| NAME |
OCCUPATION |
SUMMARY |
BORN |
DIED |
|
Alvin Ailey
|
Dancer |
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater |
05-Jan-1931 |
01-Dec-1989 |
DEAD
|
| Debbie Allen
|
Dancer |
All About You |
16-Jan-1950 |
TBD |
|
| Jacques d'Amboise
|
Dancer |
Founder of the National Dance Institute |
28-Jul-1934 |
TBD |
|
| Robin Antin
|
Dancer |
Founder, The Pussycat Dolls |
06-Jul-1961 |
TBD |
|
Adele Astaire
|
Dancer |
Dance partner of Fred Astaire |
10-Sep-1896 |
25-Jan-1981 |
DEAD
|
Fred Astaire
|
Dancer |
Broadway ballroom dancer |
10-May-1899 |
22-Jun-1987 |
DEAD
|
Josephine Baker
|
Dancer |
Sensual dancer turned WWII spy |
03-Jun-1906 |
12-Apr-1975 |
DEAD
|
George Balanchine
|
Dancer |
Choreographer co-founded NYC Ballet |
22-Jan-1904 |
30-Apr-1983 |
DEAD
|
| Mikhail Baryshnikov
|
Dancer |
Kirov ballet dancer defected to USA |
27-Jan-1948 |
TBD |
|
Lucille Bremer
|
Dancer |
Yolanda and the Thief |
21-Feb-1917 |
16-Apr-1996 |
DEAD
|
| Rossella Brescia
|
Dancer |
Italian ballerina |
20-Aug-1971 |
TBD |
|
| Deborah Bull
|
Dancer |
Principal Dancer, Royal Ballet, 1992-2001 |
22-Mar-1963 |
TBD |
|
| Leslie Caron
|
Dancer |
Gigi |
01-Jul-1931 |
TBD |
|
Gower Champion
|
Dancer |
Show Boat |
22-Jun-1921 |
25-Aug-1980 |
DEAD
|
Cyd Charisse
|
Dancer |
Vamp dancer in Singin' in the Rain |
08-Mar-1922 |
17-Jun-2008 |
DEAD
|
| Mónica Cruz
|
Dancer |
Un Paso Adelante |
16-Mar-1977 |
TBD |
|
Isadora Duncan
|
Dancer |
Mother of modern dance |
27-May-1877 |
14-Sep-1927 |
DEAD
|
Katherine Dunham
|
Dancer |
Dunham School of Dance |
22-Jun-1910 |
21-May-2006 |
DEAD
|
| Lola Falana
|
Dancer |
Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets |
11-Sep-1942 |
TBD |
|
| Michael Flatley
|
Dancer |
Lord of the Dance |
16-Jul-1958 |
TBD |
|
Margot Fonteyn
|
Dancer |
Exceptional British ballerina |
18-May-1919 |
21-Feb-1991 |
DEAD
|
Bob Fosse
|
Dancer |
Choreographer |
23-Jun-1927 |
23-Sep-1987 |
DEAD
|
Alexander Godunov
|
Dancer |
Bolshoi, ABT ballet dancer |
28-Nov-1949 |
18-May-1995 |
DEAD
|
| Len Goodman
|
Dancer |
Judge, Dancing with the Stars |
24-Apr-1942 |
TBD |
|
Martha Graham
|
Dancer |
Innovator of modern dance |
11-May-1894 |
01-Apr-1991 |
DEAD
|
Gregory Hines
|
Dancer |
Tap dancer |
14-Feb-1946 |
09-Aug-2003 |
DEAD
|
| Julianne Hough
|
Dancer |
Dancing with the Stars |
20-Jul-1988 |
TBD |
|
| Carrie Ann Inaba
|
Dancer |
Judge, Dancing with the Stars |
05-Jan-1968 |
TBD |
|
| Judith Jamison
|
Dancer |
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre |
10-May-1943 |
TBD |
|
| Lindsay Kemp
|
Dancer |
Dance teacher for Bowie, Kate Bush |
09-May-1938 |
TBD |
|
Theodore Kosloff
|
Dancer |
Why Change Your Wife? |
22-Jan-1882 |
22-Nov-1956 |
DEAD
|
Gypsy Rose Lee
|
Dancer |
Terpsichorean ecdysiast |
09-Feb-1911 |
26-Apr-1970 |
DEAD
|
| Paul Mercurio
|
Dancer |
Strictly Ballroom |
31-Mar-1963 |
TBD |
|
Agnes de Mille
|
Dancer |
Influential American choreographer |
18-Sep-1905 |
07-Oct-1993 |
DEAD
|
Ann Miller
|
Dancer |
Kiss Me Kate |
12-Apr-1923 |
22-Jan-2004 |
DEAD
|
Carmen Miranda
|
Dancer |
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat |
09-Feb-1909 |
05-Aug-1955 |
DEAD
|
| Arthur Mitchell
|
Dancer |
Dance Theatre of Harlem |
27-Mar-1934 |
TBD |
|
Lola Montez
|
Dancer |
Mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria |
17-Feb-1821 |
17-Jan-1861 |
DEAD
|
| Fabrice Morvan
|
Dancer |
Half of Milli Vanilli |
16-May-1966 |
TBD |
|
Arthur Murray
|
Dancer |
Founded Arthur Murray dance studios |
04-Apr-1895 |
03-Mar-1991 |
DEAD
|
Fayard Nicholas
|
Dancer |
Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers |
20-Oct-1914 |
24-Jan-2006 |
DEAD
|
Harold Nicholas
|
Dancer |
Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers |
27-Mar-1921 |
03-Jul-2000 |
DEAD
|
Nick De Noia
|
Dancer |
First choreographer for Chippendales |
1941 |
07-Apr-1987 |
DEAD
|
Rudolf Nureyev
|
Dancer |
Defected to France from Kirov Ballet |
17-Mar-1938 |
06-Jan-1993 |
DEAD
|
Rob Pilatus
|
Dancer |
Troubled Half of Milli Vanilli |
08-Jun-1965 |
02-Apr-1998 |
DEAD
|
Juliet Prowse
|
Dancer |
Can-Can |
25-Sep-1936 |
14-Sep-1996 |
DEAD
|
Gene Anthony Ray
|
Dancer |
Leroy Johnson on Fame |
24-May-1962 |
14-Nov-2003 |
DEAD
|
| Ann Reinking
|
Dancer |
Broadway dancer |
10-Nov-1949 |
TBD |
|
| Nicole Scherzinger
|
Dancer |
The Pussycat Dolls |
29-Jun-1978 |
TBD |
|
Moira Shearer
|
Dancer |
The Red Shoes |
17-Jan-1926 |
31-Jan-2006 |
DEAD
|
| Maria Tallchief
|
Dancer |
New York City Ballet |
24-Jan-1925 |
TBD |
|
June Taylor
|
Dancer |
June Taylor Dancers choreographer |
14-Dec-1917 |
17-May-2004 |
DEAD
|
| Twyla Tharp
|
Dancer |
Choreographer |
01-Jul-1941 |
TBD |
|
| Tommy Tune
|
Dancer |
6'6" Broadway dancer |
28-Feb-1939 |
TBD |
|
Vera-Ellen
|
Dancer |
On the Town |
16-Feb-1921 |
30-Aug-1981 |
DEAD
|
Gwen Verdon
|
Dancer |
Damn Yankees |
16-Jan-1925 |
18-Oct-2000 |
DEAD
|
| Edward Villella
|
Dancer |
New York City Ballet |
01-Oct-1936 |
TBD |
|
