Famous Dancers — Page 3: Lives & Works
Biographies of notable dancers, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
Keith Terry
musical artist
Mama Kayai
Kenyan film and television actress
Shivam Patil
Indian actor and dancer
Katherine Dunham
American dancer, choreographer, songwriter, actress and activist (1909/1912–2006)
Mary Nolan
American actress (1902–1948)
Carmen Electra
American actress, model, and singer
Neil Greenberg
American choreographer
Doris Eaton Travis
American singer, dancer, actress, rancher (1904–2010)
Chita Rivera
American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)
Waxie Moon
Transexual performer
Howard Sims
American entertainer (1917–2003)
Yaorenmao
Chinese singer and dancer
Lee Taemin
South Korean singer, model, dancer and actor
Jaden Smith
American rapper and actor (born 1998)
Alicia Vikander
Swedish actress (born 1988)
Normani
American singer and dancer
Caroline Placide
actress
Yekaterina Geltzer
Russian ballet dancer (1876-1962)
Gaetano Saracco
Italian ballet dancer and choreographer
Naomi
American professional wrestler
Vladimir Stepanov
Russian ballet dancer
Jüri Nael
Estonian choreographer and actor (born 1975)
Derek Hough
American dancer
Jarmila Šuláková
Czech actress and singer (1929-2017)
Dimitris Papaioannou
Greek choreographer and visual artist (born 1964)
Lil Mama
American rapper, singer and actress
Morleigh Steinberg
American choreographer and dancer, wife of The Edge
Victoria Justice
American actress and singer (born 1993)
Willow Smith
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 2000)
Rostislav Zakharov
ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, ballet and opera director (1907–1984)
Ariana DeBose
American actress
Anaïs Nin
French-born American author (1903–1977)
Prabhu Deva
Indian choreographer, film producer & actor
Matthew Bourne
British ballet and dance choreographer
Hekmat Fahmi
Egyptian actor (1907–1974)
Rain
South Korean singer and actor
Jung Kook
South Korean singer
Stretch Johnson
American tap dancer (1915–2000)
Alan Weeks
American actor
Rudolf Laban
Austrian choreographer (1879-1958)
Maya Deren
Ukrainian-born American avant-garde filmmaker (1917–1961)
Mary Overlie
American choreographer
Willam Christensen
American ballet dancer (1902-2001)
Mackenzie Ziegler
American singer, dancer, actress and model
Leigh Anne Pinnock
British singer
Hellé Nice
French racing driver, model, dancer (1900–1984)
Hayley Kiyoko
American actress and singer (born 1991)
Cassandra Peterson
American actress
Zohra Sehgal
Indian actress and choreographer (1912–2014)
Jesy Nelson
British singer
Anouk van Dijk
Dutch dancer and choreographer
Che Engku Chesterina
Indonesian ballerina and Malaysian royal
Edith Carlmar
Norwegian actor and director (1911–2003)
Yelitza Lora
Dominican model and actress
Giovanni Gallini
Italian dancer, choreographer and impresario
Colet
Filipino singer and rapper
Vera Volkova
Russian ballet dancer (1904-1975)
Raffaella Carrà
Italian singer, actress and television presenter (1943–2021)
Karine Saporta
French choreographer
Chenganoor Raman Pillai
a celebrated Kathakali artist from Kerala
Elsa Lanchester
British-American actress (1902–1986)
Cha-U-Kao
French entertainer whose stage name came from the Chahut-Chaos. Depicted in a series of paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Gil Boggs
American artistic director
Harry Shum Jr.
American actor and dancer (born 1982)
Joanna Zacharewicz
Polish dancer
Raymond William Callis
ballroom dancers
Patricia Bowman
American ballet dancer (1904-1999)
JC Mounduix
American reality television participant
Peter Johansson
Swedish actor-singer
B-boy Lilou
B-boy
Panama Al Brown
boxer (1902–1951)
Lupe Serrano
American ballet dancer (1930–2023)
Simone Forti
American dancer and choreographer (1935–2026)
Jay Park
South Korean-American rapper and singer (born 1987)
B.I
South Korean rapper, singer and record producer (born 1996)
Jean Anderson
Canadian dancer
Victoria Pinillos
Spanish actor, dancer and Vedette (1???-19??)
Ivaldo Bertazzo
Brazilian dancer, choreographer and movement therapist
Djimon Hounsou
Beninese actor
Helen Gallagher
American performance artist
Maddie Ziegler
American dancer and actress
Satoshi Ohno
Japanese idol, singer, actor
Ally Sheedy
American actress
Huriah Adam
Indonesian choreographer
Suzanne Farrell
American ballerina
Ken Swift
Puerto Rican beat boy
Pia Mia
American singer
Bella Thorne
American actress and singer (born 1997)
Nicolas Zverev
Russian-French dancer and ballet master
Lance Bass
American singer, dancer, actor, and film and television producer
Gaynor Fairweather
British dancer
Nikolina Nikoleski
Croatian dancer
Sy Snootles
Star Wars character
DJ BoBo
Swiss singer, rapper and dancer
Dinda (singer)
Indonesian singer
Don Rickles
American stand-up comedian (1926–2017)
Vernon Castle
British-American ballroom dancer (1887–1918)
Irene Castle
American actress and dancer (1893-1969)
Sergei Polunin
Ukrainian-born ballet dancer, actor and model
Róza Csillag
Austrian-Hungarian operatic mezzosoprano
Elizabeth Berkley
American actress
Aiah
Filipino singer and rapper (born 2001)
Émilie Bigottini
ballet dancer, Opéra de Paris (1801-1823)
John Densmore
American drummer (born 1944)
Pierre Vladimiroff
Russian ballet dancer (1893-1970)
Lola Montes
Spanish singer (1898-1983)
Soleil Launière
performing artist in Canada
Tyla
South African singer-songwriter (born 2002)
Samia Gamal
Egyptian belly dancer and actress (1924–1994)
Irek Mukhamedov
Soviet dancer, ballet teacher and pedagog
William Chappell
dancer, ballet designer (1907–1994)
Brynn Rumfallo
American dancer, actress, and model
Paula Sheppard
American actress
Fleur East
British singer
Alessandra Martines
Italian dancer and actress
Vitamin C
American singer and actress
Rita Cadillac
Brazilian dancer and singer
Julianne Hough
American dancer, choreographer, actress, singer, and songwriter (born 1988)
Alex Moore
British dancer (1901–1991)
Charles Coles
American tap dancer (1911-1992)