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
- 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
South Africa
- 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
- Zhu Yan, prima ballerina, since 1995 with the National Ballet of China
Georgia
- Maia Makhateli, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Dutch National Ballet
- Lila Zali, ballet dancer, film actress, American Ballet Theatre, Ballets Russes
India
- Protima Bedi, classical Indian dancer, specializing in Odissi
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
Kazakhstan
- Nadezhda Gracheva, prima ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet
Lebanon
- Layal Abboud, concert dancer
Nepal
- Bandana Nepal, record-breaking marathon dancer
Pakistan
- Suhaee Abro, 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
- Hee Seo, ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
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
- Vicki Attard, principal dancer, 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
- 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
- Yvonne Cartier, ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher of mime and movement, based in Paris
- Rowena Jackson, prima ballerina, Sadler's Wells Ballet, Royal Ballet
- Hannah O'Neill, ballet dancer, premier danseur, Paris Opera Ballet
Europe
Albania
- Megi Ndokaj, Classical dancer, modern dancer, Albanian folk dancer, model
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
- Ina Demireva, ice dancer
- Albena Denkova, ice dancer
- Maria Filippov, ice dancer
- Petya Gavazova, ice dancer
- Mila Iskrenova, modern dancer, choreographer
Czech Republic
- Jana Andrsová, ballet dancer, actress
- Jitka Babická, ice dancer
- Radmila Chroboková, ice dancer
- Anka Čekanová, dancer, choreographer
- Tamara Černá, ballet dancer, choreographer, photographer
- 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
- Lucie Kadlčáková, ice dancer
- Daria Klimentová, ballet dancer, former principal dancerNational 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
- 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, first native Danish ballerina
- Dinna Bjørn, prima ballerina, choreographer, ballet mistress, Royal Danish Ballet
- Mette Bødtcher, ballet dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
- Marie Christine Bjørn, outstanding ballerina, 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
- Katelyn Good, ice dancer
- 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
- Angélique Abachkina, ice dancer
- 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
- Zoé Blanc, ice dancer
- 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
- Élodie Brouiller, ice dancer
- Roxane Butterfly, tap dancer, choreographer
- Rita Cadillac, exotic dancer, singer, actress, Crazy Horse, Folies Bergère
- Vanessa Cailhol, dancer, singer, musicals performer
- Leslie Caron, ballerina, film actress, starred in Gigi
- Pernelle Carron, ice dancer
- Céline Céleste, ballerina, highly successful in New York
- Marie-Adrienne Chameroy, dancer at the Paris Opera
- Jeanne Chasles,, dancer, choreographer and professor of dance at the National Conservatory
- 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, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
- Émilie Cozette, ballerina, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
- Polly Cuninghame, ballerina, active in Amsterdam, Stadsschouwburg
- Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo, prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, the first to execute the entrechat quatre and to wear ballet slippers
- 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, performed on Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre
- Suzanne Douvillier, ballerina, choreographer, perhaps the first trained ballerina to perform in the United States
- Adèle Dumilâtre, prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, Drury Lane, La Scala
- Aurélie Dupont, director and former ballet dancer, étoile and artistic director, Paris Opera Ballet
- Pauline Duvernay, ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, also London
- 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, étoile of Paris Opera Ballet
- Marie-Agnès Gillot, ballet dancer, choreographer, étoile of Paris Opera Ballet
- 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, Paris Opera Ballet, Sadler's Wells Theatre
- Marie-Madeleine Guimard, ballerina, star of the Paris Opera under Louis XVI
- Nathalie Hervé, ice dancer
- Fauve Hautot, dancer, choreographer
- Zizi Jeanmaire, ballet dancer, film actress, appeared in Hans Christian Andersen
- Katherine Kath, prima ballerina, Théâtre du Châtelet, film and television actress
- Dominique Khalfouni, ballerina, teacher, Paris Opera Ballet, Ballet National de Marseille
- De Lafontaine, ballerina, considered to be the first professional female dancer, Paris Opera
- 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, étoile of Paris Opera Ballet
- 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, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
- Mariquita, see Algeria
- Brigitte Martin, ice dancer
- Sophie Martin, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Scottish Ballet
- Genia Melikova, ballerina, choreographer, teacher, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, also performed on Broadway
- Cléo de Mérode, dancer, international star
- Antonine Meunier, ballet dancer, teacher, writer
- Magali Messac, ballet dancer, joined the American Ballet Theatre in 1969
- 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, appeared in many silent films
- Lise Noblet, ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
- Clairemarie Osta, former ballet dancer, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
- Martine Olivier, ice dancer
- Alia Ouabdelsselam, ice dancer
- Myriam Ould-Braham, ballerina, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
- 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, remembered for her solo Les Caractères de la Danse, Paris Opera
- Liane de Pougy, courtesan, cabaret dancer, Folies Bergère
- Laetitia Pujol, ballet dancer, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
- Alice Renavand, ballet dancer, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
- Rigolboche, stage dancer, possibly invented the can-can
- Sarah-Marine Rouffanche, ice dancer
- 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, also appeared in films and on television
- 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
- Maria Bińczyk, German-born Polish ice dancer
- 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
- 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
- Miriam Steinel, 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
- 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
- Alessia Aureli, ice dancer
- 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, choreograoher, 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
- Marta Paoletti, 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, English National Ballet, formerly Dutch National Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet
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- , dancer and choreographer
- , sculptor, painter and dancer
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- 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
- 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, the first native ballerina in Poland.
- Sylwia Nowak, ice dancer, coach
- Justyna Plutowska, ice dancer
- Dominika Polakowska, ice dancer
- Kamila Przyk, ice dancer
- Marie Rambert, ballerina, teacher, Ballet Rambert
- Agata Rosłońska, ice dancer
- 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, principal dancer, English National Ballet, formerly The Royal Ballet
- 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 Malkhozouny, 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
- Lola Flores, flamenco dancer, actress
- Cristina Hoyos, flamenco dancer, choreographer, film actress
- 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
- Laura Morera, 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
- 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
- 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
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, first soloist, 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
- Julia Horvath, ballet dancer, former soloist with Finnish National Ballet
- 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
- 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, outstanding ballerina 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
- Beryl Grey, outstanding prima ballerina, Saddlers Wells Ballet/Royal Ballet, first western dancer to perform at the Bolshoi
- Melissa Hamilton, ballet dancer, first soloist, 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
- Jessie Matthews, dancer, actress, appeared in early musicals
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Sabrina Matthews, choreographer
- Rachael McLaren, dancer, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- Emily Molnar, ballet dancer
- 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, ballerina, choreographer, active in New York's American Ballet Theatre and in Russia, director of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba
- 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"
- 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
- 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
- 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, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
- Precious Adams, ballet dancer, English National Ballet
- Edith Allard, ballerina, soloist in Europe
- Lauren Anderson, African American ballerina, Houston Ballet
- Alexandra Ansanelli, prima ballerina, New York City Ballet, Royal Ballet
- Aesha Ash, ballet dancer
- Debra Austin, principal dancer, Pennsylvania 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
- Isabella Boylston, ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
- Skylar Brandt, ballet dancer, soloist, American Ballet Theatre
- 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
- 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 List of female dancers#Russia
- 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
- Michaela DePrince, ballet dancer
- Marguerite Derricks, ballerina, choreographer, musicals
- Sasha De Sola, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco 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.
- 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 Bergères
- Annabelle Gamson, modern dancer, Broadway musicals
- Robin Gee, dancer, educator, choreographer
- 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
- 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
- Doris Humphrey, influential modern dancer, choreographer, teacher
- Sterling Hyltin, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City 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
- 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
- Sarah Lamb, ballet dancer, principal dancer, The Royal Ballet
- Katherine LaNasa, film actress, ballet dancer, choreographer
- Sarah Lane, ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
- Moscelyne Larkin, ballet dancer, founder of the Tulsa Ballet
- Emery LeCrone, dancer, choreographer
- Megan LeCrone, ballet dancer, soloist with 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
- 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
- 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
- Gillian Murphy, ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
- Patricia Neary, international prima ballerina, choreographer, ballet director, specializing in the ballets of George Balanchine
- Georgina Pazcoguin, ballet dancer and actress, soloist, New York City Ballet
- Noelani Pantastico, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Baller, formerly Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
- Tiler Peck, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet
- Valarie Pettiford, Fosse
- 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
- Alison Roper, principal dancer, Oregon Ballet Theatre
- Ruth St. Denis, pioneer of modern dance, Oriental dance as an expression of spiritualism
- Amanda Schull, former ballet dancer and actress, San Francisco Ballet
- Terry Sendgraff, dancer, choreographer
- Karina Smirnoff, see Ukraine
- Molly Smolen, principal dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet since 1999
- Abu 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
- Devon Teuscher, ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
- Twyla Tharp, dancer, choreographer
- Justin Tornow, dancer, choreographer, educator
- Judy Trammell, dancer, choreographer
- 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
- 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
- Joy Womack, ballet dancer, artist, Boston Ballet
- 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
Puerto Rico
- Lourdes Chacón, exotic 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
- Carmencita Calderón, tango dancer
- Eleonora Cassano, ballerina, modern dancer, Teatro Colón, musicals
- 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, first soloist, 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