Famous Dancers — Page 16: Lives & Works

Yamuna Sangarasivam

Sri Lankan-American dancer, writer, university professor and academic

Junior King

South African dancer, rapper and social media personality

Giuseppe Guarino

Italian film director (1885–1963)

Vanessa Mai

German singer

Rigolboche

French dancer (1842–1920)

Alberto “Beto”Perez

Colombian dancer and choreographer

Rajeswari Sainath

Indian Bharatanatyam dancer

Anna Suda

Japanese singer

Lourdes Leon

American singer, dancer, and fashion model

Ashley Lobo

Indian dancer and choreographer

Kevin Tancharoen

American film director, producer, screenwriter, dancer and choreographer

Tina LeBlanc

American ballet dancer, teacher and ballet master

Dr. R. L. V. Ramakrishnan

Indian Mohiniyattam dancer

Sarah McCreanor

Australian dancer and content creator (born 1992)

Fabregas

Congolese singer and songwriter

Paquita Rico

Spanish actress (1929-2017)

Karole Armitage

American dancer and choreographer

Michelle Potter

dancer, choreographer and dance critic

Drag Sethlas

Spanish drag performer

Kalakshetra Vilasini

Indian classical dancer

George Reich

American dancer, actor and choreographer

Nina Kirsanova

Ballet dancer and teacher

Pualani Kanaka‘ole Kanahele

kumu hula and author

Bree Turner

American actress

Florelle

French actress and singer

Kaie Kõrb

Estonian ballet dancer (born 1961)

Emily Kau'i Zuttermeister

American Hawaiian hula master, teacher (1909–1994)

Ágnes Simor

Hungarian actress, dancer

Melanie Moore

American dancer

Manisha Gulyani

Indian dancer

Jessie Vokes

English actress

Larry Roquemore

American dancer, actor, and choreographer (1938–2016)

Charlotte Nebres

black American ballet dancer

Reggie Nalder

Austrian actor (1907-1991)

Andrews Engelmann

actor (1901-1992)

Corey Cott

American stage actor

Kaisei Takechi

Japanese dancer

Néstor de Villa

Filipino entertainer (1928–2004)

Syvilla Fort

American dancer (1917-1975)

John Barker

American dancer, ballet teacher and translator (1929-2020)

Richard Wells

American tap dancer

Vanessa Lopes

TikToker

Christiane Kubrick

German actress and painter (born 1932)

Vijay Ganguly

Indian choreographer

Molly Molloy

American choreographer

Odile Duboc

French choreographer (1941–2010)

Rolando Peña

Artista conceptual venezolano

MC Pipokinha

Brazilian singer

Théophile Panadis

abenaki-Canadian storyteller and artist (1889–1966)

Frances Wessells

American journalist and dancer

Yossi Zabari

Israeli stage actor, stand-up comedian, spoken word artist and dancer

Vera Mantero

Portuguese choreographer

Karen Fraction

American actress (1958-2007)

Ivie Okujaye

Nigerian actor, producer and musician

Tony Corsari

Belgian television presenter (1926-2011)

Yunjin Kim

South Korean-American actress (born 1973)

Pooja Verma

actor

Vasundhara Doraswamy

Martha Holliday

American actress (1922–1970)

S. Panibharatha

indianSri Lankan dancer (1920–2006)

Maria Caruso

American dancer and choreographer

Jean Butler

American dancer, choreographer and actress

André Isidore Carey

French ballet dancer (1799-1867)

Alwin Nikolais

American choreographer (1910-1993)

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Belgian choreographer and dancer

Maia Wilkins

American ballerina

Xiumin

South Korean singer

Christian Holder

British-Trinidadian artist, dancer, and choreographer (1949-2025)

Carmen De Lavallade

American dancer (1931–2025)

Hallgrim Hansegård

Norwegian dancer

Okmalumkoolkat

South African rapper, disc jockey and singer

Rikimaru Chikada

Japanese singer, dancer, and choreographer

Pearl Lang

American dancer (1921–2009)

Indu Mitha

Pakistani dancer and choreographer

Robert Cohan

British-American dancer

Angélique Debargues

French ballerina and actress (c.1685-c.1724 )

Elam Endira Devi

Indian classical dancer

M. K. Saroja

Indian classical dancer

Alice Kessler

German singer, dancer, and actress (1936-2025)

Ellen Kessler

German singer, dancer, and actress (1936-2025)

Malanga

Cuban rumba dancer

Jennifer Muller

American choreographer (1944–2023)

Danielle Agami

Israeli-born dancer and choreographer

Antoine Bournonville

French actor and ballet dancer

Zelo

South Korean singer and rapper

Sarah Louis-Jean

performing artist in Canada

Rylee Arnold

American dancer (born 2005)

Rani Karnaa

Indian classical dancer

Aleksandar Josipović

French dancer

Hyung-won

South Korean singer

Don Martin

American dancer and dance teacher (1931–2021)

Suzanne Müller

Swiss rhythmic gymnast (born 1963)

Sol Rodriguez

Argentine actress

Kim Seolhyun

South Korean singer and actress

Jeon So Min

South Korean singer, born 1996

Kini Kapahu

Hawaiian hula dancer, musician, and singer

Desmond Richardson

American choreographer

Wowie de Guzman

Filipino actor

Hana Machatová-Bogušovská

Czech rhythmic gymnast

Priscilla Zawedde (Azawi)

Ugandan Musician song writer dancer

Cach Mercer

English media personality (born 2001)

Aparna Nangiar

Indian Koodiyattam performer

Galeria Copiola

dancer during the late Roman Republic and early Empire who became over 104 years old

Francisca Aronsson

Peruvian-Swedish actress

Yvette Chauviré

French ballet dancer (1917–2016)

La Argentina

Spanish dancer and choreographer

Fahima Mirzaie

whirling-dervish dancer

Haku Shota

Japanese singer-songwriter (born 2005)

Dulce Pontes

Portuguese songwriter and singer

Radha Burnier

Indian actress, American academic (1923–2013)

Dijon Talton

actor and singer

Niyati Fatnani

Indian television actress and dancer

Robia LaMorte

American actress

Olivia Book

Canadian ballerina

Vera-Ellen

actress, singer, dancer (1921-1981)

Nadia Nerina

South African ballet dancer (1927–2008)

Joseph Feur

American producer, filmmaker, painter, actor, and dancer

Evelyn Cisneros

American ballerina

Alla Sizova

Russian ballet dancer (1939–2014)

Belén López

Spanish flamenco dancer