...BALLET Dancers Index

   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 was hired to organize and establish the School of American

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

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