List of dance personalities

This is a partial list of people involved in dance.

Alphabetical

A

B

C

D

E

  • Andre Eglevsky – Russian-American ballet dancer and teacher; performed in Charles Chaplin's film Limelight
  • Fanny Elssler – Austrian ballet dancer
  • Gwyn Emberton – Welsh choreographer and dancer

F

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

O

  • Donald O'Connor – American dancer, singer and actor
  • 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
  • Sonia Osorio – Ballet de Colombia founder

P

R

  • Daniel Rajna – South African ballet dancer, currently a principal in the Cape Town City Ballet
  • Tina Ramirez – founder and artistic director of Ballet Hispanico
  • Moon Ribas – choreographer with an cybernetic sensor attached to her body that allows her to feel earthquakes
  • Ginger Rogers – American film and stage dancer, singer and actress, most remembered as partner of Fred Astaire
  • Pedro Romeiras – dancer gold medal winner 1982 II Prix Français de la Danse
  • Gunhild Rosén – Swedish ballerina, ballet master and choreographer

S

T

U

  • Galina Ulanova (1910–1998) – Soviet prima ballerina assoluta
  • ((Usher Raymond)) - American singer, songwriter, dancer

V

W

  • Cilli Wang – Austrian-born Dutch dancer, performer and theater maker

Z

By occupation in ballet

Theatre directors

Choreographers

Dancers

Teachers

Designers and scenographers

See also

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