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Although this site is
mainly dedicated to couples dancing, it did not
seem right to not include Ballet as there are many Ballet
dancers and choreographers who crossed over from one
to the other.
The "Golden Age of Ballet" was
from 1908-1935. The American Ballet was officially started
when Ballanchine and Dimitriew were hired to organize
and establish the School of American |
| Ballet.
Many times Ballet dancers of the time danced as couples
(like Adagio)
etc. and also danced in Musicals, Nightclubs, Plays and
Movies. However, I do not have the time or resources available
to make this a complete Ballet section... sorry! Search
our general dancers section for more ballet dancers and
information than may be listed here. (Note: St. Petersburg
Russia became Petrograd in 1914 and is now Leningrad,
Russia.) |
Also See:
"Ballet
Dance Page" |
Last |
First |
Location |
Performed |
Partners |
Dance (s) |
Spouse |
Dates |
Adams |
Diana |
Stanton, VA. |
Oklahoma, Pillar of Fire |
Edward Canton, Anthony Tudor |
Ballet |
Hugh Laing |
1926-1993 |
Ailey |
Alvin |
Rogers, TX |
House of Flowers, Jamaica |
Own Dance Company |
Ethnologic, Ballet |
n/a |
1/5/1931-1989 |
Alder |
Alan |
Canberra |
Sadler Wells, |
n/a |
Ballet,
Tap,
Highland Dancing |
Lucette Aldous |
b.1937- |
Aldous |
Lucette |
New Zealand |
Ballet Rambert, Royal Ballet |
Rudolf Nureyev |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1938- |
Algaroff |
Youly |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
3/28/1918-8/6/1995 |
Allard |
Marie |
France? |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
Mistress to Gaetan Vestris |
1742-1802 |
Allen |
Amelia |
n/a |
Love Dreams [1921], Last Waltz [1921], Music Box
Revue [1922] |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1920's |
Alonso
(Martínez-Hoya) |
Alicia (Ernesta de la Caridad dei Cobre) |
Havana,Cuba. |
Great Lady, Stars in Your Eyes, Fall River Legend |
n/a |
Ballet |
Fernando Alonzo |
b.1921- |
Alonzo |
Fernando |
Havana Cu. |
Mordkin |
n/a |
Ballet |
Alicia Alonso (Martinez) |
b.1914- |
Amyl |
Janette |
Normandy, Fr. |
Ballerina Movie |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1920- |
Babilée |
Jean |
Paris, France |
Paris Opera |
n/a |
Ballet,
Mime,
Character |
Nathalie Philippart |
b.1923- |
Baby Ballerina's |
Toumanova (age14,)Baranova (13,) Riabouchinska(15) |
doesn't apply |
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo |
Appellation given to these dancers. |
Ballet |
doesn't Apply |
b.1932- |
Bakerkina |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Russian Dancer |
Ballet |
n/a |
1920's? |
Balabina |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Russian Dancer |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1920s |
Balanchine
(Balanchivadze) |
George |
St Petersburg, Russia |
Apollon Musagète |
Alexandria Danilova |
Ballet |
Vera
Zorina |
1/22/1904-4/30/1983 |
Balon (Ballon) |
Jean |
France |
Academie Royal |
Francoise Prevost, |
Ballet |
n/a |
1676-1739 |
Banks |
Margaret |
Vancouver, Canada |
Les Sylphides |
n/a |
Ballet,
Mazurka |
n/a |
b.1924- |
Barberina (Campanini) |
La (Barberina) |
Parma, Italy |
Versailles, Dardanus |
Rinaldi Fossano |
Comic, Ballet |
Lord Stuart Mackenzie, Carlo Luigi Cocceii |
b1721-6/7/1799 |
Baranova |
Irina |
Petrograd, Russia |
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Cotillion, Follow The
Girls, Baby |
Serge Lifar |
Ballet |
German (Gerry) Sevastianov |
b.1919- |
Barishnikäv
|
Mikhail |
Riga, Lativa |
Kirov Ballet |
White Knight's |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1948- |
Bausch |
Pina |
Solingen, Germany |
Wuppertal Theater |
n/a |
Modern,
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1940- |
Beauchamp |
Blondy (Blondi) |
France |
Academie Royal |
Camargo's
teacher |
Ballet |
Pierre's Nephew |
c.1680s |
Beauchamp |
Pierre |
Versailles, France |
Named 5 classic ballet positions. |
Louis
XIV, Lully |
Ballet,
Choreograhper |
n/a |
1639-1705 |
Berge |
Marcel |
Paris |
Ballet dancer |
Pavlova,
Sedova |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1891- |
Bentley |
Muriel |
NYC |
3 Virgins &
a Devil |
Ruth
St. Denis Co., Jose
Greco |
Ballet,
Spanish |
n/a |
c.1940's |
Blasis |
Carlo |
Naples, Italy |
Marseilles, Milan, Imperial Academy |
Gosselin, Le Gallois, Bougnoti Vaguemoulin |
Ballet,
Invented The Attitude Pose |
n/a |
1797-1878 |
Bliss |
Herbert |
Kansas City, Missouri |
Pas De Deux Romanti |
Janet Reed |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1923- |
Blond, Le |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
b.1800-? |
Blondy (Blondi) |
Nicole |
France |
n/a |
Beauchamps Nephew |
Ballet |
n/a |
1677-1747 |
Blum |
René |
France |
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1884-1944 |
Bolender |
Todd |
Canton, Ohio |
Benard |
Chester Hale |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1940's |
Bolm |
Adolph |
St. Petersburg, Russia |
Ziegfeld,
Dillingham, Coq d'or, Mad Genius |
Pavlova |
Ballet |
n/a |
1884-1951 |
Boris |
Ruthanna |
Brooklyn, NY |
Cirque De Deux |
Frank Hobi, Fokine |
Ballet,
Spanish |
n/a |
b.1918- |
Borovansky |
Edouard |
Czech |
Covent Garden , Borovansky Ballet |
n/a |
Ballet |
m: Xenia |
1902-1959 |
Borovansky |
Xenia |
Moscow |
Covent Garden , Borovansky Ballet |
real name: Xenia Nicoleva Smirnova |
Ballet |
m: Edouard |
1903-1985 |
Botta |
Bergonzio, Di |
Italy? |
First Ballet (Spectacle) |
Duke of Milan |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1459s |
Bournonville |
Antoine |
France |
Royal Copenhagen Ballet |
Noverre, |
Danish Ballet |
Father of Auguste |
1760-1843 |
Bournonville |
Antonius Auguste |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
Abdallah, Toredor |
Vestris |
Ballet |
n/a |
1805-1879 |
Bowman |
Patricia |
Washington, D.C. |
Radio City Hall, Roxy Theater, Copacabana |
Paul Haakon,
Mordkin, Fokine |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1930's |
Bronislava |
Ninjinska |
Minsk, Belaus |
Petrushka, Diaghilev, Maryinski |
n/a |
Ballet |
sister to Ninjinsky |
1891-1972 |
Bruhn |
Erik |
Copenhagen |
N.Y.C. Ballet |
n/a |
Ballet |
|
1928-1986 |
Cahusac |
Louis De |
Paris? |
Dance Master |
n/a |
Ballet,
Dance |
|
c.1740s |
Campanini |
Barerina
|
Parma, Italy |
Academie Royale, Covent Grdn. |
Fossano. aka: La Barberina |
Ballet |
Lord Stuart McKenzie, Carlo Luigi Cocceii |
1721-6/7/1799 |
Campra |
André |
Province |
Composer |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1660-1744 |
Cecchetti |
Enrico |
Milan, Italy |
La Scala, Marynisky |
Nijinsky & Pavlova's
Instructor |
Ballet |
n/a |
6/21/1850-11/13/1928 |
Cerrito |
Fanny |
Italy |
Pas De Quatre |
Taglioni,
Grisi,
Grahn |
Ballet |
n/a |
1817-1909 (1821-1899?) |
Chalif |
Louis H. |
Odessa, Russia |
Excelsior, Life of a Czar |
n/a |
Ballet,
Folk,
Mazurka |
n/a |
1876-11/24/1948 |
Chase |
Lucia |
Waterbury, Connecticut |
3 Virgins & A Devil |
Mordkin Ballet |
Ballet |
Thomas Ewing |
1907-1986 |
Chauviré |
Yvette |
France? |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
Oleg Tupine |
1917-1996 |
Christensen |
Lew |
Brigham City, Utah |
Vaudeville, American Ballet |
Bros: William & Harold |
Ballet |
Gisella Caccialanza |
b.1908-1984 |
Coralli |
Jean (and Teresa) |
Paris |
Giselle, La Tarentelle |
aka: Jean Coralli Perecini |
Ballet,
Tarentelle |
n/a |
1779-5/1/1854 |
d'
Camargo |
Marie- Anne Cupis |
Brussels |
Paris Opera, Ajax |
n/a |
Ballet,
Court,
Minuet |
lived w/ Comte de Clermont |
1710-1770 |
Cunningham |
Merce |
Centralia, WA. |
Martha Graham |
n/a |
Ballet,
Modern,
Abstract |
n/a |
b.1919- |
Dalcroze |
Emile Jacques- |
Swiss |
developed Eurhythmics |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1865-1950 |
Danielian |
Leon |
NYC |
Frankie & Johnny, Carnival |
Mordkin, Fokine school |
Ballet |
n/a |
10/31/1920-1997 |
Danilova |
Alexandra |
Peterhof, Russia |
Caprico Espagnol, Lola Montez |
Ballanchine,
Tamara
Geva |
Ballet,
Asturian Fandango |
n/a |
1903-1997 |
Danilova |
Marie |
St. Petersburg, Russia |
n/a |
Charles Didelot |
Ballet |
n/a |
1793-1810 |
Decombe |
Albert Francois |
France |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet,
Choreographer |
n/a |
1787-1865 |
De Valois |
Ninette |
Wicklow, Ireland |
founded UK Royal Ballet |
debut 1914 |
Ballet |
n/a |
1898-2001 |
DeMille |
Agnes |
NYC |
Rodeo, Oklahoma, Seven Brides, |
(Niece of Cecil B. DeMille) |
Ballet |
Walter Prude |
9/18/1905-10/6/1993 |
Diaghileff |
Serge Pavlovich |
(Novgorod) Perm, Russia |
Ballet Master |
Pavlova,
Karsavina |
Ballet |
n/a |
3/31/1872-8/19/1929 |
Didelot |
Charles Ludwig |
Stockholm |
changed the ballet |
Madeleine Guinard |
Ballet,
Mime |
n/a |
1767-1837 |
Dimitriew |
Vladimar |
|
Swan Lake [1933] |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1930's |
Dolin (Healey-Kay) |
Anton (Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall) |
Slinfold Sussex, England |
Markova-Dolin Ballet, Make Mine Music, Swan Lake,
Geselle etc. |
Tamara
Karsavina, Nemtchinova, Irina Baronova, Alicia Markova,
Alicia Alonso, |
Ballet |
n/a |
1904-11/25/1983 |
Dollar |
William Henry |
E. St. Louis |
The Duel, Musicals |
Melissa Hayden |
Ballet,
Ballroom,
Folk |
n/a |
4/20/1907-2/28/1986 |
Domenichino |
Of Piacenza |
France? |
Dance Master |
n/a |
Court, |
n/a |
c.1400s |
Dudley |
Jane |
USA |
n/a |
Sophie Maslow, William Bales |
Ballet,
Modern,
Contemporary, Interpretive, Breakdown |
n/a |
1912-9/19/2001 |
Dumilatre |
Adele |
France |
Giselle, Corsair |
Henri Desplaces. Sister to Sophie Dumilatre |
Ballet |
n/a |
1821-1909 |
Duncan |
Isadora (Dora Angelena) |
San Francisco |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet,
Mime |
Sergi Yesenem |
5/27/1878-1927 |
Dunham |
Katherine |
Chicago, Ill |
Martinique Ballet |
n/a |
Ballet,
"Negro Dances," Vernacular Dances, African
American Dance |
n/a |
b.1914- |
Dupré |
Louis |
France? |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1697-1774 |
Eckl |
Shirley |
Pittsburgh, PA |
3 Virgins & A Devil |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1923- |
Eglevsky |
André |
Moscow |
Scuola Di Balla |
Pavlova
|
Ballet |
Leda Anchutina |
b.1917- |
Ellis |
Roy |
n/a |
The Sea Nymph |
Teddy Walters |
Ballet |
n/a |
1928 |
Enters |
Angna |
NYC |
Lost Angel |
n/a |
Ballet,
Mime,
Greek |
n/a |
b.1907- |
Elssler |
Fanny (Franziska) |
Vienna |
La Reception d'une Jeune... |
Theresa-Sister |
Ballet,
Cachucha,
Tarentelle,
Cracoviene |
Prince Leopold of Salermo, Anton Stuhlmuller |
6/23/1810-11/27/1884 |
Elssler |
Theresa |
Vienna |
(sometimes spelt Essler) |
Fanny-Sister |
en-Travesti-Ballet |
n/a |
1808-1878 |
Fadicheva |
Kaleria |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
7/20/1936-9/13/1994 |
Fedorova |
Alexandria |
Russia |
Maryinsky Theater, Moved to USA |
n/a |
Ballet |
married Alexander Fokine, mother of Leon Fokine |
b.1884- |
Fedorova II |
Sophie |
Moscow? |
Moscow Imperial Theater |
Pavlova
Company |
Ballet |
n/a |
1879-1963 |
Ferraris |
Amalia |
Italy |
n/a |
Grisi and Taglioni |
Ballet |
n/a |
1830-1904 |
Ferren |
Nellie |
England? |
Gaiety Theater |
n/a |
Skirt
Dancer |
n/a |
n/a |
Feuillet |
Raul Auger |
France? |
Choreographer (Like Laban) |
n/a |
Ballet,
Dance |
n/a |
1650-1709 |
Fiocre |
Eugenie |
n/a |
1870 - Coppelia |
n/a |
Ballet |
Louise |
1845-1908 |
Fiocre |
Louise |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
Eugenie |
c.1860s |
Fioretti |
"Mesdames" |
Italy? |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
m: Fiocre? |
c.1700s? |
Fokine |
Michel |
St. Petersburg, Russia |
Daphnes, Chloe |
Fokina |
Ballet |
m: Vera
Fokina |
4/26/1880-8/22/1942 |
Fokina
(Antonova) |
Vera |
Russia |
Carnival, Scheherazade |
Fokine |
Ballet |
m: Michel Fokine |
b.1886- |
Fonteyn |
Margot |
Britain |
Le Baiser de la fée, Swan Lake etc. |
Real Name: Margaret Hookman. Michael Somes, Rudolf
Nureyev |
Ballet |
n/a |
1919-1991 |
Fosse |
Bob |
n/a |
Choreographer,
dancer |
n/a |
Jazz,
Ballet |
n/a |
1927-1987 |
Franklin |
Frederic |
Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
Musicals, Ballets |
Lancashire Lads, Wendy Toye |
Ballet,
Ballroom |
n/a |
b.1914- |
Fuller |
Loie, (Marie Louise) |
Fullersburg, Ill. |
Paris Expo-1900 |
n/a |
Ballroom,
Scarf,
Fire, Serpentine |
n/a |
1862-1/2/1928 |
Gamucci |
Augusto |
n/a |
Teatro Colin - Buenos Aires. Bellezze A Capri [1951],
Il Danzatore |
n/a |
Opera Dancer |
n/a |
c.1949 |
Gardel |
Maximilien |
France? |
Invented Rond de Jambe |
n/a |
Ballet
Master |
n/a |
1741-1787 |
Gardel |
Pierre |
France |
Brother of Max |
n/a |
Ballet |
m: Mlle. Miller |
1758-1840 |
Gatti |
Rosina |
NY? |
MET, Phantom of the Opera [1943] |
Started as a Child Ballerina |
Ballet |
???? Gatti-Casazza |
?1930's? |
Gautier |
Théophile |
Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées) |
(Son: Théophile Gautier (1836-1904) |
Emaux et Camées [1852], la Péri [1843],
Giselle |
Writer, Jouranlist, Dance Critic and Poet |
m: Ernesta Grisi |
8/31/1811-10/23/1872 |
Geltzer |
Yekaterina |
Russia? |
Ballet Russe, Toa-Toa / Red Poppy |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1876-1962 |
Genee |
Adeline |
Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark |
High Jinks, Camargo |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1878- |
Gentry |
Eve |
Los Angeles |
Royal Academy Of Dancing |
Real Name: Henrietta Greenwood |
Ballet,
Modern |
n/a |
b.1920's? |
Gerdt |
Paul |
Russia |
Imperial |
n/a |
Adagio,
Mime |
n/a |
1844-1917 |
Geva
(Gevergeva) |
Tamara |
Petrograd |
Ziegfeld-Whoopie |
Ballanchine,
Danilova, Bolger |
Ballet |
m: John Emery |
b.1908-1997 |
Gollner |
Nana |
b.Texas |
Nut Cracker, Medusa, Pas de Quatre |
n/a |
Ballet |
m: Paul Petroff |
1920-1980 |
Gorham |
Kathleen |
Narrandera, New South Wales |
n/a |
aka: Ann Somers |
Ballet |
m: Robert Pomie |
1932-1983 |
Gorsky |
Alexander |
Russia |
Sleeping Beauty |
n/a |
Father to Karsavina |
m: Platon Karsavin |
1871-1924 |
Grahn |
Lucille |
Copenhagen |
Cope Royal Thtr. Eoline |
Taglioni,
Grisi,
Cerrito |
Ballet |
n/a |
1821-1907
(?1819-1907) |
Graham |
Martha |
Pennsylvania |
Xochital |
Ted
Shawn |
Ballet,
Modern,
|
n/a |
1894-1991 |
Grigorieva |
Tamara |
Russia |
Aft. of The Faun |
David Lichine |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1940's |
Grimaldi |
Joseph |
England |
Mother Goose, Sadler wells, Drury Lane |
had son of same name who died in 1863 |
Mime,
Clown |
n/a |
1779-1837 |
Grisi |
Carlotta |
Milan, Italy |
Giselle, La Peri, La Esmeralda, Paquita |
n/a |
Ballet,
Polka
|
m: Jules Perrot |
1819-1899 |
Guimard |
Madeleine |
Paris, France |
Temple Of Terpiscore |
n/a |
Ballet,
Mime |
m: Despreaus [1789] |
1743-1816 |
Guglielmo |
Ebreo |
Italy |
Dance Master |
aka: William the Jew of Pesaro |
Court,
Ballet |
n/a |
b. before 1440 |
Haokon |
Paul |
Denmark |
Musicals, |
Pavlova,
Fokine, Bowman |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1914- |
Hayden (Herman) |
Melissa (Mildred) |
Canada |
Radio City MH, The Duel |
William Dollar, John Kriza |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1923- |
Heberlé |
Teresa |
Austria |
Paris Opera, England Opera |
Ferdinand Albert |
Ballet,
Adagio |
n/a |
1806-1840 |
Heinel |
Anne |
Germany? |
Introduced Multiple Pirouette |
n/a |
Ballet,
Chorographer |
m: Gaetan Vestris |
1753-1808 |
Helpmann |
"Sir" Robert |
Mount Gambier, No. Australia |
1942-Hamlet, Sleeping Beauty, Tales of Hoffmann [1951],
The Red Shoe [1948], Chitty Chitty Bang-bang |
Margot Fonteyn, |
Ballet |
n/a |
4/9/1909-9/28/1986 |
Hightower |
Rosella |
Ardmore, OK. |
Visions, Giselle, Apollo |
Leonide Massine |
Ballet,
Gypsy, Waltz |
n/a |
b.1920- |
Hobi |
Frank |
Aberdeen, WA. |
Cirque de Deux |
Ruthanna Boris |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1921- |
Holm (Eckert) |
Hanya (Johanna) |
Worms, GR. |
1948 - Kiss Me Kate |
Mary Wigman |
Modern,
Ballet |
n/a |
1893-1992 |
Humphrey |
Doris |
Oak Park, Illinois |
Americana |
Charles
Wedman,
Ruth St. Denis, Limon |
Ballroom,
Clog,
Folk,
Esthetic, Ballet,
Modern |
m: Charles Weidman |
1895-1958 |
Hutin |
Francisque |
n/a |
Park Theater |
Introduced new French Style to US |
Traditional Classic Ballet |
n/a |
c.1820s |
Idzikowski |
Stanislas |
n/a |
(shown on Pathe Newsreel 3/18/1957) |
Teacher to Pavlova
and Nijinsky |
Ballet |
n/a |
19?? |
Istomina |
Avdotia |
St. Petersburg |
Imperial School of Ballet |
(Duels were fought over her) |
Ballet |
n/a |
1799-1848 |
Jasinski (Czeslaw) |
Roman |
Warsaw, Poland |
Ballet Russe Monte Carlo |
n/a |
Ballet |
m: Moussia Larkina |
b.1912- |
Jeanmarie |
Renée |
Paris, France |
Carmen, Marquee de Cuevas Ball |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1950s |
Joffrey |
Robert |
Seattle,WA. |
Joffrey Ballet 1965 |
aka: Abdullah Jaffa Anver Bey Kahn |
Ballet |
n/a |
1930-1988 |
Joos |
Kurt |
Württemberg, Germany |
Ballets Joos |
Anna Markard - daughter |
Ballet,
Choreo |
n/a |
b.1901-1979 |
Junger |
Esther |
NYC |
Parade, Life begins 8:40 |
n/a |
Ballet,
Modern,
Contempory |
n/a |
c.1930s |
Karsavina
|
Tamara |
St. Petersburg, Russia |
Maryinsky Theater |
Father: Alexander Gorsky, Plato Karsavin |
Ballet |
m: Vasily moukhin, Henry Bruce |
3/9/1885-5/26/1978 |
Kavan |
Albia |
n/a |
Yankee Clipper |
Eugene Loring |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1930s |
Kaye |
Nora |
NYC |
Radio City MH, Pillar Of Fire |
Real Name: Nora Koreff |
Ballet,
Waltz |
n/a |
b.1920- |
Kidd |
Michael |
NYC |
On Stage, Billy the Kid, Finians Rainbow |
Petroucka, Angot |
Ballet |
m: Mary Heater |
b.1919- |
Kirstein |
Lincoln |
Rochester, N.Y. |
Founded American School of Ballet |
George
Balanchine |
Ballet |
n/a |
1907-1996 |
Kitchell |
Iva |
Junction City, KA |
Radio City MH |
n/a |
Ballet,
Mime |
n/a |
c.1940s |
Koesun |
Ruth Ann |
n/a |
Aurora |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1940s |
Kriza |
John |
n/a |
Fancy Free |
Melissa Hayden |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1940s |
L' Abbe |
Anthony |
Paris? |
Dance Master |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1680-1737 |
"La Barberina" |
Barberina Campanini |
Parma, Italy |
Acade'mie Royale |
Rinaldi Fossano |
Ballet |
m: Lord Stuart McKenzie, Carlo Cocceii |
1721-6/7/1799 |
La Fontaine |
Mlle. |
n/a |
1681-La Triomphe de l' Amour |
1st female dancer in Academie Royale & Paris
Opera |
Ballet |
n/a |
1665-1738 |
Laing |
Hugh |
Barbados, W.Indies |
Ballet Theater |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1911- |
Lamoureux |
Louise |
Italy? |
Faust |
Fanny
Essler, Ronzoni Troupe, Signor Barrati, Hannah Gale,
Santolini |
Ballet,
Lamoureux Galop,
Polka,
Bohemme, Mazurka |
n/a |
c.1848 |
Lande |
Jean Baptiste |
France |
formed 1st Russian Ballet Co., Imperial Theatre School
in St. Petersburg |
n/a |
Ballet
dancer and maitre de ballet |
n/a |
c.1730's |
Larkina (Larkin) |
Moussia (Moscelyne) |
Miami, Oklahoma |
Ballet Russe Monte Carlo |
n/a |
n/a |
m: Roman Jasinsky |
b.1925- |
Laskey |
Charles |
Monclair, NJ |
Oklahoma, On Your Toes |
Vera
Zorina |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1911- |
Le Clercq |
Tanaquil |
Paris |
The Minotaur, |
Moncion |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1929- |
Leclair |
Jean-Marie (The Elder) |
Lyons |
Dancer * Composer |
Lyons Opera |
Ballet
Master |
Bro: Jean-Marie-1703-77 |
1697-1784 |
Legat |
Nicholas (Nicoli) |
St. Petersburg, Russia |
Great dancer & Teacher |
Son of Gustav Legat, Father to Sergi |
Ballet |
m: Nadine Nicolaeva |
1869-1937 |
Legat |
Sergi |
Russia? |
Choreog. |
Son of Nicoli |
Ballet |
m: Maria Petipa |
1875-1908 |
Le Picq |
Charles |
Paris? |
Paris Opera |
Louis
XIV |
Ballet |
n/a |
n/a |
LeRoux |
Adele Louise Pauline |
France |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1809-1891 |
Lichine (Lichtenstein) |
David |
Rosto-On- Don, Russia |
Afternoon of a Faun, Unfinished Dance, Pavlova Co.,
Nijinska's Co. |
Tamara
Grigorieva |
Ballet |
m: Tatiana Riabouchinska |
1910-1972 |
Lifar |
Serge |
Russia |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1905-1986 |
Littlefield |
Dorothie & Carl |
Philidelphia, Penn. |
Worlds Fair, Icetime, Barn Dance |
danced with each other, Sister Catherine |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1940s |
Livry |
Emma |
France |
died by fire implications |
(aka: Emma Emarlot) |
Ballet |
n/a |
1842-1863 |
Lorraine |
Christine |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballerina |
n/a |
c.1920s |
Loring (Kerpestein) |
Eugene (LeRoy) |
Milwaukee, WI |
Yankee Clipper, Jinx |
Albia Kavan |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1914- |
Lully |
Jean- Baptiste |
Arno, Italy |
aka: Giovanni Battista Lulli |
Louis
XIV, Beauchamp |
Ballet,
Mime |
n/a |
1632-1687 |
Mahoney |
Arthur |
n/a |
Thalia Mara |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1930s? |
Massine |
Leonide |
Moscow |
n/a |
Rosella Hightower,
Patricia Bowman |
n/a |
n/a |
1895-1979 |
Mara |
Thalia |
n/a |
Arthur Mahoney |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1930s? |
Markova |
Alicia |
England |
Make Mine Music, Your Show Of Shows-10/24/1953 |
Anton Dolan. Real Name: Lilian Alicia Marks |
Ballet |
n/a |
1910-2004 |
Maziller |
Joseph |
France |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1801-1862 |
Meri
(Hughes) |
La (Russell Meriweather) |
Louisville, KY |
Founded School of Natya |
n/a |
Ethnolical Dancer, Spanish |
n/a |
n/a |
Moncion |
Francisco |
n/a |
Triumph of Bacchus |
Le Clercq, |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1940s |
Montessu |
|
France |
n/a |
n/a |
|
n/a |
1805-1877 |
Mordkin |
(Mikhail) Mikhailovitch |
Moscow, Russia |
Mordkin Ballet, Imperial School |
Anna
Pavlova, |
Ballet |
m: Bronislava Pojitskaya |
1881-7/15/1944 |
Morlacchi |
n/a |
n/a |
Theater Comique-Boston |
Morlacchi Ballet Troupe |
Ballet,
Polka,
Grecian, Can-Can,
Tarentells |
n/a |
c.1850s |
Moylon |
Mary Ellen |
n/a |
Scheherazade |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
n/a |
Mumaw |
Barton |
Hazelton, PA. |
Ted Shawn Co. |
n/a |
Ballet,
Modern |
n/a |
b.1912- |
Nemtchinova |
Vera |
Moscoa |
Anton Dolan, Paul Petroff |
n/a |
Ballet,
Mazurka,
Can-Can |
n/a |
c.1930s |
Nijinska |
Bronislava |
Warsaw |
n/a |
n/a |
Choreo, Teacher |
Sister to Vaslav |
1891-1972 |
Nijinsky |
Thomas |
Russia? |
n/a |
n/a |
Character Dancer |
Father of Bronislava & Vaslav |
n/a |
Nijinsky |
Vaslav |
Ukraine |
Maryinsky Thater |
Tamar Karsavina, Diaghileff Co. |
Ballet |
m: Romola de Pulszky |
1890-1950 |
Novacs |
Nora |
Hungary? |
Roland Petits ballet |
Istvan Rabovsky |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1950s |
Novak |
Nina |
|
The Mute Wife |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
n/a |
Noverre |
Jean Georges |
Paris, France |
Royal Theater |
Marie Anoinette |
Ballet |
n/a |
1727-1809 |
Nureyev |
Rudolf |
Russia? |
n/a |
Margot Fonteyn, Lupe Serrano |
Ballet |
n/a |
1938-1993 |
Page |
Ruth |
Indianpolis, Ind. |
Ballet Scafolding |
n/a |
Ballet |
m: Thomas Hart Fisher |
c.1930s |
Panaieff |
Michael |
Novgorod, Russia |
In Our Time, Rhapsody In Blue, Mission To |
Toumanova,
Baranova, Danilova |
Ballet,
Choreography |
n/a |
b.1913- |
Pavlova |
Anna |
St. Petersburg |
Swan Lake, |
Mordkin, Kossloff |
Ballet,
Gavotte |
m: Victor Dandre |
1881-1931 |
Pécourt |
Louis Guillayme |
France |
Caumus |
Lully,
Beauchamp,
Louis
XIV |
Ballet |
n/a |
1655-1729 |
Perrot |
Jules |
France |
Giselle |
Marie
Taglioni, Marie Elssler, Carlotta Grisi |
Ballet,
Pantomime |
m: Carlotta Grisi, Capitoline Samovskaya |
1810-1892 |
Petipa |
Jean Antoine |
Paris |
Russian Imperial Ballet Teacher |
Fanny Elssler, |
Ballet |
n/a |
1796-1855 |
Petipa |
Lucien |
France |
Russian Imperial Theater |
Son of Jean |
Ballet,
Mime |
n/a |
1815-1900 |
Petipa |
Marius |
Marseilles, France |
Paquita, Blue Dahlia, Paris Opera |
Fanny
Essler, Son of Jean |
Father of Classic Ballet,
Spanish |
m: Maria Sourovschikova |
1818-1910 |
Petit |
Roland |
Paris |
Ballets de Paris |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1924- |
Perrot |
Jules Joseph |
Lyon |
Esmeralda, Giselle |
Auguste Vestris, Marie
Taglioni |
Mime,
Ballet,
Clown |
m:
Carlotta Grisi |
6/1810-1892 |
Petroff (Peterson) |
Paul |
Denmark |
Folies Beregere |
n/a |
Ballet,
Contemporary |
m: Nana Gollner |
c.1930s |
Popova |
Nina |
Novorossiysk, Russia |
Graduation Ball, Gaite Parisieanne, Merry Widow |
Vassileff, Vilzak |
Ballet,
Competion, Can-Can |
m: Nicholas Orloff |
b.1922- |
Preobrajenska |
Olga |
St. Petersburg, Russia |
Maryinsky Theater, Coppélia |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1/21/1871-12/27/1962 |
Prévost |
Francoise |
France? |
retired in 1730 |
Blondy |
Mime,
Ballet |
n/a |
1680-1741 |
Primus |
Pearl |
Trinadad |
Showboat, |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1940s |
Rambert (Rambam) |
Marie, Dame (Cyvia) |
Warsaw |
Ballet Russe, Marie Rambert Dancers |
n/a |
Ballet,
Modern |
n/a |
1888-1982 |
Rameau |
Georges |
Paris |
Dance Master |
(Pierre's Father) |
Ballet,
Gavotte
etc. |
n/a |
c.1700s |
Rameau |
Jean Phillipe |
France |
Composer |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1683-1764 |
Rameau |
Pierre |
France |
The Dancing Master |
n/a |
Ballet |
m: Elizibeth La Haye |
b.1725- |
Rassine |
Alexis |
Lithuania |
Bluebird |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1930s |
Reed |
Janet |
Tolo, Oregon |
Pas De Deux Romanti |
Herbert Bliss |
Ballet,
Waltz |
m: Branson Erkstine |
c.1940s |
Riabouchinska |
Tatiana |
Moscow |
"a Baby Ballerina." Le Coq d'or, Covent
Garden |
Roman Jasinsky, David Lichine |
Ballet |
m: David Lichine |
1917-2000 |
Riccobini |
Valetin |
Italy |
Versailles |
La Barberina |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1740s |
Robbins |
Jerome |
New York City |
Stars In Your Eyes, On The Town, Fancy Free |
Eugene Loring, Daganova |
Ballet,
Jazz,
Ballroom |
n/a |
b.1918-1998 |
Romanova (Makarova) |
Nataliya |
St. Petersburg, RU |
Kirov & Royal Ballet |
n/a |
Classical Ballet |
n/a |
b.1940- |
Rosati |
Carolina |
Italy |
Gise Balletlle, Esmeralda |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1827- |
Rostova |
Lubov |
|
Cotillion |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1930s |
Sadler |
Donald |
Van Nuys, CA. |
Int'l Casino Show, U.S.O. |
Esther Junger |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1920 |
Saint-Leon |
Arthur Michel (Charles Victor) |
France |
Imperial Theater |
(some say born in 1821?) |
Ballet,
Choreo, Musician |
m: Fanny
Cerito |
1815-1870 |
Sallé |
Marie |
Paris, France |
St. Laurents fair, Apolllon, Daphne |
David Dumoulin, Brother, Prevost |
Ballet |
n/a |
1707-1756 |
Scott |
Margaret |
Joahnnesburg, South Africa |
Sadler Wells, Rambert Co. |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
b.1922- |
Serral |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Mons. Camprubi |
Bolero,
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1834 |
Shabelevski |
Yurek |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1930s |
Shawn |
Ted |
Kansas City, Missouri |
Dance of Ages, Jacobs Pillow |
Norma Gould, Ruth
St. Denis |
Ballet,
Modern,
Ethnologic, Oriental,
Hindu |
m: Ruth St. Denis 8/13/1914 |
10/21/1891-1972 |
Skibane |
George |
Yasnaya, Russia |
Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo |
Blum, Diaghileff, Markova |
Ballet |
m: Marjorie Tallchief |
b.1920- |
Slavenska (Corak) |
Mia |
Yugoslavia |
La Mort du Cygne |
Gertrud Kraus, Weiss, Von Weiden |
Ballet,
Modern, |
m: Kurt Neumann |
c.1930s |
Sproule |
Ann & Judith |
n/a |
Dawn (Stills) |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
c.1920s |
St. Leon |
Arthur (Charles Victor) |
Paris, France |
Le Lutin de la Vallee, 1870- Coppelia |
n/a |
Ballet |
m:
Fanny Cerrito |
1821-1871 |
Subligny |
Marie Therese de |
Italy? |
n/a |
n/a |
Court |
n/a |
1666-1736 |
Subra |
Mlle. |
Italy? |
Le Fandango |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1877 |
Svetlova |
Marina |
n/a |
the MET. |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1940's |
Taglioni |
Anna |
France? |
(See Taglioni Index
for all Taglioni's) |
Real Name: Anna Amalie Galster |
Ballet |
m: Paul Taglioni |
1808-1881 |
Taglioni |
Marie |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Pas De Quatre |
(See Taglioni Index
for all Taglioni's) |
Ballet,
Waltz,Mazurka,
La Gitan, |
m: Comte de Voisins |
1804-1884 |
Taglioni |
Marie Paul |
Germany |
n/a |
(See Taglioni Index
for all Taglioni's) |
Ballet |
m: Prince Windisch |
10/27/1833 - 8/27/1891 |
Taglioni |
Paul |
Italy |
Coralia, Thea |
(Brother of Marie) |
Ballet |
m: Amelia |
1808-1884 |
Taglioni |
Phillippe |
Italy |
La Sylphide |
(See Taglioni Index
for all Taglioni's) |
Ballet |
Father of Marie |
1778-1871 |
Tallchief |
Maria (Betty Marie) |
Fairfax, OK. |
Symphony in C, de Cuevas dancer |
Moncion, Belcher,
Ballanchine |
Ballet,
|
m:
George Balanchine |
1/24/1925- |
Tallchief |
Marjorie |
Fairfax, OK. |
Ballet Theater, |
Lichine, Nijinska |
Ballet |
m: George Skibine, |
b.1927- |
Theilade |
Nini |
Java |
Mid Summer Nights Dream |
n/a |
Ballet,
Bacchanale |
n/a |
b.1915- |
Toumanova |
Tamara |
Russia |
Days Of Glory |
L. Massine, Gene
Kelly, J.Starbuck |
Ballet,
Spanish,
Ballroom,
Jazz |
m: Casey Robinson |
b.1919- |
Tudor |
Anthony |
London, Eng. |
Hollywood Pinafore, Day before Spring |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1908-1987 |
Van Praagh |
Peggy |
London |
Teacher, Choreo, Austrailian Ballet |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
9/1/1910-
1/15/1990 |
Vestris |
Armand |
Paris? |
n/a |
son to Augustus |
Ballet |
m: Lucia Elizibeth Bartolozzi |
1787-1825 |
Vestris |
Charles |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Vestris, SR. |
Gaetan Apollino Baldassare |
Florence, Italy |
(said to have invented the Pirouette) |
Louis
XIV, Adelaide Simonet, Giovanna Bicelli, (Father
to Marie-Agustus) |
Ballet,
Mime |
m: Anne Heinel, Marie
Allard- (Mistress) |
1729-1808 |
Vestris |
Lucia Elizabeth |
n/a |
In One Hour, The Carnival Ball |
n/a |
Actress |
n/a |
1797-1856 |
Vestris |
Marie Augustus |
Paris |
aka: Vestr'Allard |
Cinquintine (son to G. Vestris) |
Ballet,
Chaconne |
m: Anne Catherine Augier |
1760-1842 |
Vestris |
Marie Jean Agustin |
n/a |
[?Maybe managed the Royal Thaetre at Covent Garden
(1841) and Lyceum, but was probably a different Vestris?.] |
Mother of Vestris's Sr. |
Ballet |
n/a |
n/a |
Vestris |
Thèrése |
Italy? |
n/a |
Sister of Gaetan |
Ballet |
Mistress to Jean Lany |
c.1700s |
Vigano |
Salvatore |
Naples |
Otello, La Vestalle |
n/a |
Ballet,
Spanish |
m: Maria Medina |
1769-1821 |
Walters |
Teddy |
n/a |
The Sea Nymph |
Roy Ellis |
Adagio |
n/a |
1928 |
Weaver |
John |
Paris? |
Dance Master |
n/a |
Ballet,
Gavotte |
n/a |
1673-1760 |
Weidman |
Charles Edward, Jr |
Lincoln, NB. |
As Thousand Cheer, Americana |
Doris Humphrey |
Ballet,
Ballroom |
n/a |
1901-1975 |
Woicikowsky |
Leon |
n/a |
La Concurrence |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
1930's |
Youskevitch |
Igor |
n/a |
Black Swan |
n/a |
Ballet |
n/a |
n/a |
Zorina |
Vera |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
m:
Balanchine |
1940's |
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