Occupation: Dancer
- ️Wed Dec 17 2008
Occupation: Dancer
LISTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Adiarte | Actor | 2-Aug-1943 | Prince Chulalongkorn in The King and I | |
| Alvin Ailey | Dancer | 5-Jan-1931 | 1-Dec-1989 | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater |
| Debbie Allen | Dancer | 16-Jan-1950 | All About You | |
| Alicia Alonso | Dancer | 21-Dec-1920 | Prima Ballerina Assoluta | |
| Jacques d'Amboise | Dancer | 28-Jul-1934 | Founder of the National Dance Institute | |
| Robin Antin | Dancer | 6-Jul-1961 | Founder, The Pussycat Dolls | |
| Adele Astaire | Dancer | 10-Sep-1896 | 25-Jan-1981 | Dance partner of Fred Astaire |
| Fred Astaire | Dancer | 10-May-1899 | 22-Jun-1987 | Broadway ballroom dancer |
| Josephine Baker | Dancer | 3-Jun-1906 | 12-Apr-1975 | Sensual dancer turned WWII spy |
| George Balanchine | Dancer | 22-Jan-1904 | 30-Apr-1983 | Choreographer co-founded NYC Ballet |
| Mark Ballas | Dancer | 24-May-1986 | Dancing with the Stars | |
| Mikhail Baryshnikov | Dancer | 27-Jan-1948 | Kirov ballet dancer defected to USA | |
| Hinton Battle | Singer | 29-Nov-1956 | Dancer, singer, and choreographer | |
| Michael Bennett | Dancer | 8-Apr-1943 | 2-Jul-1987 | A Chorus Line |
| Anita Berber | Actor | 10-Jun-1899 | 10-Nov-1928 | Scarlet whore of Berlin |
| Ray Bolger | Actor | 10-Jan-1904 | 15-Jan-1987 | The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow |
| Lucille Bremer | Dancer | 21-Feb-1917 | 16-Apr-1996 | Yolanda and the Thief |
| Rossella Brescia | Dancer | 20-Aug-1971 | Italian ballerina | |
| Deborah Bull | Dancer | 22-Mar-1963 | Principal Dancer, Royal Ballet, 1992-2001 | |
| Leslie Caron | Dancer | 1-Jul-1931 | Gigi | |
| Irene Castle | Dancer | 17-Apr-1893 | 25-Jan-1969 | Vernon & Irene Castle |
| Vernon Castle | Dancer | 2-May-1887 | 15-Feb-1918 | Vernon & Irene Castle |
| George Chakiris | Actor | 16-Sep-1934 | West Side Story | |
| Marge Champion | Dancer | 2-Sep-1919 | Show Boat | |
| Cyd Charisse | Dancer | 8-Mar-1922 | 17-Jun-2008 | Vamp dancer in Singin' in the Rain |
| Charo | Singer | 13-Mar-1941 | Cuchi Cuchi | |
| Barrie Chase | Dancer | 20-Oct-1933 | Danced with Fred Astaire | |
| Mónica Cruz | Dancer | 16-Mar-1977 | Un Paso Adelante | |
| Merce Cunningham | Dancer | 16-Apr-1919 | 26-Jul-2009 | Merce Cunningham Dance Company |
| Isadora Duncan | Dancer | 26-May-1877 | 14-Sep-1927 | Mother of modern dance |
| Katherine Dunham | Dancer | 22-Jun-1910 | 21-May-2006 | Dunham School of Dance |
| André Eglevsky | Dancer | 21-Dec-1917 | 4-Dec-1977 | Preeminent ballet dancer |
| Lola Falana | Dancer | 11-Sep-1942 | Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets | |
| Suzanne Farrell | Dancer | 16-Aug-1945 | Ballerina, NYC Ballet | |
| Michael Flatley | Dancer | 16-Jul-1958 | Lord of the Dance | |
| Margot Fonteyn | Dancer | 18-May-1919 | 21-Feb-1991 | Exceptional British ballerina |
| Helen Gallagher | Actor | 19-Jul-1926 | Maeve Ryan on Ryan's Hope | |
| Erica Gavin | Actor | 22-Jul-1947 | Vixen! | |
| Peter Gennaro | Dancer | 23-Nov-1919 | 28-Sep-2000 | Broadway choreographer |
| Alexander Godunov | Dancer | 28-Nov-1949 | 18-May-1995 | Bolshoi, ABT ballet dancer |
| Len Goodman | Dancer | 24-Apr-1942 | Judge, Dancing with the Stars | |
| Martha Graham | Dancer | 11-May-1894 | 1-Apr-1991 | Innovator of modern dance |
| Gilda Gray | Dancer | 24-Oct-1901 | 22-Dec-1959 | The Shimmy Queen |
| Carol Haney | Dancer | 24-Dec-1924 | 10-May-1964 | The Pajama Game |
| Mata Hari | Spy | 7-Aug-1876 | 15-Oct-1917 | Framed by the Germans |
| Gregory Hines | Dancer | 14-Feb-1946 | 9-Aug-2003 | Tap dancer |
| Derek Hough | Dancer | 17-May-1985 | Dancing with the Stars | |
| Julianne Hough | Dancer | 20-Jul-1988 | Dancing with the Stars | |
| Carrie Ann Inaba | Dancer | 5-Jan-1968 | Judge, Dancing with the Stars | |
| Judith Jamison | Dancer | 10-May-1943 | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre | |
| Gene Kelly | Actor | 23-Aug-1912 | 2-Feb-1996 | Singin' in the Rain |
| Lindsay Kemp | Dancer | 9-May-1938 | Dance teacher for Bowie, Kate Bush | |
| Michael Kidd | Choreographer | 12-Aug-1915 | 23-Dec-2007 | Award-winning choreographer |
| Theodore Kosloff | Dancer | 22-Jan-1882 | 22-Nov-1956 | Why Change Your Wife? |
| Gypsy Rose Lee | Dancer | 9-Feb-1911 | 26-Apr-1970 | Terpsichorean ecdysiast |
| Sylvia Lewis | Dancer | 22-Apr-1931 | Sylvia on Where's Raymond? | |
| Tilly Losch | Dancer | 15-Nov-1903 | 24-Dec-1975 | Ballet dancer, sometimes actress |
| Donna McKechnie | Dancer | 16-Nov-1942 | A Chorus Line | |
| Paul Mercurio | Dancer | 31-Mar-1963 | Strictly Ballroom | |
| Agnes de Mille | Choreographer | 18-Sep-1905 | 7-Oct-1993 | Influential American choreographer |
| Ann Miller | Dancer | 12-Apr-1923 | 22-Jan-2004 | Kiss Me Kate |
| Carmen Miranda | Dancer | 9-Feb-1909 | 5-Aug-1955 | The lady in the tutti-frutti hat |
| Arthur Mitchell | Dancer | 27-Mar-1934 | Dance Theatre of Harlem | |
| Lola Montez | Dancer | 17-Feb-1821 | 17-Jan-1861 | Mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria |
| Fabrice Morvan | Dancer | 16-May-1966 | Half of Milli Vanilli | |
| Arthur Murray | Dancer | 4-Apr-1895 | 3-Mar-1991 | Founded Arthur Murray dance studios |
| Mya | Musician | 10-Oct-1978 | My Love Is Like...Wo | |
| Bebe Neuwirth | Actor | 31-Dec-1958 | Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane on Cheers | |
| Fayard Nicholas | Dancer | 20-Oct-1914 | 24-Jan-2006 | Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers |
| Harold Nicholas | Dancer | 27-Mar-1921 | 3-Jul-2000 | Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers |
| Nick De Noia | Dancer | c. 1941 | 7-Apr-1987 | First choreographer for Chippendales |
| Rudolf Nureyev | Dancer | 17-Mar-1938 | 6-Jan-1993 | Defected to France from Kirov Ballet |
| Apolo Anton Ohno | Speed Skating | 22-May-1982 | Olympic skater, Dancing with the Stars | |
| Anna Pavlova | Dancer | 12-Feb-1881 | 22-Jan-1931 | Early 20th century Russian ballerina |
| Rob Pilatus | Dancer | 8-Jun-1965 | 2-Apr-1998 | Troubled half of Milli Vanilli |
| Eleanor Powell | Dancer | 21-Nov-1912 | 11-Feb-1982 | Lady Be Good |
| Juliet Prowse | Dancer | 25-Sep-1936 | 14-Sep-1996 | Can-Can |
| Gene Anthony Ray | Dancer | 24-May-1962 | 14-Nov-2003 | Leroy Johnson on Fame |
| Ann Reinking | Dancer | 10-Nov-1949 | Broadway dancer | |
| Debbie Reynolds | Actor | 1-Apr-1932 | Dancer, actress | |
| Chita Rivera | Dancer | 23-Jan-1933 | Anita in West Side Story on Broadway | |
| Bill Robinson | Dancer | 25-May-1878 | 25-Nov-1949 | Bojangles |
| Ginger Rogers | Dancer | 16-Jul-1911 | 25-Apr-1995 | The Gay Divorcee |
| Nicole Scherzinger | Dancer | 29-Jun-1978 | The Pussycat Dolls | |
| Moira Shearer | Dancer | 17-Jan-1926 | 31-Jan-2006 | The Red Shoes |
| Patrick Swayze | Actor | 18-Aug-1952 | 14-Sep-2009 | Dirty Dancing |
| Maria Tallchief | Dancer | 24-Jan-1925 | New York City Ballet | |
| Russ Tamblyn | Actor | 30-Dec-1934 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | |
| June Taylor | Dancer | 14-Dec-1917 | 17-May-2004 | June Taylor Dancers choreographer |
| Twyla Tharp | Dancer | 1-Jul-1941 | Choreographer | |
| Ingrid Thulin | Actor | 27-Jan-1926 | 7-Jan-2004 | Swedish actress starred in 9 Ingmar Bergman films |
| Tommy Tune | Dancer | 28-Feb-1939 | 6'6" Broadway dancer | |
| Vera-Ellen | Dancer | 16-Feb-1921 | 30-Aug-1981 | On the Town |
| Gwen Verdon | Dancer | 16-Jan-1925 | 18-Oct-2000 | Damn Yankees |
| Ben Vereen | Actor | 10-Oct-1946 | Jesus Christ Superstar | |
| Edward Villella | Dancer | 1-Oct-1936 | New York City Ballet |
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