, ice dancer
Amalia Ferraris, ballerina, Theatre Royal, Paris Opera
Alessandra Ferri, prima ballerina assoluta, active with the Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and La Scala Theatre Ballet
Carla Fracci, prima ballerina, choreographer, ballat mistress, La Scala, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Sofia Fuoco, ballet dancer, performed in Paris and London
Barbara Fusar-Poli, ice dancer
Mara Galeazzi, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, the Royal Ballet
Rosina Galli, prima ballerina at La Scala Theatre Ballet, Chicago Ballet, as well as the première danseuse of the Metropolitan Opera House
Gilda Gelati, prima ballerina, La Scala Theatre Ballet
Diane Gerencser, ice dancer
Sara Ghislandi, ice dancer
Carlotta Grisi, prima ballerina, famous for her Giselle, Paris Opera, Imperial Ballet
Tiziana Lauri, ballet dancer with the Rome Opera Ballet
Pierina Legnani, prima ballerina with La Scala, later with Russia's Imperial Ballet
Daniela Malusardi, choreographer, teacher, dancer
Nicoletta Manni, prima ballerina, La Scala Theatre Ballet
Liliana Merlo, pioneer of classical ballet in Abruzzo
Giuseppina Morlacchi, Italian-American dancer, introduced the can-can to the American stage
Carolina Moscheni, ice dancer
Flavia Ottaviani, ice dancer
Isabella Pajardi, ice dancer
Giuliana Penzi, ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, co-founder of the Rome Academy
Maria Perini, ballet teacher in Tbilisi
Camilla Pistorello, ice dancer
Attilia Radice, prima ballerina, teacher, La Scala, Rome Opera
Sara Renda, ballet dancer, étoile at the Opéra National de Bordeaux
Carolina Rosati, prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, Imperial Ballet in St Petersburg
Rita Sangalli, prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
Luciana Savignano, prima ballerina
Delia Scala, ballerina, actress
Sofia Sforza, ice dancer
Camilla Spelta, ice dancer
Marie Taglioni, see Sweden
Federica Testa, ice dancer
Lia Trovati, ice dancer
Odette Valery, dancer, noted for dancing with snakes
Ambra Vallo, principal with the Birmingham Royal Ballet
Carlotta Zambelli, prima ballerina, teacher, Paris Opera
Virginia Zucchi, ballerina, teacher, danced in Russia

Latvia

Tatjana Barbakoff, ballet dancer, Chinese style dancer
Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Latvian-Canadian dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director
Elza Leimane, ballet dancer whose father, Aivars Leimanis, is artistic director of Latvia's National Ballet
Simona Orinska, butoh artist, choreographer, dance movement therapy

[|Lithuania]

Svetlana Beriosova, prima ballerina, Royal Ballet
Sonia Gaskell, dancer, choreographer, teacher, artistic director of the Dutch National Ballet
Jurgita Dronina, ballet dancer, principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada, formerly English National Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet
, ballet dancer and pedagogue
, dancer and choreographer
, sculptor, painter and dancer
, dancer, choreographer and teacher
Eglė Špokaitė, ballet dancer, prima ballerina of the Lithuanian National Opera and ballet theater

Luxembourg

Germaine Damar, stage dancer, film actress

Netherlands

Maria Francisca Bia, ballerina, opera singer
Marie Bovet, prima ballerina, Dutch National Ballet, 1968 ; expert leaper
Anna Maria de Bruyn, stage actress, ballet dancer
Polly Cuninghame, see France
Anouk van Dijk, dancer, choreographer, artistic director
Sonia Gaskell, see Lithuania
Chaja Goldstein, Jewish dancer and singer
Martine van Hamel, ballerina, director, teacher
Mata Hari, exotic modern dancer in Paris, executed for spying
Corrie Hartong, dancer, dance teacher, choreographer
Penney de Jager, ballet dancer, choreographer, founded the Holland Show Ballet
Bettie de Jong, ballet dancer, lead dancer with the Paul Taylor Dance Company
Igone de Jongh, former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Dutch National Ballet
Susanna van Lee, actress, ballet dancer, also performed in Sweden
Alexandra Radius, ballerina, Dutch National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre
Natalie La Rose, singer, dancer, active in the United States
Didy Veldman, ballet dancer, choreographer

Norway

Kjersti Alveberg, ballet dancer, show dancer, choreographer, director
Mona Berntsen, Norwegian-Moroccan dancer
Anne Borg, ballet dancer, choreographer
Belinda Braza, singer, professional dancer, dance teacher
Gyda Christensen, actress, dancer, choreographer, headed the National Theatre's ballet school
Anne Borg, dancer, ballet teacher
Greta Gynt, singer, dancer, actress
Henriette Hansen, actress, opera singer, considered to be Norway's first native professional ballet dancer
Signe Hofgaard, dancer, choreographer, organizational leader
Lillebil Ibsen, ballet dancer, film actress, danced in Max Reinhardt's pantomime productions
Inga Jacobi, German-born Norwegian ballet dancer, choreographer
Jorunn Kirkenær, ballet dancer, choreographer
Ellen Kjellberg, ballet dancer, Norwegian National Opera and Ballet
Gerd Kjølaas, ballet dancer, choreographer
Gerd Larsen, ballerina, performed with England's Royal Ballet
Indra Lorentzen, ballet dancer, choreographer
Ingrid Lorentzen, ballerina, director, Norwegian National Ballet
Henny Mürer, ballet dancer, choreographer, Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, headed National Ballet School
Tone Nyhagen, world champion sport dancer
Edith Roger, ballet dancer, modern dancer, choreographer, theatre director, Ny Norsk Ballett
Alice Mürer Siem, ballet dancer, choreographer, danced in revues, operettas and classical ballet
Klara Semb, Norwegian folk dancer, choreographer, teacher
Helene Spilling, dancer, television personality
Elizabeth Svarstad, baroque dancer, choreographer, dance historian
Madame Stuart, possibly the first Norwegian ballerina, also acrobat, singer, actress, composer
Marguerite Thoresen, international ballet dancer performing as Rita Tori
Vera Zorina, ballerina, actress, choreographer
Silje Aker Johnsen, singer, dancer

Poland

Agata Błażowska, ice dancer
Joanna Budner, ice dancer
Agnieszka Domańska, ice dancer
Agnieszka Dulej, ice dancer
Iwona Filipowicz, ice dancer
Halina Gordon-Półtorak, ice dancer, referee, chair of the International Skating Union's technical committee for ice dancing
Honorata Górna, ice dancer, national champion
Małgorzata Grajcar, ice dancer, national champion
Gilda Gray, show dancer, known for the shimmy
Loda Halama, prima ballerina, Grand Theatre, Warsaw, several Polish films
Edyta Herbuś, competition dancer
Natalia Kaliszek, ice dancer
Alexandra Kauc, ice dancer
Marianna Malińska, ballerina, first native ballerina in Poland
Sylwia Nowak, ice dancer, coach
Justyna Plutowska, ice dancer
Kamila Przyk, ice dancer
Marie Rambert, ballerina, teacher, Ballet Rambert
Edyta Śliwińska, ballroom dancer
Natasza Urbańska, actress, singer, ballroom dancer
Jolanta Wesołowska, ice dancer
Teresa Weyna, ice dancer

Portugal

Vera Mantero, dancer and choreographer

[|Romania]

Alina Cojocaru, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, English National Ballet, formerly The Royal Ballet
Luminița Dumitrescu, ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet teacher
Mijaela Tesleoanu, ballerina and ballet mistress
Francesca Velicu,

Russia

Elena Andreianova, prima ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet
Marina Anissina, French-Russian ice dancer
Natalia Annenko, ice dancer
Marina Antipova, ice dancer
Ksenia Antonova, ice dancer
Altynai Asylmuratova, prima ballerina, Mariinsky Ballet, worldwide guest appearances, director of Vaganova Academy
Elena Batanova, ice dancer
Anastasia Belova, ice dancer
Natalia Bestemianova, ice dancer
Ekaterina Bobrova, ice dancer
Catherine Chislova, ballerina
Liana Churilova, ballroom dancer
Alexandra Danilova, ballerina, teacher, Ballets Russes, emigrated to the United States
Maria Danilova, ballet dancer from the St. Petersburg school, died when 17
Ekaterina Davydova, ice dancer
Anna Demidova, Russian-American ballroom dancer
Katusha Demidova, professional World Ballroom Dance champion
Oksana Domnina, ice dancer
Natalia Dubova, ice dancer, coach
Sofia Evdokimova, ice dancer
Sofia Fedorova, ballerina
Elena Garanina, ice dancer
Tamara Geva, Russian-American actress, ballet dancer, choreographer
Sofia Golovkina, ballerina, teacher, head of Bolshoi Ballet School
Julia Golovina, ice dancer
Anastasia Gorshkova, ice dancer
Kristina Gorshkova, ice dancer
Nadezhda Gracheva, see Kazakhstan
Anastasia Grebenkina, ice dancer
Elena Grinenko, ballroom dancer, now in the United States
Irina Grishkova, ice dancer
Oksana Grishuk, ice dancer
Tatjana Gsovsky, German-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
Ekaterina Gvozdkova, ice dancer, coach
Elena Ilinykh, ice dancer
Avdotia Istomina, most celebrated 19th-century Imperial Russian ballerina
Anna Johansson, ballerina with the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet
Katya Jones, dancer and choreographer, now in the United Kingdom
Vera Karalli, ballerina, Bolshoi Theatre, also film actress, ballet mistress Romanian Opera
Tamara Karsavina, prima ballerina, teacher, Imperial Russian Ballet, Royal Ballet
Maria Kochetkova, freelance ballet dancer, principal dancer, formerly San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theatre
Olga Khokhlova, ballet dancer, first wife of Pablo Picasso
Mathilde Kschessinska, ballerina of Polish extraction, danced with Saint Petersburg's Mariinsky Ballet, later teacher in France
Maria Nikolaevna Kuznetsova, prominent opera singer and dancer
Ileana Leonidoff founder of the ballet corp of the Royal Opera of Rome, Ballet Oficial de Bolivia, Guayaquil Ballet and Trujillo Ballet Company.
Lydia Lopokova, prima ballerina, Ballets Russes
Svetlana Lunkina, ballet dancer, principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada
Yulia Makhalina, principal dancer, Mariinsky Ballet
Natalia Makarova, prima ballerina, choreographer, Kirov Ballet
Sulamith Messerer, ballerina, choreographer, ballet mistress, Bolshoi Theatre, helped establish Tokyo Ballet
Bronislava Nijinska, prima ballerina, choreographer, teacher, Imperial Ballet, Ballets Russes
Cleo Nordi, prima ballerina with Pavlova's troupe, choreographer, teacher in London
Natalia Osipova, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet, formerly Bolshoi Ballet and Mikhailovsky ballet
Veronika Part, former ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Daria Pavlenko, prima ballerina, Mariinsky Ballet
Anna Pavlova, prima ballerina, danced with the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes
Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina, choreographer, teacher, danced with the Bolshoi
Julia Powers, Russian-American ballroom dancer
Olga Preobrajenska, ballerina of the Russian Imperial Ballet
Kristina Rihanoff, professional ballroom dancer
Jia Ruskaja, Russian dancer and choreographer who established a national dance school in Italy
Polina Semionova ballet dancer, principal dancer, Berlin State Ballet and American Ballet Theatre
Marina Semyonova, prima ballerina, teacher, danced with the Bolshoi
Tatyana Shlykova, ballerina and opera singer
Elena Smirnova, last prima ballerina with the Mariinsky Theatre in Imperial Russia
Olga Smirnova, recent leading roles with the Bolshoi
Alina Somova, prima ballerina, Mariinsky Ballet
Raisa Struchkova, ballet dancer, teacher
Elena Surgutskaya, ballroom dancer, choreographer
Thamara de Swirsky, dancer, known for dancing barefoot
Viktoria Tereshkina, prima ballerina, Mariinsky Ballet
Avdotya Timofeyeva, early ballerina trained by Jean-Baptiste Landé
Anna Tsygankova, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Dutch National Ballet
Galina Ulanova, prima ballerina, danced with the Mariinsky Ballet and the Bolshoi
Agrippina Vaganova, ballerina, ballet teacher, developed the Vaganova method
Ekaterina Vaganova, champion ballroom and Latin American dancer
Stella Voskovetskaya, ballerina, teacher, emigrated to the US
Lyubov Yegorova, ballerina, ballet teacher
Yulia Zagoruychenko, Latin American dance champion

Serbia

Irma de Malkhazouny, ballet dancer

Slovenia

Stanislava Brezovar, ballerina, starred in the film Ples čarovnic
Meta Vidmar, modern dancer, expressionist dancer, teacher

Spain

Antonia Santiago Amador, flamenco dancer
Alicia Amatriain, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Stuttgart Ballet
Dores André, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
La Argentinita, ballet dancer, costume designer
Elisa Badenes, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Stuttgart Ballet
Sara Baras, flamenco dancer
Carmencita, Spanish show dancer, American music-hall ballet dancer
La Chunga, flamenco dancer
Luz Chavita, music hall ballet dancer in Paris
Dalilah, flamenco dancer, oriental dancer
Adelita Domingo, dancer, songwriter, concert pianist, teacher of dance and tonadilla songs
Lola Flores, flamenco dancer, actress
Cristina Hoyos, flamenco dancer, choreographer, film actress
María Juncal, flamenco dancer
Lucia Lacarra, ballet dancer, former principal with Bayerisches Staatsballett
Blanca Li, ballet dancer, flamenco dancer, choreographer
Pilar López Júlvez, show dancer, choreographer, also performed in Latin America and United States
Sara Luzita, ballerina, Spanish dancer, Ballet Rambert
Juana la Macarrona, flamenco dancer, danced in Paris and elsewhere in Europe
Rosita Mauri, prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
Itziar Mendizabal, ballet dancer, first soloist, The Royal Ballet
Merche Esmeralda, flamenco dancer and choreographer
Laura Morera, former principal dancer, The Royal Ballet
Arantxa Ochoa, principal dancer, Pennsylvania Ballet
La Belle Otero, show dancer, star of the Folies Bergère
María Pagés, flamenco dancer, choreographer, touring internationally with her Maria Pagès Company
Blanca del Rey, flamenco dancer and choreographer
Custodia Romero, flamenco dancer and actress
Rosita Rodrigo, actress, vedette, dancer, and songwriter
Tamara Rojo, principal dancer, director, English National Ballet, formerly The Royal Ballet
Laura del Sol, flamenco dancer, film actress, starred in the 1983 film Carmen
Carmen Tórtola Valencia, show dancer, choreographer, costume designer, Folies Bergère
Katita Waldo, ballet dancer, former principal and ballet master, San Francisco Ballet
Nadia Yanowsky, dancer, Royal New Zealand Ballet
Zenaida Yanowsky, former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
Angelita Vargas, flamenco dancer
Eva la Yerbabuena, flamenco dancer
Isabella Cubas, dancer and actress

Sweden

Ulrika Åberg, one of the first native Swedes in the Royal Swedish Ballet
Birgit Åkesson, choreographer, dancer, dance researcher
Anneli Alhanko, ballerina, has danced in several films
Aino Bergö, ballerina, opera singer
Jenny Brandt, ballerina
Cristina Caprioli, choreographer
Dee Demirbag, Turkish-born dancer and singer
Isabel Edvardsson, dancer
Cecilia Ehrling, competitive dancer
Jeanna Falk, dancer, dance teacher
Nikisha Fogo, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet, former principal dancer Vienna State Ballet
Amanda Forsberg, ballerina
Sophie Hagman, ballet dancer
Jenny Hasselquist, prima ballerina, Royal Ballet, acted in many silent films
Hedda Hjortsberg, prima ballerina, Royal Swedish Ballet
Anna Sophia Holmstedt, pioneering ballet dancer
Sofia Karlsson, modern dancer
Sophie Karsten, prima ballerina, Royal Swedish Ballet, mother of Marie Taglioni
Ana Laguna, internationally known Spanish-born Swedish ballet dancer, teacher
Efva Lilja, choreographer
Marie Lindqvist, principal dancer, teacher, Royal Swedish Ballet
Gun Lund, choreographer, dance company director
Hilda Lund, prima ballerina, teacher, Royal Swedish Ballet
Sonja Lund, dancer, actress
Jenny Nilson, principal dancer, Royal Swedish Ballet
Charlotta Norberg, prima ballerina, teacher, student of August Bournonville, Royal Swedish Ballet
Nathalie Nordquist, principal, Royal Swedish Ballet
Linda Pritchard, singer, professional dancer
Gunhild Rosén, prima ballerina, choreographer, ballet master, Royal Swedish Ballet
Elsa-Marianne von Rosen, ballet dancer, choreographer, actress
Olga Sandberg, ballerina
Nadja Sellrup, principal dancer, Royal Swedish Ballet
Charlotte Slottsberg, prima ballerina, Royal Swedish Ballet, danced with Antoine Bournonville
Carin da Silva, singer, professional dancer
Lisa Steier, prima ballerina, teacher, ballet master, Royal Swedish Ballet
Kari Sylwan, actress, dancer, ballet teacher, choreographer
Marie Taglioni, prima ballerina, Paris Opera, Imperial Ballet, first to dance en pointe
Anna Valev, principal dancer, Royal Swedish Ballet
Maria Westberg, ballerina
Jennie Widegren, dancer, choreographer

Switzerland

Manola Asensio, ballet dancer
Christine Brodbeck, dancer
Beatriz Consuelo, ballet dancer
Nina Corti, flamenco dancer
Aenne Goldschmidt, expressionist dancer, choreographer, pedagogue
Ursula Kübler, ballet dancer with Paris Opera Ballet
Asa Lanova, ballet dancer
Fabienne Liechti, professional ballroom dancer
Julia Marcus, dancer, choreographer
Suzanne Perrottet, dancer, movement teacher
Norka Rouskaya, eccentric dancer

[|Ukraine]

Irina Dvorovenko, former ballet dancer and actress, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Masha Dashkina Maddux, modern dancer, former principal dancer with Martha Graham Dance Company
Iana Salenko, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Berlin State Ballet
Christine Shevchenko, ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Karina Smirnoff, ballroom dancer, now in the United States

United Kingdom

Louise Henderson (burlesque)
Phyllis Bedells, first British prima ballerina, teacher, London Empire Theatre, Covent Garden, also in musicals
Immodesty Blaize, burlesque dancer, show girl
Teneisha Bonner, hip hop and street dancer
Deborah Bull, ballet dancer, broadcaster
Darcey Bussell, former ballet dancer and TV presenter, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
Claire Calvert, ballet dancer, first soloist, Royal Ballet
Simone Clarke, prima ballerina, English National Ballet
Lesley Collier, principal dancer, teacher, Royal Ballet
Lauren Cuthbertson, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
Hermione Darnborough, ballerina, Saddler's Wells
Nancy Dawson, actress and dancer, famous for her hornpipe
Viviana Durante, see Italy
Julia Farron, principal dancer, teacher, Royal Ballet
Margot Fonteyn, prima ballerina assoulta with The Royal Ballet, frequently performed with Rudolf Nureyev
Celia Franca, founder, director, National Ballet of Canada
Maina Gielgud, ballerina, artistic director, Australian Ballet
Beryl Goldwyn, prima ballerina, Ballet Rambert, The Royal Ballet
Beryl Grey, outstanding prima ballerina, Saddlers Wells Ballet/Royal Ballet, first western dancer to perform at the Bolshoi
Melissa Hamilton, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet, former principal dancer, Semperoper Ballett
Ruthie Henshall, singer, dancer, actress, in West End musicals
Lydia Cecilia Hill, cabaret dancer
Francesca Hayward, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
Paula Hinton, ballet dancer, wife and partner of Walter Gore
Seeta Indrani, theatre dancer, musicals
Jillian La Valette, ballroom dancer, teacher
Stephanie Lawrence, singer, dancer, in West End musicals
Perri Lister, dancer, actress, Hot Gossip
Mabel Love, burlesque dancer, singer, actress
Gillian Lynne, ballerina, director, choreographer of West End musicals
Alicia Markova, ballerina, choreographer, teacher, performed with the Ballets Russes and the English National Ballet
Cathy Marston, ballet dancer, choreographer
Kizzy Matiakis, baller dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
Jessie Matthews, dancer, actress, appeared in early musicals
Pippa Moore, ballet dancer, former premier dancer, Northern Ballet
Yasmine Naghdi, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
Caroline O'Connor, singer, dancer, actress, in West End musicals
Betty Oliphant, ballet mistress, teacher, National Ballet of Canada
Nancy Osbaldeston, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet of Flanders
Georgina Parkinson, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet, ballet mistress, American Ballet Theatre
Arlene Phillips, choreographer, West End and Broadway musicals
Florence Pigott, ballerina, Metropolitan Opera Company
Marguerite Porter, principal ballerina, choreographer, teacher, Royal Ballet
Samantha Raine, ballet mistress and former ballet dancer, Royal Ballet
Sophie Rebecca, ballet dancer
Hollie Robertson, ballroom dancer
Anne Rogers, actress, dancer, singer, in West End and Broadway musicals
Gaynor Rowlands, ballet dancer, show dancer, actress
Hester Santlow, early stage dancer, actress, Drury Lane
Valda Setterfield, stage dancer, actress
Antoinette Sibley, prima ballerina, teacher, Royal Ballet
Emma Slater, professional dancer, choreographer
Phyllida Crowley Smith, theatre dancer, choreographer, musicals
Lydia Sokolova, ballerina, choreographer, Ballets Russes
Peggy Spencer, ballroom dancer, choreographer
Penelope Spencer, innovative free-style dancer and choreographer
Laurretta Summerscales, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Bavarian State Ballet
Lydia Thompson, stage dancer, burlesque actress, travelled widely across Europe and the United States
Tracey Ullman, actress, singer, dancer, comedian
Anne Woolliams, artistic director, ballet choreographer, dancer and teacher
Doreen Wells, ballerina, theatre dancer
Beryl de Zoete, ballet dancer, critic, researcher

North America

Canada

Miriam Adams, dancer, choreographer, archivist
Jennifer Alexander, ballet dancer
Maud Allan, dancer, choreographer, famous for her Salomé dance and her Dance of the Seven Veils
Aszure Barton, choreographer
Anik Bissonnette, ballet dancer
Barbara Bourget, ballet dance, artistic director
Sally Brayley, Canadian-American ballet dancer, coach
Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Soviet-born Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
Alexandra Denisova, ballet dancer
Frances Chung, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
Crystal Costa, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Hong Kong Ballet, first soloist English National Ballet
Anne Ditchburn, ballet dancer, choreographer, actress
Celia Franca, founder of the National Ballet of Canada
Gail Gilmore, ballet dancer, actress
Chan-hon Goh, Chinese-Canadian ballet dancer
Christa-Elizabeth Goulakos, ice dancer
Geneviève Guérard, ballet dancer, television host
Evelyn Hart, ballet dancer
Vanessa Harwood, ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
Melissa Hayden, prima ballerina, New York City Ballet
Greta Hodgkinson, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada
Anna Istomina, ballet dancer, soloist, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Karen Kain, ballet dancer, artistic director
Louise Lecavalier, modern dancer, several films
Ruta Lee, actress, dancer, appeared in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Angela Leigh, Ugandan-born ballerina, teacher
Elena Lobsanova, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Miami City Ballet, formerly National Ballet of Canada
Sabrina Matthews, choreographer
Rachael McLaren, dancer, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Emily Molnar, ballet dancer
Hope Muir, dancer, artistic director designate, National Ballet of Canada, artistic director, Charlotte Ballet
Betty Oliphant, co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada
Simone Orlando, ballet dancer, choreographer
Jennifer Penney, ballet dancer
Crystal Pite, ballet dancer, choreographer
Sonia Rodriguez, ballet dancer, principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada
Geneviève Salbaing, ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director
Lynn Seymour, ballet dancer
Lois Smith, ballet dancer, teacher
Mavis Staines, ballet dancer, teacher
Iro Tembeck, ballet dancer, choreographer, dance historian
Veronica Tennant, ballet dancer, filmmaker
Eva Von Gencsy, ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
Jennifer Welsman, ballet dancer

Cuba

Alicia Alonso, prima ballerina assoluta, choreographer, former prima ballerina at New York's American Ballet Theatre, founder and ex-director of the Cuban National Ballet
Loipa Araújo, prima ballerina and ballet mistress at the Cuban National Ballet; Associate Artistic Director of the English National Ballet; one of the "four jewels of Cuban ballet"
Sadaise Arencibia, star dancer at the Cuban National Ballet since 2009
Aurora Bosch, prima ballerina and ballet mistress at the Cuban National Ballet; one of the "four jewels of Cuban ballet"
Lorena Feijóo, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
Lorna Feijóo, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, Boston Ballet
Alicia Parla, rhumba dancer
Josefina Méndez, prima ballerina and ballet mistress at the Cuban National Ballet; one of the "four jewels of Cuban ballet"; professor of ballet at National Art Schools (Cuba)
Mirta Plá, prima ballerina of the Cuban National Ballet; one of the "four jewels of Cuban ballet"
Mijaela Tesleoanu, see Romania

Mexico

Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Berlin State Ballet
Gloria Mestre, Prima ballerina assoluta at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples
Pilar Rioja, dancer
Maclovia Ruiz, ballet dancer, show dancer, flamenco dancer, performed with San Francisco Ballet
Brenda Velez, ballet dancer known for performing Giselle at Teatro Degollado and owning VIA DANZA
Lola Yberri, vaudeville dancer

United States

Stella Abrera, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Mary Ann Wells, American dance teacher
Precious Adams, ballet dancer, English National Ballet
Edith Allard, ballerina, soloist in Europe
Gladys Bailin, dancer and choreographer, Henry Street Playhouse
Louise Alexander, Apache dancer, temptress dancer, social exhibition dancer
Heléne Alexopoulos, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Lauren Anderson, African American ballerina, Houston Ballet
Alexandra Ansanelli, principal dancer, New York City Ballet, Royal Ballet
Aesha Ash, ballet dancer
Merrill Ashley, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Debra Austin, principal dancer, Pennsylvania Ballet
Caroline Baldwin, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
Melissa Barak, ballerina, choreographer, Los Angeles Ballet
Shura Baryshnikov, dancer, choreographer, educator
Barbara Bears, principal dancer, choreographer, Houston Ballet
Margery Beddow, dancer, choreographer, Broadway musicals
Stella Bloch, artist, dancer, journalist
Bella Blue, burlesque dancer
Olivia Boisson, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet
Chrystelle Trump Bond, American dancer, choreographer, and dance historian
Ashley Bouder, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Anise Boyer, Cotton Club chorine, traveled with Cab Calloway's band
Isabella Boylston, ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Skylar Brandt, ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Rachel Brice, belly dancer
Danielle Brown, principal dancer, Sarasota Ballet
Tener Brown, ballet dancer, teacher, New Jersey Ballet
Harriet Browne, tap dancer, choreographer
Leslie Browne, dancer, actress, musicals
Jean Butler, show dancer, choreographer, created female role in the Irish Riverdance
Maria Calegari, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Lucia Chase, dancer, actress, co-founder of American Ballet Theatre
Yvonne Chouteau, dancer, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, co-founder of University of Oklahoma School of Dance
Lia Cirio, dancer, principal dancer, Boston Ballet
Natalia Clare, dancer with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, founder of Ballet la Jeunesse
Bessie Clayton, show dancer, choreographer of the Gay Nineties
Janet Collins, Broadway ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
Kathleen Breen Combes, ballet dancer, principal dancer with Boston Ballet
Misty Copeland, ballet dancer, soloist with the American Ballet Theatre
Lillian Covillo, ballet dancer, co-founder of the Colorado Ballet
J'aime Crandall, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
Alexandra Danilova, see [|Russian female dancers]
Mary Day, ballet teacher
Gemze de Lappe, dancer, choreographer, teacher, musicals
Carmen De Lavallade, dancer, choreographer, actress
Agnes de Mille, ballet dancer, contemporary dancer, choreographer, musicals
Patricia Delgado, ballet dancer, répétiteur, teacher, former principal dancer, Miami City Ballet
Michaela DePrince, second soloist ballet dancer for the Boston Ballet, former soloist Dutch National Ballet
Marguerite Derricks, ballerina, choreographer, musicals
Sasha De Sola, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
Jeanne Devereaux, prima ballerina, choreographer
Julie Diana, ballet dancer, writer and arts administrator, former principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet, executive director, American Repertory Ballet
Holly Dorger, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
Isadora Duncan, innovative dancer preferring natural movement to ballet, opened dance school in Grunewald, Germany
Katherine Dunham, dancer, choreographer, author, educator and social activist.
Ashley Ellis, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Boston Ballet
Eva Evdokimova, ballerina, teacher, active in the Royal Danish Ballet and the Berlin State Ballet
Suzanne Farrell, ballet dancer, founder of Suzanne Farrell Ballet
Chyrstyn Fentroy, ballet dancer, second soloist with Boston Ballet
Kelli Finglass, dancer, director
Katherine Flowers, African-American dancer, choreographer, teacher and researcher
Amy Fote, principal dancer, Houston Ballet
Loie Fuller, pioneer of modern dance, own natural movement and improvisation techniques, also choreographer, Folies Bergère
Annabelle Gamson, modern dancer, Broadway musicals
Robin Gee, dancer, educator, choreographer
Angelica Generosa, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet
Alicia Graf Mack, dancer and teacher, director of dance division, Juilliard School
Martha Graham, modern dancer, choreographer, pioneer of modern dance, Folies Bergère
Jill Green, dance scholar, educator
Cynthia Gregory, prima ballerina, American Ballet Theatre
Francesca Harper, dancer and choreographer, founder of The Francesca Harper Project
Mireille Hassenboehler, principal dancer, Houston Ballet
Sarah Hay, ballet dancer and actress
Susan Hendl, ballet dancer and répétiteur, New York City Ballet
Rosella Hightower, ballet dancer, Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo, directed several French ballet companies
Harriet Hoctor, ballerina, teacher, actress, Hollywood movies
Ana Paula Höfling, dancer, dance scholar, capoeirista
Melissa Hough, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Norwegian National Ballet, previously Boston Ballet and Houston Ballet
Catherine Hurlin, American ballet dancer, soloist, American Ballet Theatre
Doris Humphrey, influential modern dancer, choreographer, teacher
Sterling Hyltin, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Carrie Imler, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet
Janet Jackson, singer, show dancer, rock, hip hop
Drew Jacoby, contemporary ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet of Flanders
Susan Jaffe, ballerina, ballet mistress, American Ballet Theatre
Whitney Jensen, ballet dancer, Norwegian National Ballet, formerly Boston Ballet
Emily Johnson, Native American modern dancer, choreographer, artistic director
Allegra Kent, ballet dancer, actress, New York City Ballet
Julie Kent, ballet dancer and director, former principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre, artistic director, The Washington Ballet
Gelsey Kirkland, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Darci Kistler, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Maria Kowroski, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Rebecca Krohn, former ballet dancer, ballet master and former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Sarah Lamb, ballet dancer, principal dancer, The Royal Ballet
Katherine LaNasa, film actress, ballet dancer, choreographer
Sarah Lane, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Moscelyne Larkin, ballet dancer, founder of the Tulsa Ballet
Tina LeBlanc, ballet dancer, teacher and ballet master, former principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
Emery LeCrone, dancer, choreographer
Megan LeCrone, ballet dancer, soloist with New York City Ballet
Sara Leland, ballet dancer, principal and assistant balletmaster, New York City Ballet
Kylie Shea Lewallen, ballet dancer, former principal dancer with Spectrum Dance Theater
Janet Lilly, modern dancer, choreographer, former principal dancer of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Jennifer Lopez, film actress, show dancer, choreographer, Latin dance
Lauren Lovette, ballet dancer, choreographer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Annabelle Lyon, ballet dancer, American Ballet
Kathi Martuza, principal dancer, Oregon Ballet Theatre
Maryhelen Mayfield, ballet dancer, Kansas City Ballet
Kay Mazzo, ballet dancer and educator, principal dancer, New York City Ballet, Chairman of Faculty, School of American Ballet
Patricia McBride, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Joan McCracken, actress, dancer, comedian in Broadway shows
Sara Mearns, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Melody Mennite, principal dancer, Houston Ballet
Chloe Misseldine, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Beth Mitchell, shag dancer
Merritt Moore, ballet dancer, quantum physicist, completing residency at Harvard University's ArtLab
Kathryn Morgan, ballet dancer, former soloist with New York City Ballet
Mary Ellen Moylan, ballet dancer, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Ballet Society, Ballet Theatre and Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Gillian Murphy, ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Patricia Neary, international prima ballerina, choreographer, ballet director, specializing in the ballets of George Balanchine
Kyra Nichols, ballet dancer and teacher, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Georgina Pazcoguin, ballet dancer and actress, soloist, New York City Ballet
Noelani Pantastico, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet, formerly Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
Tiler Peck, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Unity Phelan, ballet dancer, soloist, New York City Ballet
Valarie Pettiford, Fosse
Juanita Pitts, tap dancer
Eleanor Powell, dancer and actress
Pearl Primus, dancer, choreographer and anthropologist, pioneer of African dance in the US
Katy Pyle, ballet dancer, director, founder of Ballez
Teresa Reichlen, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Jenifer Ringer, ballet dancer and teacher, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet, Dean of Colburn School's Trudl Zipper Dance Institute.
Alison Roper, principal dancer, Oregon Ballet Theatre
Ruth St. Denis, pioneer of modern dance, Oriental dance as an expression of spiritualism
Stephanie Saland, former ballet dancer and teacher, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Amanda Schull, former ballet dancer and actress, San Francisco Ballet
Terry Sendgraff, dancer, choreographer
Rosy Simas, Native American choreographer, dancer
Karina Smirnoff, see Ukraine
Molly Smolen, principal dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet since 1999
Jennie Somogyi, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Abi Stafford, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Llanchie Stevenson, ballet dancer
Beatriz Stix-Brunell, ballet dancer, first soloist, Royal Ballet
B.J. Sullivan, dancer, choreographer, educator
Maria Tallchief, Native American prima ballerina with George Balanchine at New York City Ballet
Marjorie Tallchief, first American to be "première danseuse étoile" at the Paris Opera Ballet
Helen Tamiris, pioneer of modern dance, contributing to the choreography of early musicals
Janie Taylor, ballet dancer, L.A. Dance Project, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Devon Teuscher, ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Twyla Tharp, dancer, choreographer
Justin Tornow, dancer, choreographer, educator
Judy Trammell, dancer, choreographer
Cassandra Trenary, ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Tracey Ullman, actress, singer, dancer, comedian
Jan Van Dyke, dancer, choreographer, educator
Sarah Van Patten, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
Lea Ved, contemporary dancer, soloist, Royal Swedish Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theater
Laura Vikmanis, dancer
Jocelyn Vollmar, ballet dancer, San Francisco Ballet, principal with New York City Ballet
Dita Von Teese, burlesque dancer
Sydney Magruder Washington, ballet dancer
Alexandra Waterbury, ballet dancer, former student at the School of American Ballet
Amy Watson, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
Heather Watts, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Sara Webb, principal dancer, Houston Ballet
Miranda Weese, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet
Wendy Whelan, ballet dancer, associate artistic director and former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
Michele Wiles, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Sallie Wilson, ballet dancer, American Ballet Theatre, ballet mistress New York Theatre Ballet
Serena Wilson, belly dancer, teacher
Ann Woodward, showgirl
Vanessa Zahorian, former ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
Lila Zali, see Georgia
Bridgett Zehr, principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada, English National Ballet
Maddie Ziegler, internet celebrity and Dance Moms cast member
Mackenzie Ziegler, social media influencer, Dance Moms cast member, The Masked Dancer contestant

Puerto Rico

Lourdes Chacón, exotic dancer, singer
Rita Moreno, actress, dancer, singer

South America

Argentina

Esmeralda Agoglia, prima ballerina, choreographer, director, Teatro Colón
Carolina Agüero, ballet dancer
Susana Agüero, ballerina, Teatro Colón, Lyon Opera Ballet
Valeria Archimó, show dancer, choreographer, director
La Argentina, show dancer, gypsy-style dancer, Moulin Rouge
Hortensia Arnaud, dancer, vedette, and actress
Carmencita Calderón, tango dancer
Eleonora Cassano, ballerina, modern dancer, Teatro Colón, musicals
Erica Cornejo, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, Boston Ballet
Olga Ferri, ballerina, Teatro Colón
Norma Fontenla, prima ballerina, Teatro Colón, died in plane crash
Adabel Guerrero, ballet dancer, show dancer, actress
Paloma Herrera, former ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Natalia Magnicaballi, principal dancer since 1999, Suzanne Farrell Ballet
Lida Martinoli, ballet dancer, choreographer, actress, Teatro Colón
Tita Merello, tango dancer, film actress
Mariana Montes, Argentine tango dancer, teacher
María Nieves, Argentine tango dancer
Marianela Núñez, ballet dancer, principal dancer, The Royal Ballet
Ludmila Pagliero, ballet dancer, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
María Ruanova, prima ballerina, choreographer, teacher, Teatro Colón, first Argentine ballet dancer to gain international recognition

Brazil

Mercedes Baptista, ballet dancer, choreographer
Adriana Bombom, show dancer, actress
Sonia Destre Lie, dancer, choreographer, founder and director of the hip hop group Companhia Urbana de Dança
Marcia Haydée, prima ballerina, director, Stuttgart Ballet, Santiago Ballet
Carla Körbes, former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet
Mayara Magri, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
Roberta Marquez, former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
Tuany Nascimento, ballet dancer, dance teacher
Fernanda Oliveira, baller dancer, lead principal, English National Ballet
Ingrid Silva, ballet dancer, Dance Theatre of Harlem
Julia Goldani Telles, ballerina, actress, now in the United States

Chile

Yamna Lobos, Chilean folk dancer, actress

Colombia

Sonia Osorio, ballerina and choreographer

Peru

Tati Alcántara, actress, dancer, choreographer, musicals
Helba Huara, dancer, choreographer

Uruguay

Eunice Castro, model and theatre dancer
Virginia Dobrich, dancer, actress and model
Tina Ferreira, Afro-Uruguayan, dancer, journalist and vedette of both theater and carnival
Graciela Figueroa, dancer and choreographer
Laura Martínez, actress, dancer and television star
Berta Pereira, percussionist and dancer
Maria Riccetto, ballet dancer, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Nacional del Sodre
Flor de María Rodríguez, ballerina, choreographer and folklorist