- male, deceased (1983)
- George Balanchine was an American ballet choreographer of Georgian descent. Balanchine is one of the 20th century's foremost choreographers, and...
- female, deceased (1951)
- Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova was an outstanding Russian ballet teacher who developed the Vaganova method - the technique which derived from the...
- male, deceased (1928)
- Enrico Cecchetti was an Italian ballet dancer, founder of the Cecchetti method. The son of two dancers, he was born in the costuming room of the...
- female, deceased (1978)
- Tamara Platonovna Karsavina (March 10, 1885 - May 26, 1978) was a famous Russian ballerina who eventually settled in England, where she helped...
- female, deceased (1884)
- Marie Taglioni (April 23 1804 - April 24 1884) was a famous Italian ballerina of the Romantic ballet era, a central figure in the history of...
- female, deceased (1997)
- Aleksandra Dionisyevna Danilova (November 20, 1903-July 13, 1997) was a Russian-born prima ballerina assoluta who became an American citizen. Born...
- male, deceased (1879)
- August Bournonville (August 21, 1805 - November 30, 1879) was a ballet master and choreographer. He was a son of a French ballet master, Antoine...
- male, deceased (1986)
- Serge Lifar (April 2, 1905 - December 15, 1986) was a ballet dancer and choreographer of Ukrainian origin, famous as one of the greatest male...
- female, deceased (1982)
- Dame Marie Rambert (February 20, 1888 - June 12, 1982) was a Polish-Jewish dancer and dance pedagogue who exerted a great influence on British...
- male, deceased (1997)
- Stanley Williams (1925 - 1997) was a dancer and, later, a renowned ballet instructor.
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