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 (1830–1922), early choreographer, director and teacher in Paris, Folies Bergère, Opéra Comique

Egypt

• Naima Akef (1929–1966), belly dancer, film actress
• Nagwa Fouad (born 1939), belly dancer
• Nadia Gamal (1937–1990), belly dancer, toured widely including North America
• Samia Gamal (1924–1994), belly dancer, film actress
• Taheyya Kariokka (1919–1999), belly dancer, film actress
• Kuchuk Hanem (1850–1870), erotic dancer
• Nelly Mazloum (1929–2003), belly dancer, show dancer, folklorist, own dance company
• Hanan Tork (born 1975), ballerina, Cairo Ballet Group, later film actress

South Africa

• Nadia Nerina (1927–2008), prima ballerina who made her glittering career with The Royal Ballet in London
• Juliet Prowse (1936–1996), Indian-born, stage dancer, starred in Can-Can
• Robyn Hendricks, ballet dancer, principal dancer, The Australian Ballet
• Phyllis Spira (1943–2008), prima ballerina, teacher, performed with Cape Town's CAPAB

Asia

Armenia

• Armen Ohanian (1887–1976), oriental dancer

Bangladesh

• Benazir Salam (born 1979), Indian classical dancer, modern dancer, Odissi teacher

China

• Dai Ailian (1916 (Trinidad)–2006), modern dancer, choreographer, teacher, first principal of Beijing Dance Academy
• Jin Xing (born 1967 to Korean parents), ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer, actress
• Faye Leung (born 1979), former principal dancer, Hong Kong Ballet
• Yuanyuan Tan (born 1974), principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
• Xue Jinghua (born 1946), prima ballerina, National Ballet of China
• Nellie Yu Roung Ling (1889–1973), dancer and choreographer, considered the first modern dancer of China.
• Zhu Yan, prima ballerina with the National Ballet of China since 1995

Georgia

• Maia Makhateli (born c. 1986), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Dutch National Ballet
• Lila Zali (1918–2003), ballet dancer, film actress, American Ballet Theatre, Ballets Russes

India

• Shreya Rai known as (21 pink) (born 1996), Indian dancer, specializing in belly dance
• Olive Katherine Craddock (1894–1926), Anglo-Indian dancer who danced under the name of Roshanara
• Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904–1986), Bharata Natyam classical dancer, choreographer
• Methil Devika (born 1977), dancer, choreographer, teacher
• Madhuri Dixit (born 1967), film actress, dance sequences in Bollywood films
• Geeta Kapoor (born 1973), Bollywood choreographer
• Saroj Khan (born 1948), Bollywood choreographer
• Hema Malini (born 1948), Bharata Natyam dancer, choreographer, actress
• Vaibhavi Merchant (born 1975), Bollywood dancer, choreographer
• Sujata Mohapatra (born 1968), Indian classical dancer, Odissi teacher
• Baisali Mohanty (born 1994), Indian classical dancer and choreographer of Odissi
• Rekha Raju, Mohiniyattam exponent
• Anita Ratnam (born 1954), Indian classical dancer, modern dancer, choreographer
• Mallika Sarabhai (born 1954), classical Indian dancer, choreographer
• Savitha Sastry (born 1969), Indian dancer, choreographer, specializing in Bharata Natyam
• Zohra Sehgal (1912–2014), film actress, modern dancer, choreographer
• Vyjayanthimala (born 1936), classical Indian dancer, choreographer, actress

Indonesia

• Gusmiati Suid (1942–2001), dancer and choreographer

Iran

• Farzaneh Kaboli (born 1949), Iranian folk dancer, ballet dancer, choreographer

Israel

• Rina Schenfeld (born 1938), prima ballerina, choreographer, Batsheva Dance Company

Japan

• Motofuji Akiko (1928–2003), ballerina, modern dancer
• Tae-ji Choi (born 1959), ballerina, director, teacher, Korea National Ballet
• Shizuka Gozen (1165–1211), court dancer
• Utako Hanazono (1905–1982), modern dancer, geisha
• Yuriko Kajiya (born 1984), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Houston Ballet
• Maki Kawamura (born 1979), ballerina, New National Theatre Tokyo
• Hikaru Kobayashi (born 1976), baller dancer, former first soloist, The Royal Ballet
• Ako Kondo (born 1991), ballet dancer, The Australian Ballet
• Misa Kuranaga (born c. 1982), ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet, formerly Boston Ballet
• Tamiyo Kusakari (born 1965), ballerina, film actress, Maki Asami Ballet Company
• Noriko Ohara (born 1943), ballerina, Scottish Ballet
• Masako Ono, Odissi dancer since 1996
• Shino Mori (born 1989), ballerina, National Ballet of Canada
• Yoko Morishita (born 1948), prima ballerina, director, Matsuyama Ballet Company
• Ayako Nakano (born 1977), ballerina, soloist Theater Basel
• Madoka Sugai, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Hamburg Ballet
• Akane Takada (born 1990), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
• Erina Takahashi, ballet dancer, lead principal, English National Ballet
• Yumiko Takeshima, designer and former ballet dancer
• Miyako Yoshida (born 1965), former ballet dancer, The Royal Ballet and K-ballet
• Yuriko Kimura, modern dancer, lead principal with Martha Graham Dance Company

Kazakhstan

• Nadezhda Gracheva (born 1969), prima ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet

Lebanon

• Layal Abboud (born 1982), concert dancer

Nepal

• Bandana Nepal (born 2001), record-breaking marathon dancer

Pakistan

• Suhaee Abro, dancer since 2001, Indian classical dancer, modern dancer, choreographer
• Nargis (born 1974), film actress, stage dancer

South Korea

• Yuhui Choe, ballet dancer, first soloist, The Royal Ballet
• Ji-Young Kim (born 1978), prima ballerina, Korean National Ballet
• Kang Sue-jin (born 1967), ballerina, Stuttgart Ballet
• Kim Joo-won (born 1976), prima ballerina, Korean National Ballet
• EunWon Lee, prima ballerina, Korean National Ballet
• Young Soon Hue (born 1963), ballerina, choreographer, Deutsche Oper am Rhein
• Sae Eun Park (born 1989), ballet dancer, étoile, Paris Opera Ballet
• Hee Seo (born 1986), ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
• Ahn Yoo-jin (born 1968), belly dancer

Taiwan

• PeiJu Chien-Pott, dancer, Martha Graham Dance Company
• Fang-Yi Sheu, dancer, Martha Graham Dance Company

Australia

• Lucette Aldous (1938–2021), ballerina, teacher with the Australian Ballet
• Vicki Attard (born 1965), principal dancer, Australian Ballet
• Leanne Benjamin (born 1964), former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
• Madeleine Eastoe, former ballet dancer, principal artist, Australian Ballet
• Roma Egan (born 1948), senior soloist, Australian Ballet
• Jean Garling (1907–1998), ballet dancer
• Amy Harris (born 1983), ballet dancer, principal artist, Australian Ballet
• Ella Havelka, ballet dancer, first indigenous dancer at Australian Ballet
• Margaret Illmann (born 1965), ballerina, National Ballet of Canada
• Lana Jones, former ballet dancer, Australian Ballet
• Marilyn Jones (born 1940), ballerina, director, Australian Ballet
• Dena Kaplan (born 1989), dancer, actress, film roles
• Stephanie Kurlow, ballet dancer
• Kirsty Martin (born 1976), principal dancer, Australian Ballet
• Laurel Martyn (1916–2013), ballerina, Australian Ballet, Vic-Wells Ballet
• Danielle Rowe (born 1982), ballet dancer and choreographer
• Amber Scott, ballet dancer, principal dancer, The Australian Ballet
• Margaret Scott (1922 (South Africa)–2019), ballerina, Ballet Rambert, Australian Ballet, director of the Australian Ballet School
• Dana Stephensen (born c. 1984), ballerina, Australian Ballet
• Meryl Tankard (born 1955), ballet dancer, choreographer, director Australian Dance Theatre
• Tamara Tchinarova (1919 (Romania)–2017), ballet dancer Ballets Russes, Borovansky Ballet
• Stephanie Williams, ballet dancer, American Ballet Theatre

New Zealand

• Rona Bailey (1914–2005), drama and dance practitioner, educationalist and activist
• Yvonne Cartier (c. 1930–2014), ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher of mime and movement, based in Paris
• Lusi Faiva, known for physically integrated dance
• Rowena Jackson (born 1926), prima ballerina, Sadler's Wells Ballet, Royal Ballet
• Hannah O'Neill (born 1993), ballet dancer, premier danseur, Paris Opera Ballet

Europe

Albania

• Megi Ndokaj (born 1993), Classical dancer, modern dancer, Albanian folk dancer, model

Austria

• Kathrin Beck (born 1966), ice dancer, actress
• Gertrud Bodenwieser (1890–1959), dancer, choreographer, teacher, pioneer of expressive dance
• Trudl Dubsky (1913–1976), innovative dancer, choreographer, teacher
• Poldi Dur (1917–1996), dancer, actress
• Fanny Elssler (1810–1884), ballerina, Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique (now the Paris Opera), toured widely
• Therese Elssler (1808–1878), ballerina, sister of Fanny Elssler
• Angelika Führing (born 1976), ice dancer
• Susi Handschmann (born 1959), ice dancer
• Lilian Harmel (1908–1982), dancer, choreographer, teacher
• Barbara Herzog (born 1985), ice dancer
• Saskia Hölbling (born 1971), modern dancer, choreographer
• Hilde Holger (1905–2001), expressionist dancer, choreographer, teacher
• Katti Lanner (1829–1908), ballet dancer, choreographer, Viennese Ballet Company, Drury Lane
• Maria Ley-Piscator (1898–1999), dancer, choreographer
• Tilly Losch (1903–1975), 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 (born 1970s), ice dancer
• Kathrin Menzinger (born 1988), competitive ballroom dancer
• Albertina Rasch (1891–1967), ballerina, show dancer, choreographer, remembered for her extensive work in American musicals
• Brigitte Scheijbal (fl. 1970s), ice dancer
• Babsie Steger (born 1968), dancer, actress, television presenter
• Eva Marie Veigel (1724–1822), early dancer in London
• Cilli Wang (1909–2005), Austrian-born Dutch dancer, cabaret artist
• Grete Wiesenthal (1891–1967), ballet dancer, worked with Max Reinhardt

Belgium

• Akarova (1904–1999), ballet dancer, choreographer, performed in various venues in Brussels
• Jeanne Brabants (1920–2014), dancer, choreographer, teacher
• Veerle Casteleyn (born 1978), ballerina, show dancer, performing in Belgian musicals
• Lydia Chagoll (1931–2020), dancer, choreographer, screenwriter, actress
• Bernice Coppieters (born 1970), ballet dancer, étoile and principal ballet master of the Ballets de Monte-Carlo
• Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (born 1960), contemporary dancer, choreographer
• Julie Alix de la Fay (c. 1746–1826), ballet dancer, teacher, helped develop the Royal Swedish Ballet
• Joanna Leunis (born 1981), Latin ballroom dancer
• Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (born 1973), choreographer
• Andrée Marlière (1934–2008), ballet dancer, teacher, danced mainly in Belgian and German companies including the Flemish Opera
• Adeline Plunkett (1824–1910), star of the Paris Opera Ballet
• Ira Vannut (born 1994), ice dancer

Bulgaria

• Ina Demireva (born 1989), ice dancer
• Albena Denkova (born 1974), ice dancer
• Maria Filippov (born 1973), ice dancer
• Petya Gavazova (born 1968), ice dancer
• Mila Iskrenova (born 1960), modern dancer, choreographer

Croatia

• Nikolina Nikoleski (born 1976), dancer and choreographer of Bharatanatyam

Czech Republic

• Jana Andrsová (born 1939), ballet dancer, actress
• Jitka Babická (born 1939), ice dancer
• Radmila Chroboková (born 1976), ice dancer
• Anka Čekanová (1905–1965), dancer, choreographer
• Kamila Hájková (born 1987), ice dancer
• Jindra Holá (born 1960), ice dancer
• Dana Holanová (fl, 1960s), ice dancer
• Gabriela Hrázská (born 1979), ice dancer
• Diana Janošťáková (born 1984), ice dancer
• Jarmila Jeřábková (1912–1989), modern dancer, choreographer, taught Isadora Duncan's method
• Lucie Kadlčáková (born 1982), ice dancer
• Daria Klimentová (born 1971), ballet dancer, former principal dancer, National Theatre Ballet, English National Ballet, teacher, Royal Ballet School
• Kateřina Kovalová (born 1978), ice dancer
• Jarmila Kröschlová (1893–1983), modern dancer, choreographer, teacher
• Gabriela Kubová (born 1993), ice dancer
• Leona Kvasnicová (born 1972), dancer, choreographer
• Nikola Márová (born 1980), prima ballerina, National Theatre (Prague)
• Kateřina Mrázová (born 1972), ice dancer
• Veronika Morávková (born 1983), ice dancer
• Lucie Myslivečková (born 1989), ice dancer
• Eva Peštová (born 1952), ice dancer
• Anna Pisánská (fl. 1970s), ice dancer
• Liliana Řeháková (1958–2008), ice dancer
• Viera Řeháková (born 1964), ice dancer
• Eva Romanová (born 1946), ice dancer
• Barbora Silná (born 1989), Czech-Austrian ice dancer
• Diana Skotnická (born 1940s), ice dancer
• Ivana Střondalová (born 1970), ice dancer
• Milena Tůmová (fl. 1960s), ice dancer
• Nikola Višňová (born 1992), ice dancer
• Šárka Vondrková (born 1976), ice dancer
• Jana Zangiová (fl 1980s), ice dancer

Denmark

• Marie Barch
• Dinna Bjørn (born 1947), prima ballerina, choreographer, ballet mistress, Royal Danish Ballet
• Mette Bødtcher (born 1965), balletna, trained and danced at the Royal Danish Theatre
• Gudrun Bojesen (born 1976), principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Edith von Bonsdorff (1890–1968), ballet dancer
• Valborg Borchsenius (1872–1949), soloist with the Royal Danish ballet, later an instructor
• Ida Brun (1792–1857), singer, dancer, mine artist
• Camilla Dallerup (born 1974), ballroom dancer, coach
• Eva Eklund (1922–2015), Swedish-born Danish dancer, singer, composer
• Vivi Flindt (born 1943), soloist with the Royal Danish Ballet, now a choreographer
• Laurence Fournier Beaudry (born 1992), ice dancer
• Anine Frølich (1762–1784), ballerina, first native Dane in the Royal Danish Ballet
• Adeline Genée (1878–1970), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, later classical ballet and music hall roles at Empire, Leicester Square, in New York and Sydney
• Katelyn Good (born 1990), ice dancer
• Gerda Karstens (1903–1988), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Lucile Grahn (1819–1907), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, performed widely across Europe
• Susanne Grinder (born 1981), principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Eline Heger (1774–1842), ballet dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Else Højgaard (1906–1979), ballerina, stage and film actress, Royal Danish Theatre
• Mette Ingvarsten (active since 2003), Danish dancer, choreographer and performance artist
• Lis Jeppesen (born 1956), soloist with the Royal Danish Ballet
• Andrea Krætzmer (1811–1889), soloist in August Bournonville's early ballets
• Mette Hønningen (born 1944), principal at the Royal Danish Ballet
• Charlotte Jørgensen (born 1972), ballroom dancer
• Hélène Kirsova (1910–1962), ballerina, choreographer, director
• Margot Lander (1910–1961), born in Oslo, Denmark's first prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Anna Lærkesen (born 1942), soloist at the Royal Danish Ballet
• Elna Lassen (1901–1930), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Gitte Lindstrøm (born 1975), principal dancer, teacher, Royal Danish Ballet
• Charlotte Jørgensen (born 1987), dancer, singer, actress
• Asta Mollerup (1881–1945), brought modern dance to Denmark
• Augusta Nielsen (1822–1902), ballerina, performed as a soloist in Bournonville's ballets
• Elna Ørnberg (1890–1969), ballerina, performed as a soloist in Bournonville's ballets
• Ulla Poulsen (1905–2001), soloist with the Royal Danish Ballet, also an actress
• Ida Praetorius (born 1993), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Ellen Price (1878–1968), prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Juliette Price (1831–1906), prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, worked closely with August Bournonville
• Kirsten Ralov (1922–1999), ballerina, ballet mistress, associate director, Royal Danish Ballet
• Louise Rasmussen (1815–1874), ballet dancer and stage actor, Royal Danish Ballet
• Johanne Rosing (1756–1853), actress, ballet dancer
• Margrethe Schall (1775–1852), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Silja Schandorff (born 1969), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Delia Sheppard (born 1961), actress, model, singer, ballet dancer
• Kirsten Simone (born 1934), first soloist Royal Danish Ballet
• Nini Theilade (1915–2018), ballet dancer, choreographer, starred in the film A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Valda Valkyrien (1895–1956), Iceland-born prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, later silent film actress in the United States
• Mona Vangsaae (1920–1983), ballet dancer, choreographer and instructor
• Emilie Walbom (1858–1932), ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet mistress

Estonia

• Johanna Allik (born 1994), ice dancer
• Grethe Grünberg (born 1988), ice dancer
• Anna Mosenkova (born 1973), ice dancer
• Agnes Oaks (born 1970), ballet dancer, former principal dancer, English National Ballet
• Irina Shtork (born 1993), ice dancer
• Marina Timofeieva (born 1984), ice dancer

Finland

• Ritva Arvelo (1921–2013), actress, screenwriter, pioneer in modern dance
• Sorella Englund (born 1945), soloist, character dancer, teacher, Royal Danish Ballet
• Alina Frasa (1834–1899), Finnish ballet dancer and choreographer
• Maggie Gripenberg, (1881–1976) pioneer of modern dance in Finland
• Hanna Haarala (active since 2000s), Latin American dancer
• Irja Hagfors (1905–1988), dancer, choreographer, dance teacher
• Jessica Huot (born 1983), ice dancer
• Olesia Karmi (born 1992), ice dancer
• Hanna Karttunen (fl. 2000s), Latin American dancer
• Oona Kivelä (born 1983), professional dancer, pole dancer
• Jaana Kunitz (born 1972), ballroom dancer, dance instructor
• Monica Lindfors (born 2000), ice dancer
• Henna Lindholm (born 1989), ice dancer
• Marja Merisalo (born 1965), choreographer, dancer, director
• Cleo Nordi (1898–1983), prima ballerina with Anna Pavlova, choreographer and teacher in London
• Susanna Rahkamo (born 1965), ice dancer
• Sirpa Suutari (fl. 1990s), professional ballroom dancer
• Cecilia Törn (born 1994), ice dancer
• Satu Tuomisto, active since 2000, contemporary dance choreographer
• Anu Viheriäranta (born 1982), principal dancer, Dutch National Ballet
• Maikki Uotila (born 1977), ice dancer

France

• Angélique Abachkina (born 2000), ice dancer
• Françoise Adret (1920–2018), ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, director
• Émilienne d’Alençon (1869–1946), dancer, actress, courtesan
• Marie Allard (1738–1802), ballerina, Comédie-Française, Paris Opera Ballet
• Mademoiselle Ambroisine (1811–1882), prima ballerina, leading lady of romantic ballet in Brussels
• Madame Anatole (1793–?), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
• Anne and Janneton Auretti (fl 1740–1760)
• Jane Avril (1868–1943), can-can dancer, Moulin Rouge
• Josephine Baker (1906–1975), American-born erotic dancer, singer, entertainer, Folies Bergère, also in films
• Léonore Baulac (born 1989), ballet dancer, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
• Claude Bessy (born 1932), ballerina, teacher, Paris Opera Ballet
• Émilie Bigottini (1784–1858), ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
• Zoé Blanc (born 1988), ice dancer
• Doriane Bontemps (born 1967), ice dancer
• Emmanuelle Bouaziz (active since 2007), actress, dancer, singer
• Hélène Bouchet (born 1980), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Hamburg Ballet
• Muriel Boucher-Zazoui (fl 1970s), ice dancer
• Olympe Bradna (1920–2012), dancer, actress
• Élodie Brouiller (born 1987), ice dancer
• Roxane Butterfly (active since 1998), tap dancer, choreographer
• Rita Cadillac (1936–1995), exotic dancer, singer, actress, Crazy Horse, Folies Bergère
• Vanessa Cailhol (active since 2004), dancer, singer, musicals performer
• Leslie Caron (born 1931), ballerina, film actress, starred in Gigi
• Pernelle Carron (born 1986), ice dancer
• Céline Céleste (1815–1882), ballerina, highly successful in New York
• Marie-Adrienne Chameroy (1779–1802), dancer at the Paris Opera
• Jeanne Chasles (1869–1939), dancer, choreographer and professor of dance at the National Conservatory
• Cha-U-Kao, dancer and clown
• Jeanne Chasles (1869–1939), dancer, choreographer at the Opéra Comique
• Yvette Chauviré (1917–2016), prima ballerina, director, Paris Opera Ballet
• Isabelle Ciaravola (born 1972), ballet dancer, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
• Valentine Colasante (born 1989), ballet dancer, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
• Émilie Cozette (born 1981), ballerina, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
• Polly Cuninghame (1785–1837), ballerina, active in Amsterdam, Stadsschouwburg
• Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo (1710–1770), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, the first to execute the entrechat quatre and to wear ballet slippers
• Sophie Daguin (1801–1881), ballerina, choreographer, Royal Swedish Opera
• Suzette Defoye (1741–1787), ballet dancer, actress, opera singer
• Isabelle Delobel (born 1978), ice dancer
• Véronique Delobel (born 1978), ice dancer
• Davina Delor (born 1952), dancer, choreographer, Buddhist nun
• Bintou Dembélé (born 1975), pioneering hip hop dancer, choreographer
• Dominique Deniaud (born 1977), ice dancer
• Gaby Deslys (1881–1920), show dancer, singer, actress, performed on Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre
• Suzanne Douvillier (1778–1826), ballerina, choreographer, perhaps the first trained ballerina to perform in the United States
• Adèle Dumilâtre (1821–1909), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, Drury Lane, La Scala
• Aurélie Dupont (born 1973), director and former ballet dancer, étoile and artistic director, Paris Opera Ballet
• Pauline Duvernay (1812–1894), ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, also London
• Estelle Elizabeth (born 1996), ice dancer
• Eugénie Fiocre (1845–1908), ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, often in male roles
• Louise Fitzjames (born 1809), ballet dancer with the Paris Opera
• Mathilde Froustey (born 1985), ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
• Dorothée Gilbert (born 1983), ballerina, étoile of Paris Opera Ballet
• Marie-Agnès Gillot (born c. 1974), ballet dancer, choreographer, étoile of Paris Opera Ballet
• Geneviève Gosselin (1791–1818), ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
• La Goulue (1866–1929), can-can dancer, Moulin Rouge
• Isabelle Guérin (born 1961), ballet dancer, principal dancer with Paris Opera Ballet
• Christiane Guhel (born 1962), ice dancer
• Sylvie Guillem (born 1965), ballerina, choreographer, contemporary dancer, Paris Opera Ballet, Sadler's Wells Theatre
• Marie-Madeleine Guimard (1743–1816), ballerina, star of the Paris Opera under Louis XVI
• Nathalie Hervé (born 1963), ice dancer
• Fauve Hautot (born 1986), dancer, choreographer
• Zizi Jeanmaire (1924–2020), ballet dancer, film actress, appeared in Hans Christian Andersen
• Katherine Kath (1920–2012), prima ballerina, Théâtre du Châtelet, film and television actress
• Dominique Khalfouni (born 1951), ballerina, teacher, Paris Opera Ballet, Ballet National de Marseille
• De Lafontaine (1655–1738), ballerina, considered to be the first professional female dancer, Paris Opera
• Brigitte Lefèvre (born 1944), dancer, choreographer, director of the Paris Opera Ballet
• Marcelle Lender (1862–1926), stage dancer, singer, Théâtre des Variétés, painted by Toulouse-Lautrec
• Marie Lesueur (1799–1890), ballet dancer, Théâtre de Marseille, Théâtre de la Monnaie
• Agnès Letestu (born 1971), ballerina, étoile of Paris Opera Ballet
• Emma Livry (1842–1863), ballerina, romantic ballet, Paris Opera, died after her clothes caught fire on stage
• Sophie Lothaire (1732–?), dancer, actress, director, active in Brussels
• Monique Loudières (born 1956), ballet dancer, teacher, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
• Mariquita (1830–1922), see Algeria
• Brigitte Martin (fl 1960s), ice dancer
• Sophie Martin (born 1984), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Scottish Ballet
• Genia Melikova (1924–2004), ballerina, choreographer, teacher, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, also performed on Broadway
• Cléo de Mérode (1875–1966), dancer, international star
• Antonine Meunier (1877–1972), ballet dancer, teacher, writer
• Magali Messac (fl 1969), ballet dancer, joined the American Ballet Theatre in 1969
• Sophie Moniotte (born 1969), ice dancer
• Madame Montessu (1803–1877), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
• Marion Motin (active since 2006), dancer, choreographer
• Marguerite Morel (1737–1804), ballerina, opera singer, active in Sweden at Bollhuset
• Bérangère Nau (born 1976), ice dancer
• Stacia Napierkowska (1891–1945), dancer, film actress, appeared in many silent films
• Lise Noblet (1801–1852), ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
• Clairemarie Osta (born 1970), former ballet dancer, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
• Martine Olivier (fl 1970s), ice dancer
• Alia Ouabdelsselam (born 1978), ice dancer
• Myriam Ould-Braham (born 1982), ballerina, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
• Ludmila Pagliero (born 1983), see Argentina
• Corinne Paliard (born 1970), ice dancer
• Gabriella Papadakis (born 1995), ice dancer
• Mademoiselle Parisot (c. 1775–after 1837), opera singer, ballet dancer, King's Theatre
• Nathalie Péchalat (born 1983), ice dancer
• Roxane Petetin (born 1981), ice dancer
• Sonia Petrovna (born 1952), ballerina, actress
• Marie-Claude Pietragalla (born 1963), dancer, choreographer
• Wilfride Piollet (1943–2015), ballerina, choreographer
• Barbara Piton (born 1977), ice dancer
• Élisabeth Platel (born 1959), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
• Françoise Prévost (c. 1680–1741), ballerina, remembered for her solo Les Caractères de la Danse, Paris Opera
• Liane de Pougy (1869–1950), courtesan, cabaret dancer, Folies Bergère
• Laetitia Pujol (born 1975), ballet dancer, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
• Alice Renavand (born 1980), ballet dancer, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
• Rigolboche (1842–1920), stage dancer, possibly invented the can-can
• Sarah-Marine Rouffanche (born 1997), ice dancer
• Marie Sallé (1707–1756), prima ballerina, first female choreographer, Paris Opera Ballet, Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London
• Marie Sanlaville (1847–1930), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, often in male roles
• Magali Sauri (born 1977), ice dancer
• Élisabeth Soligny (1749–?), prima ballerina, ballet mistress, Royal Swedish Ballet
• Louise Stichel (1856–after 1933), dancer, ballet master
• Agnès Souret (1902–1928), show dancer, actress, winner of first Miss France contest
• Marie-Thérèse de Subligny (1666–1735), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, first professional ballet dancer to appear in England (1702)
• Marina Svetlova (1922–2009), ballerina, Original Ballet Russe, Metropolitan Opera Ballet
• Ludmilla Tchérina (1924–2004), prima ballerina, Ballet des Champs-Élysées, also appeared in films and on television
• Ghislaine Thesmar (born 1943), prima ballerina, choreographer, Ballets de Monte-Carlo
• Caroline Truong (born 1980), ice dancer
• Marie van Goethem (born 1865, death unknown), dancer, model
• Violette Verdy (1933–2016), ballerina, Ballet des Champs-Élysées, New York City Ballet, director of Paris Opera Ballet
• Adorée Villany (1891–19??), dancer, choreographer
• Dominique Yvon (born 1968), ice dancer

Germany

• Ruth Abramovitsch Sorel (1907–1974), dancer, choreographer, director, active in Canada
• Karin von Aroldingen (1941–2018), ballet dancer, former principal dancer with New York City Ballet
• Annerose Baier (born 1946), ice dancer
• Pina Bausch (1940–2009), dancer and choreographer, company founder, Tanztheater
• Antonia Becherer (born 1963), ice dancer
• Christina Beier (born 1984), ice dancer
• Lotte Berk (1913–2003), ballet dancer, teacher
• Anita Berber (1899–1928), cabaret dancer in Berlin
• Hannelore Bey (born 1941), ballerina, Komische Oper Berlin
• Maria Bińczyk (born 1983), German-born Polish ice dancer
• Petra Born (born 1965), ice dancer
• Sonja Bragowa (1903–1998), expressionist dancer, revue dancer
• Angelika Buck (born 1950), ice dancer
• Ursula Cain (1927–2011), modern dancer, ballet dancer, teacher, Leipzig Opera, television appearances
• Marlene Charell (born 1944), modern dancer, Le Lido
• Ursula Deinert (1910–1988), dancer, film actress
• Clotilde von Derp (1892–1974), expressionist dancer, partner and wife of Alexander Sakharoff
• Jutta Deutschland (born 1958), prima ballerina, Komische Oper Berlin
• Hertha Feist (1896–1990), expressionist dancer, combining gymnastics, nudity and dance
• Stefanie Frohberg (born 1991), ice dancer
• Yvonne Georgi (1903–1975), ballerina, choreographer, ballet mistress
• Valeska Gert (1892–1978), cabaret dancer, film actress, also in the United States
• Tatjana Gsovsky (1901–1993), see Russia
• Grit Hegesa (1891–1972), dancer, silent film actress
• Anna Heinel (1753–1808), ballerina, Paris Opera
• Heike Hennig (born 1966), modern dancer, choreographer, teacher, active mainly in Leipzig
• Ida Herion (1896–1959), modernist dance teacher in Stuttgart
• Carolina Hermann (born 1988), ice dancer
• Reinhild Hoffmann (born 1966), show dancer
• Hanya Holm (1893–1992), major contributor to modern dance in the United States, especially Broadway musicals
• Dore Hoyer (1911–1967), expressionist dancer, choreographer, teacher, associate of Mary Wigman
• La Jana (1905–1940), Austrian-born cabaret dancer, film actress
• Karina Jäger-von Stülpnagel, ballet dancer, former soloist with Royal Ballet of Flanders
• Birgit Keil (born 1944), prima ballerina, teacher, Stuttgart Ballet
• Tiger Kirchharz (born 1985), show dancer, choreographer and actress, also in the United States
• Franziska Romana Koch (1748–1796), ballet dancer, soprano singer, actress
• Shari Koch (born 1993), ice dancer
• Tanja Kolbe (born 1990), ice dancer
• Gertrud Leistikow (1885–1948), show dancer, teacher in Amsterdam
• Rosemarie Lindt (born 1939), ballet dancer, film actress
• Maria Litto (1919–1996), prima ballerina, choreographer, film actress, pioneered dance on German television
• Kavita Lorenz (born 1995), ice dancer
• Jo Mihaly (1902–1989), expressionist dancer, writer, fled to Zurich
• Katharina Müller (born 1995), ice dancer
• Nicole Nau (born 1963), Argentine tango dancer, show director
• Lea Niako (1908–?), exotic dancer, film actress
• Anneliese von Oettingen (1917–2002), ballerina, choreographer, teacher, taught ballet and modern dance in Cincinnati
• Edith Oß (1914–2012), dancer, film actress
• Gret Palucca (1902–1993), dancer, teacher in Berlin and post-war East Germany
• Eva Prawitz (1920–2013), ice dancer
• Laya Raki (born 1927), dancer, film actress
• Stephanie Rauer (born 1979), ice dancer
• Edel von Rothe (1925–2008), prima ballerina, ballet mistress, Deutsche Oper am Rhein
• Sonia Santiago (born 1966), ballet dancer and teacher
• Steffi Scherzer (born 1957), prima ballerina, Berlin State Opera, instructor in Zurich
• Ria Schiffner (born 1996), ice dancer
• Bessie Schonberg (1906–1997), modern dancer, choreographer, teacher, active mainly in New York
• Yvonne Schulz (born 1974), ice dancer
• Miriam Steinel (born 1982), ice dancer
• Rina Thieleke (born 1987), ice dancer
• Natascha Trofimowa (1923–1979), prima ballerina, German State Opera, Bavarian State Opera
• Georgette Tsinguirides (born 1928), ballet dancer, ballet mistress, choreologist
• Konstanze Vernon (1939–2013), prima ballerina, teacher, Bavarian State Opera
• Carmen Vincelj (born 1972), ballroom dancer
• Jill Vernekohl (born 1980), ice dancer
• Sasha Waltz (born 1963), modern dancer, choreographer, director, active in Berlin
• Sybil Werden (1924–2007), dancer, film actress
• Mary Wigman (1886–1973), expressionist dancer, choreographer, teacher, important figure in modern dance, taught in Dresden and post-war Berlin
• Marianne Winkelstern (1910–1966), dancer, film actress
• Kati Winkler (born 1974), ice dancer
• Greta Wrage von Pustau (1902–1989), dancer, dance teacher

Greece

• Toula Limnaios (born 1963), dancer, choreographer, based in Germany
• Tatiana Mamaki (1921–2007), ballerina, choreographer, teacher, ballet of the Greek National Opera
• Evelina Papoulia (born 1971), modern dancer, actress
• Dora Stratou (1903–1988), Greek folk dancer

Hungary

• Krisztina Barta (born 1991), ice dancer
• Ilona Berecz (born 1975), ice dancer
• Ilona Berecz (born 1947), ice dancer, coach
• Valéria Dienes (1879–1978), dancer, choreographer, and movement theorist
• Steffi Duna (1910–1992), dancer, film actress in the United States
• Klára Engi (born 1967), ice dancer
• Zita Gebora (born 1982), ice dancer
• Nóra Hoffmann (born 1985), ice dancer
• Györgyi Korda (born 1964), ice dancer
• Nora Kovach (1931–2009), ballerina, Budapest State Opera, Festival Ballet, London
• Edit Mató (born 1966), ice dancer
• Zsuzsanna Nagy (born 1986), ice dancer
• Judit Péterfy (born 1960s), ice dancer
• Kornélia Pongo (born 1976), ice dancer
• Krisztina Regőczy (born 1955), ice dancer
• Gabriella Remport (active 1978–1984), ice dancer
• Enikő Somorjai (born 1981), ballet dancer
• Bianca Szíjgyártó (born 1981), ice dancer
• Dóra Turóczi (born 1990), ice dancer

Iceland

• Hanna Rún Óladóttir (born 1990), ballroom dancer
• Þórhildur Þorleifsdóttir (born 1945), actress, dancer, choreographer, cultural director

Ireland

• Jean Butler (born 1971), Irish step dancer
• Marguerite Donlon (born 1966), ballerina, choreographer, director, working mainly in Germany
• Joanne Doyle (born 1973), dancer, Riverdance specialist
• Bernadette Flynn (born 1979), Irish dancer, show dancer, performed in musical Lord of the Dance
• Margaret Kelly Leibovici (1910–2004), show dancer in Paris
• Monica Loughman (born c. 1978), ballerina, joined the Russian Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre in 1992, founder and director of Ireland's Monica Loughman Ballet
• Lola Montez (1821–1861), dancer, courtesan
• Joan Denise Moriarty (c. 1912–1992), ballerina, choreographer, traditional Irish dancer, founder of professional ballet in Ireland
• Gillian Norris (born 1978), show dancer
• Ninette de Valois (1898–2001), ballerina, choreographer, director, founded Vic-Wells Ballet which became the Royal Ballet

Italy

• Eleonora Abbagnato (born 1978), ballet dancer, étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet
• Lorenza Alessandrini (born 1990), ice dancer
• Silvia Azzoni (born 1973), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Hamburg Ballet
• Alessia Aureli (born 1984), ice dancer
• Giovanna Baccelli (1753–1801), ballerina, moved to London
• Teresa Bandettini (1763–1837), dancer, poet
• Giovanna Bassi (1762–1834), ballerina based in Sweden
• Alice Bellagamba (born 1987), dancer, actress
• Brunilde Bianchi (born 1964), ice dancer
• Giuseppina Bozzacchi (1853–1870), ballerina, Paris Opera
• Sabrina Brazzo (born 1968), prima ballerina, La Scala Ballet
• Carlotta Brianza (1867–1930), prima ballerina, La Scala, Mariinsky Theatre
• Amalia Brugnoli (1802–1892), ballerina, first to have used the pointe technique
• Alessia Busi (born 1994), ice dancer
• Stefania Calegari (born 1967), ice dancer
• Barbara Campanini (1721–1799), ballerina, actress, Paris Opera
• Anna Cappellini (born 1987), ice dancer
• Fanny Cerrito (1817–1909), ballerina, early female choreographer, Paris Opera, La Scala
• Matilde Ciccia (born 1952), ice dancer
• Petra Conti (born 1988), ballet dancer, principal dancer with Los Angeles Ballet
• Lucia Cormani (c.1854–c.1934), ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
• Antonietta Dell'Era (1861–1945), prima ballerina, active in St Petersberg and Berlin
• Oriella Dorella (born 1952), étoile with La Scala Theatre Ballet
• Viviana Durante (born 1967), prima ballerina, Royal Ballet, La Scala
• Federica Faiella (born 1981), ice dancer
• Amalia Ferraris (1828–1904), ballerina, Theatre Royal, Paris Opera
• Alessandra Ferri (born 1963), Prima ballerina assoluta, active with the Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and La Scala Theatre Ballet
• Carla Fracci (1936–2021), prima ballerina, choreographer, ballat mistress, La Scala, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
• Sofia Fuoco (1830–1916), ballet dancer, performed in Paris and London
• Barbara Fusar-Poli (born 1972), ice dancer
• Mara Galeazzi (born 1973), ballet dancer, former principal dancer, The Royal Ballet
• Rosina Galli (1892–1940), prima ballerina at La Scala Theatre Ballet, Chicago Ballet, as well as the première danseuse of the Metropolitan Opera House
• Gilda Gelati (born 1967), prima ballerina, La Scala Theatre Ballet
• Diane Gerencser (born 1972), ice dancer
• Sara Ghislandi (born 1998), ice dancer
• Carlotta Grisi (1819–1899), prima ballerina, famous for her Giselle, Paris Opera, Imperial Ballet
• Tiziana Lauri (born 1959), ballet dancer with the Rome Opera Ballet
• Pierina Legnani (1863–1930), prima ballerina with La Scala, later with Russia's Imperial Ballet
• Daniela Malusardi (born 1956), choreographer, teacher, dancer
• Nicoletta Manni (born 1991), prima ballerina, La Scala Theatre Ballet
• Liliana Merlo (1925–2002), pioneer of classical ballet in Abruzzo
• Giuseppina Morlacchi (1946–1886), Italian-American dancer, introduced the can-can to the American stage
• Carolina Moscheni (born 1996), ice dancer
• Flavia Ottaviani (born 1981), ice dancer
• Isabella Pajardi (born 1989), ice dancer
• Marta Paoletti (born 1981), ice dancer
• Giuliana Penzi (1918–2008), ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, co-founder of the Rome Academy
• Maria Perini (1873–1939), ballet teacher in Tbilisi
• Camilla Pistorello (born 1987), ice dancer
• Attilia Radice (1914–1980), prima ballerina, teacher, La Scala, Rome Opera
• Sara Renda (born 1991), ballet dancer, étoile at the Opéra National de Bordeaux
• Carolina Rosati (1826–1905), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, Imperial Ballet in St Petersburg
• Rita Sangalli (1849–1909), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
• Luciana Savignano (born 1943), prima ballerina
• Delia Scala (1929–2004), ballerina, actress
• Sofia Sforza (born 1995), ice dancer
• Camilla Spelta (born 1988), ice dancer
• Marie Taglioni (1804–1884), see Sweden
• Federica Testa (born 1983), ice dancer
• Lia Trovati (born 1965), ice dancer
• Odette Valery (1883–?), dancer, noted for dancing with snakes
• Ambra Vallo (fl 1990s), principal with the Birmingham Royal Ballet
• Carlotta Zambelli (1875–1968), prima ballerina, teacher, Paris Opera
• Virginia Zucchi (1849–1933), ballerina, teacher, danced in Russia

Latvia

• Tatjana Barbakoff (1899–1944), ballet dancer, Chinese style dancer
• Ludmilla Chiriaeff (1924–1996), Latvian-Canadian dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director
• Elza Leimane (born 1984), ballet dancer whose father, Aivars Leimanis, is artistic director of Latvia's National Ballet
• Simona Orinska (born 1978), butoh artist, choreographer, dance movement therapy

Lithuania

• Svetlana Beriosova (1932–1998), prima ballerina, Royal Ballet
• Sonia Gaskell (1904–1974), dancer, choreographer, teacher, artistic director of the Dutch National Ballet
• Jurgita Dronina (born 1986), ballet dancer, principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada, formerly English National Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet
• Aušra Gineitytė (born 1962), ballet dancer and pedagogue
• Tamara Kalibataitė (1926–2010), dancer and choreographer
• Elena Kepalaitė (born 1920), sculptor, painter and dancer
• Aira Naginevičiutė (born 1965), dancer, choreographer and teacher
• Eglė Špokaitė (born 1971), ballet dancer, prima ballerina of the Lithuanian National Opera and ballet theater (1989–2011)

Luxembourg

• Germaine Damar (born 1929), stage dancer, film actress

Netherlands

• Maria Francisca Bia (1809–1889), ballerina, opera singer
• Marie Bovet (born 1948), prima ballerina, Dutch National Ballet, 1968 (under Director Sonia Gaskell); expert leaper
• Anna Maria de Bruyn (1708–1744), stage actress, ballet dancer
• Polly Cuninghame (1785–1837), see France
• Anouk van Dijk (born 1965), dancer, choreographer, artistic director
• Sonia Gaskell (1904–1974), see Lithuania
• Chaja Goldstein (1908–1999), Jewish dancer and singer
• Martine van Hamel (born 1945), ballerina, director, teacher
• Mata Hari (1876–1917), exotic modern dancer in Paris, executed for spying
• Corrie Hartong (1906–1991), dancer, dance teacher, choreographer
• Penney de Jager (born 1948), ballet dancer, choreographer, founded the Holland Show Ballet
• Bettie de Jong (born 1933), ballet dancer, lead dancer with the Paul Taylor Dance Company
• Igone de Jongh (born 1979), former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Dutch National Ballet
• Susanna van Lee (c. 1630–1700), actress, ballet dancer, also performed in Sweden
• Alexandra Radius (born 1942), ballerina, Dutch National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre
• Natalie La Rose (born 1988), singer, dancer, active in the United States
• Didy Veldman (born 1967), ballet dancer, choreographer

Norway

• Kjersti Alveberg (born 1948), ballet dancer, show dancer, choreographer, director
• Mona Berntsen (born 1990), Norwegian-Moroccan dancer
• Anne Borg (1936–2016), ballet dancer, choreographer
• Belinda Braza (born 1981), singer, professional dancer, dance teacher
• Gyda Christensen (1872–1964), actress, dancer, choreographer, headed the National Theatre's ballet school
• Anne Borg (1912–2003), dancer, ballet teacher
• Greta Gynt (1916–2000), singer, dancer, actress
• Henriette Hansen (1814–1892), actress, opera singer, considered to be Norway's first native professional ballet dancer
• Signe Hofgaard (1901–1998), dancer, choreographer, organizational leader
• Lillebil Ibsen (1899–1989), ballet dancer, film actress, danced in Max Reinhardt's pantomime productions
• Inga Jacobi (1891–1937), German-born Norwegian ballet dancer, choreographer
• Jorunn Kirkenær (1926–2021), ballet dancer, choreographer
• Ellen Kjellberg (born 1948), ballet dancer, Norwegian National Opera and Ballet
• Gerd Kjølaas (1909–2000), ballet dancer, choreographer
• Gerd Larsen (1921–2001), ballerina, performed with England's Royal Ballet
• Indra Lorentzen (born 1956), ballet dancer, choreographer
• Ingrid Lorentzen (born 1972), ballerina, director, Norwegian National Ballet
• Henny Mürer (1925–1997), ballet dancer, choreographer, Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, headed National Ballet School
• Tone Nyhagen (1963–2015), world champion sport dancer
• Edith Roger (1922–2023), ballet dancer, modern dancer, choreographer, theatre director, Ny Norsk Ballett
• Alice Mürer Siem (1925–2002), ballet dancer, choreographer, danced in revues, operettas and classical ballet
• Klara Semb (1884–1970), Norwegian folk dancer, choreographer, teacher
• Elizabeth Svarstad (born 1977), baroque dancer, choreographer, dance historian
• Madame Stuart (fl 1772), possibly the first Norwegian ballerina, also acrobat, singer, actress, composer
• Marguerite Thoresen (1908–1967), international ballet dancer performing as Rita Tori
• Vera Zorina (1917–2003), ballerina, actress, choreographer
• Silje Aker Johnsen (active since 2013), singer, dancer

Poland

• Agata Błażowska (born 1978), ice dancer
• Joanna Budner (born 1988), ice dancer
• Agnieszka Domańska (born 1975), ice dancer
• Agnieszka Dulej (born 1983), ice dancer
• Iwona Filipowicz (born 1976), ice dancer
• Halina Gordon-Półtorak (fl 1970s), ice dancer, referee, chair of the International Skating Union's technical committee for ice dancing
• Honorata Górna (born 1968), ice dancer, national champion
• Małgorzata Grajcar (fl 1988), ice dancer, national champion
• Gilda Gray (1901–1959), show dancer, known for the shimmy
• Loda Halama (1911–1996), prima ballerina, Grand Theatre, Warsaw, several Polish films
• Edyta Herbuś (born 1981), competition dancer
• Natalia Kaliszek (born 1996), ice dancer
• Alexandra Kauc (born 1980), ice dancer
• Marianna Malińska (1767–fl.1797), ballerina, the first native ballerina in Poland.
• Sylwia Nowak (born 1976), ice dancer, coach
• Justyna Plutowska (born 1991), ice dancer
• Dominika Polakowska (born 1982), ice dancer
• Kamila Przyk (fl 1997), ice dancer
• Marie Rambert (1888–1982), ballerina, teacher, Ballet Rambert
• Agata Rosłońska (born 1983), ice dancer
• Edyta Śliwińska (born 1981), ballroom dancer
• Natasza Urbańska (born 1977), actress, singer, ballroom dancer
• Jolanta Wesołowska (born 1958), ice dancer
• Teresa Weyna (born 1950), ice dancer

Portugal

• Vera Mantero (born 1966), dancer and choreographer

Romania

• Alina Cojocaru (born 1981), ballet dancer, principal dancer, English National Ballet, formerly The Royal Ballet
• Mijaela Tesleoanu (1942–2011), ballerina and ballet mistress
• Francesca Velicu,

Russia

• Elena Andreianova (1819–1857), prima ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet
• Marina Anissina (born 1975), French-Russian ice dancer
• Natalia Annenko (born 1964), ice dancer
• Marina Antipova (born 1992), ice dancer
• Ksenia Antonova (born 1990), ice dancer
• Altynai Asylmuratova (born 1961), prima ballerina, Mariinsky Ballet, worldwide guest appearances, director of Vaganova Academy
• Elena Batanova (born 1964), ice dancer
• Anastasia Belova (born 1981), ice dancer
• Natalia Bestemianova (born 1960), ice dancer
• Ekaterina Bobrova (born 1990), ice dancer
• Catherine Chislova (1846–1889), ballerina
• Liana Churilova (born 1991), ballroom dancer
• Alexandra Danilova (1903–1997), ballerina, teacher, Ballets Russes, emigrated to the United States
• Maria Danilova (1793–1810), ballet dancer from the St. Petersburg school, died when 17
• Ekaterina Davydova (born 1978), ice dancer
• Anna Demidova (born 1988), Russian-American ballroom dancer
• Katusha Demidova (fl 2009), professional World Ballroom Dance champion
• Oksana Domnina (born 1984), ice dancer
• Natalia Dubova (born 1948), ice dancer, coach
• Sofia Evdokimova (born 1996), ice dancer
• Sofia Fedorova (1879–1963), ballerina
• Elena Garanina (born 1956), ice dancer
• Tamara Geva (1907–1997), Russian-American actress, ballet dancer, choreographer
• Sofia Golovkina (1915–2004), ballerina, teacher, head of Bolshoi Ballet School
• Julia Golovina (born 1982), ice dancer
• Anastasia Gorshkova (born 1987), ice dancer
• Kristina Gorshkova (born 1989), ice dancer
• Nadezhda Gracheva (born 1969), see Kazakhstan
• Anastasia Grebenkina (born 1979), ice dancer
• Elena Grinenko (born 1976), ballroom dancer, now in the United States
• Irina Grishkova (born 1946), ice dancer
• Oksana Grishuk (born 1972), ice dancer
• Tatjana Gsovsky (1901–1993), German-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
• Ekaterina Gvozdkova (born 1981), ice dancer, coach
• Elena Ilinykh (born 1994), ice dancer
• Avdotia Istomina (1799–1848), most celebrated 19th-century Imperial Russian ballerina
• Anna Johansson (1860–1917), ballerina with the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet
• Katya Jones (born 1993), dancer and choreographer, now in the United Kingdom
• Vera Karalli (1889–1972), ballerina, Bolshoi Theatre, also film actress, ballet mistress Romanian Opera
• Tamara Karsavina (1885–1978), prima ballerina, teacher, Imperial Russian Ballet, Royal Ballet
• Maria Kochetkova (born 1984), freelance ballet dancer, principal dancer, formerly San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theatre
• Olga Khokhlova (1891–1955), ballet dancer, first wife of Pablo Picasso
• Mathilde Kschessinska (1872–1971), ballerina of Polish extraction, danced with Saint Petersburg's Mariinsky Ballet, later teacher in France
• Maria Nikolaevna Kuznetsova (1880–1966), prominent opera singer and dancer
• Ileana Leonidoff (1893–after 1966) founder of the ballet corp of the Royal Opera of Rome, Ballet Oficial de Bolivia, Guayaquil Ballet (Ecuador) and Trujillo Ballet Company (Peru).
• Lydia Lopokova (1892–1981), prima ballerina, Ballets Russes
• Svetlana Lunkina (born 1979), ballet dancer, principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada
• Yulia Makhalina (born 1968), principal dancer, Mariinsky Ballet
• Natalia Makarova (born 1940), prima ballerina, choreographer, Kirov Ballet
• Sulamith Messerer (1908–2004), ballerina, choreographer, ballet mistress, Bolshoi Theatre, helped establish Tokyo Ballet
• Bronislava Nijinska (1891–1972), prima ballerina, choreographer, teacher, Imperial Ballet, Ballets Russes
• Cleo Nordi (1898–1983), prima ballerina with Pavlova's troupe, choreographer, teacher in London
• Natalia Osipova (born 1986), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet, formerly Bolshoi Ballet and Mikhailovsky ballet
• Veronika Part (born 1978), former ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
• Daria Pavlenko (born 1978), prima ballerina, Mariinsky Ballet
• Anna Pavlova (1881–1931), prima ballerina, danced with the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes
• Maya Plisetskaya (1925–2015), prima ballerina, choreographer, teacher, danced with the Bolshoi
• Julia Powers (fl. 1991), Russian-American ballroom dancer
• Olga Preobrajenska (1871–1962), ballerina of the Russian Imperial Ballet
• Kristina Rihanoff (born 1977), professional ballroom dancer
• Jia Ruskaja (1902–1970), Russian dancer and choreographer who established a national dance school in Italy
• Polina Semionova (born 1985) ballet dancer, principal dancer, Berlin State Ballet and American Ballet Theatre
• Marina Semyonova (1908–2010), prima ballerina, teacher, danced with the Bolshoi
• Tatyana Shlykova (1773–1863), ballerina and opera singer
• Elena Smirnova (1888–1934), last prima ballerina with the Mariinsky Theatre in Imperial Russia
• Olga Smirnova (born 1991), recent leading roles with the Bolshoi
• Alina Somova (born 1985), prima ballerina, Mariinsky Ballet
• Raisa Struchkova (1925–2005), ballet dancer, teacher
• Elena Surgutskaya (born 1986), ballroom dancer, choreographer
• Thamara de Swirsky (1888–1961), dancer, known for dancing barefoot
• Viktoria Tereshkina (born 1983), prima ballerina, Mariinsky Ballet
• Avdotya Timofeyeva (born 1739, death unknown), early ballerina trained by Jean-Baptiste Landé
• Anna Tsygankova (born 1979), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Dutch National Ballet
• Galina Ulanova (1910–1998), prima ballerina, danced with the Mariinsky Ballet and the Bolshoi
• Agrippina Vaganova (1879–1951), ballerina, ballet teacher, developed the Vaganova method
• Ekaterina Vaganova (born 1988), champion ballroom and Latin American dancer
• Stella Voskovetskaya (born 1965), ballerina, teacher, emigrated to the US
• Lyubov Yegorova (1880–1972), ballerina, ballet teacher
• Yulia Zagoruychenko (born 1981), Latin American dance champion

Serbia

• Irma de Malkhozouny, ballet dancer

Slovenia

• Stanislava Brezovar (1937–2003), ballerina, starred in the film Ples čarovnic (Dance of the Witches)
• Meta Vidmar (1899–1975), modern dancer, expressionist dancer, teacher

Spain

• Antonia Santiago Amador (born 1946; La Chana), flamenco dancer
• Alicia Amatriain, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Stuttgart Ballet
• Dores André, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
• La Argentinita (1898–1945), ballet dancer, costume designer
• Elisa Badenes, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Stuttgart Ballet
• Sara Baras (born 1971), flamenco dancer
• Carmencita (1868–1910), Spanish show dancer, American music-hall ballet dancer
• La Chunga (born 1938), flamenco dancer
• Luz Chavita (1880–?), music hall ballet dancer in Paris
• Dalilah (1936–2001), flamenco dancer, oriental dancer
• Lola Flores (1923–1995), flamenco dancer, actress
• Cristina Hoyos (born 1946), flamenco dancer, choreographer, film actress
• Lucia Lacarra (born 1975), ballet dancer, former principal with Bayerisches Staatsballett
• Blanca Li (born 1964), ballet dancer, flamenco dancer, choreographer
• Pilar López Júlvez (1912–2008), show dancer, choreographer, also performed in Latin America and United States
• Sara Luzita (born 1922), ballerina, Spanish dancer, Ballet Rambert
• Juana la Macarrona (1860–1947), flamenco dancer, danced in Paris and elsewhere in Europe
• Rosita Mauri (1850–1923), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
• Itziar Mendizabal (born 1981), ballet dancer, first soloist, The Royal Ballet
• Laura Morera (born c. 1981), principal dancer, The Royal Ballet
• Arantxa Ochoa (born 1974), principal dancer, Pennsylvania Ballet
• La Belle Otero (1868–1965), show dancer, star of the Folies Bergère
• María Pagés (born 1963), flamenco dancer, choreographer, touring internationally with her Maria Pagès Company
• Tamara Rojo (born 1974), principal dancer, director, English National Ballet, formerly The Royal Ballet
• Laura del Sol (born 1961), flamenco dancer, film actress, starred in the 1983 film Carmen
• Carmen Tórtola Valencia (1882–1955), show dancer, choreographer, costume designer, Folies Bergère
• Katita Waldo (born 1968), ballet dancer, former principal and ballet master, San Francisco Ballet
• Nadia Yanowsky, dancer, Royal New Zealand Ballet
• Zenaida Yanowsky (born 1975), former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
• Angelita Vargas (born 1946), flamenco dancer
• Eva la Yerbabuena (born 1970), flamenco dancer

Sweden

• Ulrika Åberg (1771–1852), one of the first native Swedes in the Royal Swedish Ballet
• Birgit Åkesson (1908–2001), choreographer, dancer, dance researcher
• Anneli Alhanko (born 1953 in Colombia), ballerina, has danced in several films
• Aino Bergö (1915–1944), ballerina, opera singer
• Jenny Brandt (1867–1933), ballerina
• Cristina Caprioli (born 1953), choreographer
• Dee Demirbag (born 1973), Turkish-born dancer and singer
• Isabel Edvardsson (born 1982), dancer
• Cecilia Ehrling (born 1984), competitive dancer
• Jeanna Falk (1901–1980), dancer, dance teacher
• Nikisha Fogo, ballet dancer, first soloist, Vienna State Ballet
• Amanda Forsberg (born 1846), ballerina
• Sophie Hagman (1758–1826), ballet dancer
• Jenny Hasselquist (1894–1978), prima ballerina, Royal Ballet, acted in many silent films
• Hedda Hjortsberg (1777–1867), prima ballerina, Royal Swedish Ballet
• Anna Sophia Holmstedt (1759–1807), pioneering ballet dancer
• Sofia Karlsson (born 1978), modern dancer
• Sophie Karsten (1783–1862), prima ballerina, Royal Swedish Ballet, mother of Marie Taglioni
• Ana Laguna (born 1955), internationally known Spanish-born Swedish ballet dancer, teacher
• Efva Lilja (born 1956), choreographer
• Marie Lindqvist (born 1970), principal dancer, teacher, Royal Swedish Ballet
• Gun Lund (born 1943), choreographer, dance company director
• Hilda Lund (1840–1911), prima ballerina, teacher, Royal Swedish Ballet
• Sonja Lund (born 1942), dancer, actress
• Jenny Nilson (born 1973), principal dancer, Royal Swedish Ballet
• Charlotta Norberg (1824–1892), prima ballerina, teacher, student of August Bournonville, Royal Swedish Ballet
• Nathalie Nordquist (born 1979), principal, Royal Swedish Ballet
• Linda Pritchard (born 1983), singer, professional dancer
• Gunhild Rosén (1855–1928), prima ballerina, choreographer, ballet master, Royal Swedish Ballet
• Elsa-Marianne von Rosen (1924–2014), ballet dancer, choreographer, actress
• Olga Sandberg (1844–1926), ballerina
• Nadja Sellrup (born 1977), principal dancer, Royal Swedish Ballet
• Charlotte Slottsberg (1760–1800), prima ballerina, Royal Swedish Ballet, danced with Antoine Bournonville
• Carin da Silva (born 1984), singer, professional dancer
• Lisa Steier (1888–1928), prima ballerina, teacher, ballet master, Royal Swedish Ballet
• Kari Sylwan (born 1940), actress, dancer, ballet teacher, choreographer
• Marie Taglioni (1804–1884), prima ballerina, Paris Opera, Imperial Ballet, first to dance en pointe
• Anna Valev (born 1969), principal dancer, Royal Swedish Ballet
• Maria Westberg (1853–1893), ballerina
• Jennie Widegren (born 1973), dancer, choreographer

Switzerland

• Manola Asensio (born 1943), ballet dancer
• Christine Brodbeck (born 1950), dancer
• Beatriz Consuelo (1932–2013), ballet dancer
• Nina Corti (born 1953), flamenco dancer
• Aenne Goldschmidt (1920–2020), expressionist dancer, choreographer, pedagogue
• Ursula Kübler (1928–2010), ballet dancer with Paris Opera Ballet
• Asa Lanova (1933–2017), ballet dancer
• Fabienne Liechti, professional ballroom dancer
• Julia Marcus (1905–2002), dancer, choreographer
• Suzanne Perrottet (1889–1983), 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 (born 1983), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Berlin State Ballet
• Christine Shevchenko (born 1988), ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
• Karina Smirnoff (born 1978), ballroom dancer, now in the United States

United Kingdom

• Louise Henderson (burlesque) (dates unknown)
• Phyllis Bedells (1893–1985), first British prima ballerina, teacher, London Empire Theatre, Covent Garden, also in musicals
• Immodesty Blaize (born c. 1978), burlesque dancer, show girl
• Teneisha Bonner (1981–2019), hip hop and street dancer
• Deborah Bull (born 1963), ballet dancer, broadcaster
• Darcey Bussell (born 1969), former ballet dancer and TV presenter, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
• Claire Calvert (born 1988), ballet dancer, first soloist, Royal Ballet
• Simone Clarke (born 1970), prima ballerina, English National Ballet
• Lesley Collier (born 1947), principal dancer, teacher, Royal Ballet
• Lauren Cuthbertson (born 1984), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
• Hermione Darnborough (1915–2010), ballerina, Saddler's Wells
• Nancy Dawson (c.1728–1767), actress and dancer, famous for her hornpipe
• Viviana Durante (born 1967), see Italy
• Julia Farron (1922–2019), principal dancer, teacher, Royal Ballet
• Margot Fonteyn (1919–1991), outstanding ballerina with The Royal Ballet, frequently performed with Rudolf Nureyev
• Celia Franca (1921–2007), founder, director, National Ballet of Canada
• Maina Gielgud (born 1945), ballerina, artistic director, Australian Ballet
• Beryl Goldwyn (born 1930), prima ballerina, Ballet Rambert, The Royal Ballet
• Beryl Grey (born 1927), outstanding prima ballerina, Saddlers Wells Ballet/Royal Ballet, first western dancer to perform at the Bolshoi
• Melissa Hamilton (born 1989), ballet dancer, first soloist, Royal Ballet, former principal dancer, Semperoper Ballett
• Ruthie Henshall (born 1967), singer, dancer, actress, in West End musicals
• Lydia Cecilia Hill (1913–1940), cabaret dancer
• Francesca Hayward (born 1992), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
• Paula Hinton (1924–1996), ballet dancer, wife and partner of Walter Gore
• Seeta Indrani (born 1963), theatre dancer, musicals
• Jillian La Valette (born 1934), ballroom dancer, teacher
• Stephanie Lawrence (1949–2000), singer, dancer, in West End musicals
• Perri Lister (born 1959), dancer, actress, Hot Gossip
• Mabel Love (1874–1953), burlesque dancer, singer, actress
• Gillian Lynne (1926–2018), ballerina, director, choreographer of West End musicals
• Alicia Markova (1910–2004), ballerina, choreographer, teacher, performed with the Ballets Russes and the English National Ballet
• Cathy Marston (born 1975), ballet dancer, choreographer
• Kizzy Matiakis (born 1981), baller dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Jessie Matthews (1907–1981), dancer, actress, appeared in early musicals
• Pippa Moore, ballet dancer, former premier dancer, Northern Ballet
• Yasmine Naghdi, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
• Caroline O'Connor (born 1962), singer, dancer, actress, in West End musicals
• Betty Oliphant (1918–2004), ballet mistress, teacher, National Ballet of Canada
• Nancy Osbaldeston (born 1989), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet of Flanders
• Georgina Parkinson (1938–2009), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet, ballet mistress, American Ballet Theatre
• Arlene Phillips (born 1943), choreographer, West End and Broadway musicals
• Florence Pigott (died 1899), ballerina, Metropolitan Opera Company
• Marguerite Porter (born 1948), principal ballerina, choreographer, teacher, Royal Ballet
• Samantha Raine, ballet mistress and former ballet dancer, Royal Ballet
• Sophie Rebecca, ballet dancer
• Hollie Robertson (born 1985), ballroom dancer
• Anne Rogers (born 1933), actress, dancer, singer, in West End and Broadway musicals
• Gaynor Rowlands (1883–1906), ballet dancer, show dancer, actress
• Hester Santlow (c. 1690–1773), early stage dancer, actress, Drury Lane
• Valda Setterfield (born 1934), stage dancer, actress
• Antoinette Sibley (born 1939), prima ballerina, teacher, Royal Ballet
• Emma Slater (born 1988), professional dancer, choreographer
• Phyllida Crowley Smith, theatre dancer, choreographer, musicals
• Lydia Sokolova (1896–1974), ballerina, choreographer, Ballets Russes
• Peggy Spencer (1920–2016), ballroom dancer, choreographer
• Penelope Spencer (1901–1993), innovative free-style dancer and choreographer
• Laurretta Summerscales, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Bavarian State Ballet
• Lydia Thompson (1838–1908), stage dancer, burlesque actress, travelled widely across Europe and the United States
• Tracey Ullman (born 1959), actress, singer, dancer, comedian
• Anne Woolliams (1926–1999), artistic director, ballet choreographer, dancer and teacher
• Doreen Wells (born 1937), ballerina, theatre dancer
• Beryl de Zoete (1879–1962), ballet dancer, critic, researcher

North America

Canada

• Miriam Adams (born 1944), dancer, choreographer, archivist
• Jennifer Alexander (1972–2007), ballet dancer
• Maud Allan (1873–1956), dancer, choreographer, famous for her Salomé dance and her Dance of the Seven Veils
• Aszure Barton, choreographer
• Anik Bissonnette (born 1962), ballet dancer
• Barbara Bourget (active from 1969), ballet dance, artistic director
• Sally Brayley (born 1937), Canadian-American ballet dancer, coach
• Ludmilla Chiriaeff (1924–1996), Soviet-born Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
• Alexandra Denisova (born c.1922), ballet dancer
• Frances Chung, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
• Crystal Costa, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Hong Kong Ballet, first soloist English National Ballet
• Anne Ditchburn (born 1949), ballet dancer, choreographer, actress
• Celia Franca (1921–2007), founder of the National Ballet of Canada
• Gail Gilmore (1937–2014), ballet dancer, actress
• Chan-hon Goh (born 1969), Chinese-Canadian ballet dancer
• Christa-Elizabeth Goulakos (born 1988), ice dancer
• Geneviève Guérard (born 1973), ballet dancer, television host
• Evelyn Hart (born 1956), ballet dancer
• Vanessa Harwood (born 1947), ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
• Melissa Hayden (1923–2006), prima ballerina, New York City Ballet
• Greta Hodgkinson (born 1974), ballet dancer, former principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada
• Karen Kain (born 1951), ballet dancer, artistic director
• Louise Lecavalier (born 1958), modern dancer, several films
• Ruta Lee (born 1936), actress, dancer, appeared in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
• Angela Leigh (died 2004), Ugandan-born ballerina, teacher
• Elena Lobsanova, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Miami City Ballet, formerly National Ballet of Canada
• Sabrina Matthews (born 1977), choreographer
• Rachael McLaren, dancer, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
• Emily Molnar (active from 2009), ballet dancer
• Hope Muir, dancer, artistic director designate, National Ballet of Canada, artistic director, Charlotte Ballet
• Betty Oliphant (1918–2004), co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada
• Simone Orlando (active from 1989), ballet dancer, choreographer
• Jennifer Penney (born 1946), ballet dancer
• Crystal Pite (born 1970), ballet dancer, choreographer
• Sonia Rodriguez (born 1972), ballet dancer, principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada
• Geneviève Salbaing (1922–2016), ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director
• Lynn Seymour (born 1939), ballet dancer
• Lois Smith (1929–2011), ballet dancer, teacher
• Mavis Staines (born 1954), ballet dancer, teacher
• Iro Tembeck (1946–2004), ballet dancer, choreographer, dance historian
• Veronica Tennant (born 1946), ballet dancer, filmmaker
• Eva Von Gencsy (1924–2013), ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
• Jennifer Welsman (active from 1993), ballet dancer

Cuba

• Alicia Alonso (born 1921), ballerina, choreographer, active in New York's American Ballet Theatre and in Russia, director of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba
• Loipa Araújo (born 1941), 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 (born 1942), prima ballerina and ballet mistress at the Cuban National Ballet; one of the "four jewels of Cuban ballet"
• Lorena Feijóo, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
• Lorna Feijóo, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, Boston Ballet
• Alicia Parla (1914–1998), rhumba dancer
• Josefina Méndez (1941–2007), 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 (Cuba)
• Mirta Plá (1940–2003), prima ballerina of the Cuban National Ballet; one of the "four jewels of Cuban ballet"
• Mijaela Tesleoanu (1942–2011), see Romania

Mexico

• Elisa Carrillo Cabrera (born 1981), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Berlin State Ballet
• Gloria Mestre (1928–2012), Prima ballerina assoluta at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples
• Maclovia Ruiz (1910–2005), ballet dancer, show dancer, flamenco dancer, performed with San Francisco Ballet
• Brenda Velez (born 1979), ballet dancer known for performing Giselle at Teatro Degollado and owning VIA DANZA
• Lola Yberri (fl 1905), vaudeville dancer

United States

• Stella Abrera, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
• Precious Adams, ballet dancer, English National Ballet
• Edith Allard (born 1927), ballerina, soloist in Europe
• Gladys Bailin (born 1930), dancer and choreographer, Henry Street Playhouse
• Louise Alexander, Apache dancer, temptress dancer, social exhibition dancer
• Heléne Alexopoulos, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Lauren Anderson (born 1965), African American ballerina, Houston Ballet
• Alexandra Ansanelli (born 1980), principal dancer, New York City Ballet, Royal Ballet
• Aesha Ash (born 1977), ballet dancer
• Merrill Ashley (born 1950), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Debra Austin (born 1955), principal dancer, Pennsylvania Ballet
• Caroline Baldwin (born 1990), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Melissa Barak (born 1979), ballerina, choreographer, Los Angeles Ballet
• Shura Baryshnikov (born 1981), dancer, choreographer, educator
• Barbara Bears (born 1971), principal dancer, choreographer, Houston Ballet
• Margery Beddow (1931–2010), dancer, choreographer, Broadway musicals
• Stella Bloch (1897–1999), artist, dancer, journalist
• Bella Blue (born 1982), burlesque dancer
• Olivia Boisson, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet
• Chrystelle Trump Bond, American dancer, choreographer, and dance historian
• Ashley Bouder (born 1983), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Anise Boyer (1914–2008), Cotton Club chorine, traveled with Cab Calloway's band
• Isabella Boylston (born c. 1986), ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
• Skylar Brandt (born 1993), ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
• Rachel Brice (born 1972), belly dancer
• Danielle Brown (born late 1980s), principal dancer, Sarasota Ballet
• Tener Brown (born 1960), ballet dancer, teacher, New Jersey Ballet
• Harriet Browne (1932–1997), tap dancer, choreographer
• Leslie Browne (born 1957), dancer, actress, musicals
• Jean Butler (born 1971), show dancer, choreographer, created female role in the Irish Riverdance
• Maria Calegari (born 1957), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Lucia Chase (1897–1986), dancer, actress, co-founder of American Ballet Theatre
• Yvonne Chouteau (born 1929), dancer, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, co-founder of University of Oklahoma School of Dance
• Lia Cirio, dancer, principal dancer, Boston Ballet
• Natalia Clare (1919–1995), dancer with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, founder of Ballet la Jeunesse
• Bessie Clayton (c. 1875–1948), show dancer, choreographer of the Gay Nineties
• Janet Collins (1917–2003), Broadway ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
• Kathleen Breen Combes, ballet dancer, principal dancer with Boston Ballet
• Misty Copeland (born 1982), ballet dancer, soloist with the American Ballet Theatre
• Lillian Covillo (1921–2010), ballet dancer, co-founder of the Colorado Ballet
• J'aime Crandall (born 1982), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Alexandra Danilova (1903–1997), see Russian female dancers
• Mary Day (1910–2006), ballet teacher
• Gemze de Lappe (1922–2017), dancer, choreographer, teacher, musicals
• Carmen De Lavallade (born 1931), dancer, choreographer, actress
• Agnes de Mille (1905–1993), ballet dancer, contemporary dancer, choreographer, musicals
• Patricia Delgado, ballet dancer, répétiteur, teacher, former principal dancer, Miami City Ballet
• Michaela DePrince (born 1995), soloist ballet dancer for the Dutch National Ballet
• Marguerite Derricks (born 1961), ballerina, choreographer, musicals
• Sasha De Sola, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
• Jeanne Devereaux (1912–2011), prima ballerina, choreographer
• Julie Diana, ballet dancer, writer and arts administrator, former principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet, executive director, American Repertory Ballet
• Holly Dorger, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Isadora Duncan (1877–1927), innovative dancer preferring natural movement to ballet, opened dance school in Grunewald, Germany
• Katherine Dunham (1909–2006), dancer, choreographer, author, educator and social activist.
• Ashley Ellis, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Boston Ballet
• Eva Evdokimova (1948–2009), ballerina, teacher, active in the Royal Danish Ballet and the Berlin State Ballet
• Suzanne Farrell (born 1945), ballet dancer, founder of Suzanne Farrell Ballet
• Chyrstyn Fentroy, ballet dancer, second soloist with Boston Ballet
• Kelli Finglass (born 1964), dancer, director
• Katherine Flowers (1896–1982), African-American dancer, choreographer, teacher and researcher
• Amy Fote (born 1972), principal dancer, Houston Ballet
• Loie Fuller (1862–1928), pioneer of modern dance, own natural movement and improvisation techniques, also choreographer, Folies Bergères
• Annabelle Gamson (born 1928), modern dancer, Broadway musicals
• Robin Gee, dancer, educator, choreographer
• Angelica Generosa, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Alicia Graf Mack, dancer and teacher, director of dance division, Juilliard School
• Martha Graham (1894–1991), modern dancer, choreographer, pioneer of modern dance, Folies Bergère
• Jill Green, dance scholar, educator
• Cynthia Gregory (born 1946), prima ballerina, American Ballet Theatre
• Francesca Harper (born 1969), dancer and choreographer, founder of The Francesca Harper Project
• Mireille Hassenboehler (born c. 1973), principal dancer, Houston Ballet
• Sarah Hay (born 1987), ballet dancer and actress
• Susan Hendl (1947–2020), ballet dancer and répétiteur, New York City Ballet
• Rosella Hightower (1920–2008), ballet dancer, Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo, directed several French ballet companies
• Harriet Hoctor (1905–1977), ballerina, teacher, actress, Hollywood movies
• Ana Paula Höfling, dancer, dance scholar, capoeirista
• Melissa Hough, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Norwegian National Ballet, previously Boston Ballet and Houston Ballet
• Catheirne Hurlin, American ballet dancer, soloist, American Ballet Theatre
• Doris Humphrey (1895–1958), influential modern dancer, choreographer, teacher
• Sterling Hyltin (born 1985), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Carrie Imler, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Janet Jackson (born 1966), singer, show dancer, rock, hip hop
• Drew Jacoby (born 1984), contemporary ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet of Flanders
• Susan Jaffe (born 1962), ballerina, ballet mistress, American Ballet Theatre
• Whitney Jensen (born 1992), ballet dancer, Norwegian National Ballet, formerly Boston Ballet
• Emily Johnson (born 1976), Native American modern dancer, choreographer, artistic director
• Allegra Kent (born 1937), ballet dancer, actress, New York City Ballet
• Julie Kent (born 1969), ballet dancer and director, former principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre, artistic director, The Washington Ballet
• Gelsey Kirkland (born 1952), principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Darci Kistler (born 1964), principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Maria Kowroski (born 1976), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Rebecca Krohn, former ballet dancer, ballet master and former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Sarah Lamb (born 1980), ballet dancer, principal dancer, The Royal Ballet
• Katherine LaNasa (born 1966), film actress, ballet dancer, choreographer
• Sarah Lane (born 1984), ballet dancer, former principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
• Moscelyne Larkin (1925–2012), ballet dancer, founder of the Tulsa Ballet
• Tina LeBlanc (born 1966), ballet dancer, teacher and ballet master, former principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
• Emery LeCrone, dancer, choreographer
• Megan LeCrone, ballet dancer, soloist with New York City Ballet
• Sara Leland (1941–2020), ballet dancer, principal and assistant balletmaster, New York City Ballet
• Kylie Shea Lewallen (born 1986), 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 (born 1969), film actress, show dancer, choreographer, Latin dance
• Lauren Lovette (born 1993), ballet dancer, choreographer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Annabelle Lyon (1916–2011), ballet dancer, American Ballet
• Kathi Martuza (born c. 1979), principal dancer, Oregon Ballet Theatre
• Maryhelen Mayfield (born 1946), ballet dancer, Kansas City Ballet
• Kay Mazzo (born 1946), ballet dancer and educator, principal dancer, New York City Ballet, Chairman of Faculty, School of American Ballet
• Patricia McBride (born 1942), principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Joan McCracken (1917–1961), actress, dancer, comedian in Broadway shows
• Sara Mearns (born 1983), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Melody Mennite (born c. 1983), principal dancer, Houston Ballet
• Beth Mitchell (1972–1998), shag dancer
• Merritt Moore (born 1988), ballet dancer, quantum physicist, completing residency at Harvard University's ArtLab
• Kathryn Morgan (born 1989), ballet dancer, former soloist with New York City Ballet
• Mary Ellen Moylan (1925–2020), ballet dancer, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Ballet Society, Ballet Theatre and Metropolitan Opera Ballet
• Gillian Murphy (born 1979), ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
• Patricia Neary (born 1942), international prima ballerina, choreographer, ballet director, specializing in the ballets of George Balanchine
• Kyra Nichols (born 1958), ballet dancer and teacher, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Georgina Pazcoguin, ballet dancer and actress, soloist, New York City Ballet
• Noelani Pantastico (born 1980), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet, formerly Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
• Tiler Peck (born 1989), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Unity Phelan, ballet dancer, soloist, New York City Ballet
• Valarie Pettiford, Fosse
• Juanita Pitts, tap dancer
• Eleanor Powell (1912–1982), dancer and actress
• Pearl Primus (1919–1994), 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
• Jenifer Ringer, ballet dancer and teacher, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet, Dean of Colburn School's Trudl Zipper Dance Institute.
• Alison Roper (born 1974), principal dancer, Oregon Ballet Theatre
• Ruth St. Denis (1879–1968), pioneer of modern dance, Oriental dance as an expression of spiritualism
• Stephanie Saland, former ballet dancer and teacher, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Amanda Schull (born 1978), former ballet dancer and actress, San Francisco Ballet
• Terry Sendgraff, dancer, choreographer
• Rosy Simas (Seneca Nation of Indians) (born 1967), Native American choreographer, dancer
• Karina Smirnoff (born 1978), see Ukraine
• Molly Smolen, principal dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet since 1999
• Jennie Somogyi, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Abi Stafford, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Llanchie Stevenson, ballet dancer
• Beatriz Stix-Brunell (born 1993), ballet dancer, first soloist, Royal Ballet
• B.J. Sullivan, dancer, choreographer, educator
• Maria Tallchief (1925–2013), Native American prima ballerina with George Balanchine at New York City Ballet
• Marjorie Tallchief (born 1926), first American to be "première danseuse étoile" at the Paris Opera Ballet
• Helen Tamiris (1905–1966), pioneer of modern dance, contributing to the choreography of early musicals
• Janie Taylor, ballet dancer, L.A. Dance Project, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Devon Teuscher (born 1989), ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
• Twyla Tharp (born 1942), dancer, choreographer
• Justin Tornow, dancer, choreographer, educator
• Judy Trammell (born 1958), dancer, choreographer
• Cassandra Trenary, ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
• Tracey Ullman (born 1959), actress, singer, dancer, comedian
• Jan Van Dyke (1941–2015), dancer, choreographer, educator
• Sarah Van Patten (born 1984), ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
• Lea Ved (born 1991), contemporary dancer, soloist, Royal Swedish Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theater
• Laura Vikmanis (born 1968), dancer
• Jocelyn Vollmar (born 1925), ballet dancer, San Francisco Ballet, principal with New York City Ballet
• Dita Von Teese (born 1972), burlesque dancer
• Sydney Magruder Washington, ballet dancer
• Alexandra Waterbury, ballet dancer, former student at the School of American Ballet
• Amy Watson (born 1981), principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Heather Watts (born 1953), principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Sara Webb (born 1979), principal dancer, Houston Ballet
• Miranda Weese, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Wendy Whelan (born 1967), ballet dancer, associate artistic director and former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
• Michele Wiles (born c. 1980), principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
• Sallie Wilson (1932–2008), ballet dancer, American Ballet Theatre, ballet mistress New York Theatre Ballet
• Serena Wilson (1933–2007), belly dancer, teacher
• Joy Womack (born 1994), ballet dancer, artist, Boston Ballet
• Ann Woodward (1915–1975), showgirl
• Vanessa Zahorian, former ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
• Lila Zali (1918–2003), see Georgia
• Bridgett Zehr (born c. 1985), principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada, English National Ballet
• Maddie Ziegler (born 2002), internet celebrity and Dance Moms cast member
• Mackenzie Ziegler (born 2004), social media influencer, Dance Moms cast member, The Masked Dancer contestant

Puerto Rico

• Lourdes Chacón (born 1950), exotic dancer, singer
• Rita Moreno (born 1931), actress, dancer, singer

South America

Argentina

• Esmeralda Agoglia (born 1923), prima ballerina, choreographer, director, Teatro Colón
• Carolina Agüero (born 1975), ballet dancer
• Susana Agüero (1944–2012), ballerina, Teatro Colón, Lyon Opera Ballet
• Valeria Archimó (born 1972), show dancer, choreographer, director
• La Argentina (1890–1936), show dancer, gypsy-style dancer, Moulin Rouge
• Carmencita Calderón (1905–2005), tango dancer
• Eleonora Cassano (born 1965), ballerina, modern dancer, Teatro Colón, musicals
• Erica Cornejo, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, Boston Ballet
• Olga Ferri (1928–2012), ballerina, Teatro Colón
• Norma Fontenla (1930–1971), prima ballerina, Teatro Colón, died in plane crash
• Adabel Guerrero (born 1978), ballet dancer, show dancer, actress
• Paloma Herrera (born 1975), former ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
• Natalia Magnicaballi, principal dancer since 1999, Suzanne Farrell Ballet
• Lida Martinoli (1914–1991), ballet dancer, choreographer, actress, Teatro Colón
• Tita Merello (1904–2002), tango dancer, film actress
• Mariana Montes (born 1979), Argentine tango dancer, teacher
• María Nieves (born 1938), Argentine tango dancer
• Marianela Núñez (born 1982), ballet dancer, principal dancer, The Royal Ballet
• Ludmila Pagliero (born 1983), ballet dancer, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
• María Ruanova (1912–1976), prima ballerina, choreographer, teacher, Teatro Colón, first Argentine ballet dancer to gain international recognition

Brazil

• Mercedes Baptista (1921–2014), ballet dancer, choreographer
• Adriana Bombom (born 1974), show dancer, actress
• Sonia Destre Lie, dancer, choreographer, founder and director of the hip hop group Companhia Urbana de Dança
• Marcia Haydée (born 1937), prima ballerina, director, Stuttgart Ballet, Santiago Ballet
• Carla Körbes (born c. 1981), former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Mayara Magri, ballet dancer, first soloist, Royal Ballet
• Roberta Marquez (born 1977), former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
• Tuany Nascimento, ballet dancer, dance teacher
• Fernanda Oliveira (born 1980), baller dancer, lead principal, English National Ballet
• Ingrid Silva, ballet dancer, Dance Theatre of Harlem
• Julia Goldani Telles (born 1995), ballerina, actress, now in the United States

Chile

• Yamna Lobos (born 1983), Chilean folk dancer, actress

Colombia

• Sonia Osorio (1928–2011), ballerina and choreographer

Peru

• Tati Alcántara, actress, dancer, choreographer, musicals
• Helba Huara, (1900–1986) dancer, choreographer

Uruguay

• Eunice Castro (born 1976), model and theatre dancer
• Virginia Dobrich (born 1983), dancer, actress and model
• Tina Ferreira, Afro-Uruguayan, dancer, journalist and vedette of both theater and carnival
• Graciela Figueroa, dancer and choreographer
• Laura Martínez (born 1964), actress, dancer and television star
• Berta Pereira (born 1958), percussionist and dancer
• Maria Riccetto (born c. 1980), ballet dancer, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Nacional del Sodre
• Flor de María Rodríguez (1913–2001), ballerina, choreographer and folklorist

See also

• Women in dance
• List of dancers
• List of Indian women in dance
• List of prima ballerinas