Dancer
| Name | Nationality | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
| Agnes de Mille |
American |
September 18, 1905 |
October 7, 1993 |
| Alicia Markova |
English |
December 1, 1910 |
December 2, 2004 |
| Alvin Ailey |
American |
January 5, 1931 |
December 1, 1989 |
| Ann Miller |
American |
April 12, 1923 |
January 22, 2004 |
| Anna Pavlova |
Russian |
January 31, 1882 |
January 23, 1931 |
| Annette O'Toole |
American |
April 1, 1952 |
|
| Deborah Bull |
British |
March 22, 1963 |
|
| Doris Humphrey |
American |
October 17, 1895 |
December 29, 1958 |
| Erik Bruhn |
Dutch |
October 3, 1928 |
April 1, 1986 |
| Gelsey Kirkland |
American |
December 29, 1952 |
|
| George Balanchine |
Russian |
January 9, 1904 |
April 30, 1983 |
| George Chakiris |
American |
September 16, 1934 |
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| George Murphy |
American |
July 4, 1902 |
May 3, 1992 |
| Graeme Murphy |
Australian |
November 2, 1950 |
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| Gwen Verdon |
American |
January 13, 1925 |
October 18, 2000 |
| Harold Nicholas |
American |
March 27, 1921 |
April 3, 2000 |
| Isadora Duncan |
American |
May 26, 1877 |
September 19, 1927 |
| Jaime Pressly |
American |
July 30, 1977 |
|
| Jerome Robbins |
American |
October 11, 1918 |
July 29, 1998 |
| Josephine Baker |
French |
June 3, 1906 |
April 12, 1975 |
| Judith Jamison |
American |
May 10, 1943 |
|
| Karen Kain |
Canadian |
March 28, 1951 |
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| Katherine Dunham |
American |
June 24, 1909 |
May 21, 2006 |
| Khandi Alexander |
American |
September 4, 1957 |
|
| Lincoln Kirstein |
American |
May 4, 1906 |
January 5, 1996 |
| Margot Fonteyn |
English |
May 18, 1919 |
February 21, 1991 |
| Mark Morris |
American |
August 29, 1956 |
|
| Martha Graham |
American |
May 11, 1894 |
April 1, 1991 |
| Mary Wigman |
German |
1886 |
1973 |
| Mata Hari |
Dutch |
August 7, 1876 |
October 15, 1917 |
| Matthew Bourne |
English |
January 13, 1960 |
|
| Merce Cunningham |
American |
April 16, 1919 |
|
| Michael Flatley |
Irish |
July 16, 1958 |
|
| Mikhail Baryshnikov |
American |
January 27, 1948 |
|
| Ninette de Valois |
Irish |
June 6, 1898 |
March 8, 2001 |
| Paul Taylor |
American |
July 29, 1930 |
|
| Rudolf Nureyev |
Russian |
March 17, 1938 |
January 6, 1993 |
| Ruth St. Denis |
American |
January 20, 1878 |
July 21, 1968 |
| Siobhan Davies |
English |
1950 |
|
| Suzanne Farrell |
American |
August 16, 1945 |
|
| Ted Shawn |
American |
October 21, 1891 |
1972 |
| Tommy Tune |
American |
February 28, 1939 |
|
| Twyla Tharp |
American |
July 1, 1941 |
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| Vaslav Nijinsky |
Russian |
March 12, 1890 |
April 8, 1950 |