List of female dancers

The following is a list of female dancers by nationality – notable women who are well known for their work in the field of dance.

Algeria

 * Mariquita (1830–1922), early choreographer, director and teacher in Paris, Folies Bergère, Opéra Comique

Egypt

 * Naima Akef (1929–1966), belly dancer, film actress
 * Nagwa Fouad (born 1939), belly dancer
 * Nadia Gamal (1937–1990), belly dancer, toured widely including North America
 * Samia Gamal (1924–1994), belly dancer, film actress
 * Taheyya Kariokka (1919–1999), belly dancer, film actress
 * Kuchuk Hanem (1850–1870), erotic dancer
 * Nelly Mazloum (1929–2003), belly dancer, show dancer, folklorist, own dance company
 * Hanan Tork (born 1975), ballerina, Cairo Ballet Group, later film actress

South Africa

 * Nadia Nerina (1927–2008), prima ballerina who made her glittering career with The Royal Ballet in London
 * Juliet Prowse (1936–1996), Indian-born, stage dancer, starred in Can-Can
 * Robyn Hendricks, ballet dancer, principal dancer, The Australian Ballet
 * Phyllis Spira (1943–2008), prima ballerina, teacher, performed with Cape Town's CAPAB

Armenia

 * Armen Ohanian (1887–1976), oriental dancer

Bangladesh

 * Benazir Salam (born 1979), Indian classical dancer, modern dancer, Odissi teacher

China

 * Dai Ailian (1916 (Trinidad)–2006), modern dancer, choreographer, teacher, first principal of Beijing Dance Academy
 * Jin Xing (born 1967 to Korean parents), ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer, actress
 * Faye Leung (born 1979), former principal dancer, Hong Kong Ballet
 * Yuanyuan Tan (born 1974), principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
 * Xue Jinghua (born 1946), prima ballerina, National Ballet of China
 * Nellie Yu Roung Ling (1889–1973), dancer and choreographer, considered the first modern dancer of China.
 * Zhu Yan, prima ballerina with the National Ballet of China since 1995

Georgia

 * Maia Makhateli (born c. 1986), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Dutch National Ballet
 * Lila Zali (1918–2003), ballet dancer, film actress, American Ballet Theatre, Ballets Russes

India

 * Kumari Varhsa known as (Mere Dholna dancer), (born 1998) Indian dancer, specializing in Classical Dance
 * Shreya Rai known as (21 pink) (born 1996), Indian dancer, specializing in belly dance
 * Olive Katherine Craddock (1894–1926), Anglo-Indian dancer who danced under the name of Roshanara
 * Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904–1986), Bharata Natyam classical dancer, choreographer
 * Methil Devika (born 1977), dancer, choreographer, teacher
 * Madhuri Dixit (born 1967), film actress, dance sequences in Bollywood films
 * Geeta Kapoor (born 1973), Bollywood choreographer
 * Saroj Khan (born 1948), Bollywood choreographer
 * Hema Malini (born 1948), Bharata Natyam dancer, choreographer, actress
 * Vaibhavi Merchant (born 1975), Bollywood dancer, choreographer
 * Sujata Mohapatra (born 1968), Indian classical dancer, Odissi teacher
 * Baisali Mohanty (born 1994), Indian classical dancer and choreographer of Odissi
 * Rekha Raju, Mohiniyattam exponent
 * Anita Ratnam (born 1954), Indian classical dancer, modern dancer, choreographer
 * Mallika Sarabhai (born 1954), classical Indian dancer, choreographer
 * Savitha Sastry (born 1969), Indian dancer, choreographer, specializing in Bharata Natyam
 * Zohra Sehgal (1912–2014), film actress, modern dancer, choreographer
 * Vyjayanthimala (born 1936), classical Indian dancer, choreographer, actress

Indonesia

 * Gusmiati Suid (1942–2001), dancer and choreographer

Iran

 * Farzaneh Kaboli (born 1949), Iranian folk dancer, ballet dancer, choreographer

Israel

 * Rina Schenfeld (born 1938), prima ballerina, choreographer, Batsheva Dance Company

Japan

 * Motofuji Akiko (1928–2003), ballerina, modern dancer
 * Tae-ji Choi (born 1959), ballerina, director, teacher, Korea National Ballet
 * Shizuka Gozen (1165–1211), court dancer
 * Utako Hanazono (1905–1982), modern dancer, geisha
 * Yuriko Kajiya (born 1984), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Houston Ballet
 * Maki Kawamura (born 1979), ballerina, New National Theatre Tokyo
 * Hikaru Kobayashi (born 1976), baller dancer, former first soloist, The Royal Ballet
 * Ako Kondo (born 1991), ballet dancer, The Australian Ballet
 * Misa Kuranaga (born c. 1982), ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet, formerly Boston Ballet
 * Tamiyo Kusakari (born 1965), ballerina, film actress, Maki Asami Ballet Company
 * Noriko Ohara (born 1943), ballerina, Scottish Ballet
 * Masako Ono, Odissi dancer since 1996
 * Shino Mori (born 1989), ballerina, National Ballet of Canada
 * Yoko Morishita (born 1948), prima ballerina, director, Matsuyama Ballet Company
 * Ayako Nakano (born 1977), ballerina, soloist Theater Basel
 * Madoka Sugai, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Hamburg Ballet
 * Akane Takada (born 1990), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
 * Erina Takahashi, ballet dancer, lead principal, English National Ballet
 * Yumiko Takeshima, designer and former ballet dancer
 * Miyako Yoshida (born 1965), former ballet dancer, The Royal Ballet and K-ballet
 * Yuriko Kimura, modern dancer, lead principal with Martha Graham Dance Company

Kazakhstan

 * Nadezhda Gracheva (born 1969), prima ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet

Lebanon

 * Layal Abboud (born 1982), concert dancer

Nepal

 * Bandana Nepal (born 2001), record-breaking marathon dancer

Pakistan

 * Suhaee Abro, dancer since 2001, Indian classical dancer, modern dancer, choreographer
 * Nargis (born 1974), film actress, stage dancer

South Korea

 * Yuhui Choe, ballet dancer, first soloist, The Royal Ballet
 * Ji-Young Kim (born 1978), prima ballerina, Korean National Ballet
 * Kang Sue-jin (born 1967), ballerina, Stuttgart Ballet
 * Kim Joo-won (born 1976), prima ballerina, Korean National Ballet
 * EunWon Lee, prima ballerina, Korean National Ballet
 * Young Soon Hue (born 1963), ballerina, choreographer, Deutsche Oper am Rhein
 * Sae Eun Park (born 1989), ballet dancer, étoile, Paris Opera Ballet
 * Hee Seo (born 1986), ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
 * Ahn Yoo-jin (born 1968), belly dancer

Turkey

 * Sema Yildiz, belly dancer, Romani Dancer, actress and dance teacher.
 * Özel Türkbaş, belly dancer, actress, dance teacher, singer, model.
 * Nesrin Topkapı, belly dancer, dance teacher and singer.
 * Tulay Karaca, belly dancer and actress.
 * Asena (Onur Çakmak), belly dancer.
 * Didem Kınalı, belly dancer, model and singer.
 * Nejla Ateş, belly dancer and actress.

Taiwan

 * PeiJu Chien-Pott, dancer, Martha Graham Dance Company
 * Fang-Yi Sheu, dancer, Martha Graham Dance Company

Australia

 * Lucette Aldous (1938–2021), ballerina, teacher with the Australian Ballet
 * Vicki Attard (born 1965), principal dancer, Australian Ballet
 * Leanne Benjamin (born 1964), former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
 * Madeleine Eastoe, former ballet dancer, principal artist, Australian Ballet
 * Roma Egan (born 1948), senior soloist, Australian Ballet
 * Jean Garling (1907–1998), ballet dancer
 * Amy Harris (born 1983), ballet dancer, principal artist, Australian Ballet
 * Ella Havelka, ballet dancer, first indigenous dancer at Australian Ballet
 * Margaret Illmann (born 1965), ballerina, National Ballet of Canada
 * Lana Jones, former ballet dancer, Australian Ballet
 * Marilyn Jones (born 1940), ballerina, director, Australian Ballet
 * Dena Kaplan (born 1989), dancer, actress, film roles
 * Stephanie Kurlow, ballet dancer
 * Kirsty Martin (born 1976), principal dancer, Australian Ballet
 * Laurel Martyn (1916–2013), ballerina, Australian Ballet, Vic-Wells Ballet
 * Danielle Rowe (born 1982), ballet dancer and choreographer
 * Amber Scott, ballet dancer, principal dancer, The Australian Ballet
 * Margaret Scott (1922 (South Africa)–2019), ballerina, Ballet Rambert, Australian Ballet, director of the Australian Ballet School
 * Dana Stephensen (born c. 1984), ballerina, Australian Ballet
 * Sharni Spencer – Australian ballet dancer, graduate of New Zealand School of Dance
 * Meryl Tankard (born 1955), ballet dancer, choreographer, director Australian Dance Theatre
 * Tamara Tchinarova (1919 (Romania)–2017), ballet dancer Ballets Russes, Borovansky Ballet
 * Stephanie Williams, ballet dancer, American Ballet Theatre

New Zealand

 * Claire Ahuriri-Dunning
 * Rona Bailey (1914–2005) – drama and dance practitioner, educationalist and activist
 * Jan Bolwell
 * Yvonne Cartier (c. 1930–2014) – ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher of mime and movement, based in Paris
 * Lisa Densem
 * Lusi Faiva – known for physically integrated dance
 * Sarah-Jayne Howard – dancer and choreographer
 * Bianca Hyslop – dancer and choreographer
 * Rowena Jackson (born 1926) – prima ballerina, Sadler's Wells Ballet, Royal Ballet
 * Malia Johnston – choreographer
 * Susan Jordan – dancer and choreographer
 * June Kerr – dancer
 * Cathy Livermore – dancer
 * Tupe Lualua – choreographer and director of Le Moana and the Measina Festival
 * Lucy Marinkovich – dancer, choreographer
 * Sara Neil (dancer)
 * Hannah O'Neill (born 1993) – ballet dancer, premier danseur, Paris Opera Ballet
 * Patricia Rianne – ballet dancer and choreographer
 * Turid Revfeim
 * Anne Rowse – dancer
 * Cat Ruka – dancer and choreographer
 * Amanaki Prescott-Faletau – actor, writer, dancer, choreographer, producer and director
 * Louise Potiki Bryant – choreographer, dancer, video artist
 * Gaylene Sciascia
 * Deirdre Tarrant – dancer, choreographer

Albania

 * Megi Ndokaj (born 1993), classical dancer, modern dancer, Albanian folk dancer, model

Austria

 * Kathrin Beck (born 1966), ice dancer, actress
 * Gertrud Bodenwieser (1890–1959), dancer, choreographer, teacher, pioneer of expressive dance
 * Trudl Dubsky (1913–1976), innovative dancer, choreographer, teacher
 * Poldi Dur (1917–1996), dancer, actress
 * Fanny Elssler (1810–1884), ballerina, Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique (now the Paris Opera), toured widely
 * Therese Elssler (1808–1878), ballerina, sister of Fanny Elssler
 * Angelika Führing (born 1976), ice dancer
 * Susi Handschmann (born 1959), ice dancer
 * Lilian Harmel (1908–1982), dancer, choreographer, teacher
 * Barbara Herzog (born 1985), ice dancer
 * Saskia Hölbling (born 1971), modern dancer, choreographer
 * Hilde Holger (1905–2001), expressionist dancer, choreographer, teacher
 * Katti Lanner (1829–1908), ballet dancer, choreographer, Viennese Ballet Company, Drury Lane
 * Maria Ley-Piscator (1898–1999), dancer, choreographer
 * Tilly Losch (1903–1975), ballet dancer, show dancer, choreographer, trained at the Vienna Opera, later turned to musicals including The Band Wagon
 * Natascha Mair, ballet dancer, first soloist, Vienna State Ballet
 * Daria-Larissa Maritczak (born 1970s), ice dancer
 * Kathrin Menzinger (born 1988), competitive ballroom dancer
 * Albertina Rasch (1891–1967), ballerina, show dancer, choreographer, remembered for her extensive work in American musicals
 * Brigitte Scheijbal (fl. 1970s), ice dancer
 * Babsie Steger (born 1968), dancer, actress, television presenter
 * Eva Marie Veigel (1724–1822), early dancer in London
 * Cilli Wang (1909–2005), Austrian-born Dutch dancer, cabaret artist
 * Grete Wiesenthal (1891–1967), ballet dancer, worked with Max Reinhardt

Belgium

 * Akarova (1904–1999), ballet dancer, choreographer, performed in various venues in Brussels
 * Jeanne Brabants (1920–2014), dancer, choreographer, teacher
 * Veerle Casteleyn (born 1978), ballerina, show dancer, performing in Belgian musicals
 * Lydia Chagoll (1931–2020), dancer, choreographer, screenwriter, actress
 * Bernice Coppieters (born 1970), ballet dancer, étoile and principal ballet master of the Ballets de Monte-Carlo
 * Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (born 1960), contemporary dancer, choreographer
 * Julie Alix de la Fay (c. 1746–1826), ballet dancer, teacher, helped develop the Royal Swedish Ballet
 * Joanna Leunis (born 1981), Latin ballroom dancer
 * Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (born 1973), choreographer
 * Andrée Marlière (1934–2008), ballet dancer, teacher, danced mainly in Belgian and German companies including the Flemish Opera
 * Adeline Plunkett (1824–1910), star of the Paris Opera Ballet
 * Ira Vannut (born 1994), ice dancer

Bulgaria

 * Albena Denkova (born 1974), ice dancer
 * Maria Filippov (born 1973), ice dancer
 * Petya Gavazova (born 1968), ice dancer
 * Mila Iskrenova (born 1960), modern dancer, choreographer

Croatia

 * Nikolina Nikoleski (born 1976), dancer and choreographer of Bharatanatyam

Czech Republic

 * Jana Andrsová (born 1939), ballet dancer, actress
 * Jitka Babická (born 1939), ice dancer
 * Radmila Chroboková (born 1976), ice dancer
 * Anka Čekanová (1905–1965), dancer, choreographer
 * Kamila Hájková (born 1987), ice dancer
 * Jindra Holá (born 1960), ice dancer
 * Dana Holanová (fl, 1960s), ice dancer
 * Gabriela Hrázská (born 1979), ice dancer
 * Diana Janošťáková (born 1984), ice dancer
 * Jarmila Jeřábková (1912–1989), modern dancer, choreographer, taught Isadora Duncan's method
 * Lucie Kadlčáková (born 1982), ice dancer
 * Daria Klimentová (born 1971), ballet dancer, former principal dancer, National Theatre Ballet, English National Ballet, teacher, Royal Ballet School
 * Kateřina Kovalová (born 1978), ice dancer
 * Jarmila Kröschlová (1893–1983), modern dancer, choreographer, teacher
 * Gabriela Kubová (born 1993), ice dancer
 * Leona Kvasnicová (born 1972), dancer, choreographer
 * Nikola Márová (born 1980), prima ballerina, National Theatre (Prague)
 * Kateřina Mrázová (born 1972), ice dancer
 * Veronika Morávková (born 1983), ice dancer
 * Lucie Myslivečková (born 1989), ice dancer
 * Eva Peštová (born 1952), ice dancer
 * Anna Pisánská (fl. 1970s), ice dancer
 * Liliana Řeháková (1958–2008), ice dancer
 * Viera Řeháková (born 1964), ice dancer
 * Eva Romanová (born 1946), ice dancer
 * Barbora Silná (born 1989), Czech-Austrian ice dancer
 * Diana Skotnická (born 1940s), ice dancer
 * Ivana Střondalová (born 1970), ice dancer
 * Milena Tůmová (fl. 1960s), ice dancer
 * Nikola Višňová (born 1992), ice dancer
 * Šárka Vondrková (born 1976), ice dancer
 * Jana Zangiová (fl 1980s), ice dancer

Denmark

 * Marie Barch
 * Dinna Bjørn (born 1947), prima ballerina, choreographer, ballet mistress, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Mette Bødtcher (born 1965), balletna, trained and danced at the Royal Danish Theatre
 * Gudrun Bojesen (born 1976), principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Edith von Bonsdorff (1890–1968), ballet dancer
 * Valborg Borchsenius (1872–1949), soloist with the Royal Danish ballet, later an instructor
 * Ida Brun (1792–1857), singer, dancer, mine artist
 * Camilla Dallerup (born 1974), ballroom dancer, coach
 * Eva Eklund (1922–2015), Swedish-born Danish dancer, singer, composer
 * Vivi Flindt (born 1943), soloist with the Royal Danish Ballet, now a choreographer
 * Laurence Fournier Beaudry (born 1992), ice dancer
 * Anine Frølich (1762–1784), ballerina, first native Dane in the Royal Danish Ballet
 * Adeline Genée (1878–1970), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, later classical ballet and music hall roles at Empire, Leicester Square, in New York and Sydney
 * Katelyn Good (born 1990), ice dancer
 * Gerda Karstens (1903–1988), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Lucile Grahn (1819–1907), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, performed widely across Europe
 * Susanne Grinder (born 1981), principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Eline Heger (1774–1842), ballet dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Else Højgaard (1906–1979), ballerina, stage and film actress, Royal Danish Theatre
 * Mette Ingvarsten (active since 2003), Danish dancer, choreographer and performance artist
 * Lis Jeppesen (born 1956), soloist with the Royal Danish Ballet
 * Andrea Krætzmer (1811–1889), soloist in August Bournonville's early ballets
 * Mette Hønningen (born 1944), principal at the Royal Danish Ballet
 * Charlotte Jørgensen (born 1972), ballroom dancer
 * Hélène Kirsova (1910–1962), ballerina, choreographer, director
 * Margot Lander (1910–1961), born in Oslo, Denmark's first prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Anna Lærkesen (born 1942), soloist at the Royal Danish Ballet
 * Elna Lassen (1901–1930), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Gitte Lindstrøm (born 1975), principal dancer, teacher, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Charlotte Jørgensen (born 1987), dancer, singer, actress
 * Asta Mollerup (1881–1945), brought modern dance to Denmark
 * Augusta Nielsen (1822–1902), ballerina, performed as a soloist in Bournonville's ballets
 * Elna Ørnberg (1890–1969), ballerina, performed as a soloist in Bournonville's ballets
 * Ulla Poulsen (1905–2001), soloist with the Royal Danish Ballet, also an actress
 * Ida Praetorius (born 1993), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Ellen Price (1878–1968), prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Juliette Price (1831–1906), prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, worked closely with August Bournonville
 * Kirsten Ralov (1922–1999), ballerina, ballet mistress, associate director, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Louise Rasmussen (1815–1874), ballet dancer and stage actor, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Johanne Rosing (1756–1853), actress, ballet dancer
 * Margrethe Schall (1775–1852), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Silja Schandorff (born 1969), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Delia Sheppard (born 1961), actress, model, singer, ballet dancer
 * Kirsten Simone (born 1934), first soloist Royal Danish Ballet
 * Nini Theilade (1915–2018), ballet dancer, choreographer, starred in the film A Midsummer Night's Dream
 * Valda Valkyrien (1895–1956), Iceland-born prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, later silent film actress in the United States
 * Mona Vangsaae (1920–1983), ballet dancer, choreographer and instructor
 * Emilie Walbom (1858–1932), ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet mistress

Estonia

 * Johanna Allik (born 1994), ice dancer
 * Grethe Grünberg (born 1988), ice dancer
 * Anna Mosenkova (born 1973), ice dancer
 * Agnes Oaks (born 1970), ballet dancer, former principal dancer, English National Ballet
 * Irina Shtork (born 1993), ice dancer
 * Marina Timofeieva (born 1984), ice dancer

Finland

 * Ritva Arvelo (1921–2013), actress, screenwriter, pioneer in modern dance
 * Sorella Englund (born 1945), soloist, character dancer, teacher, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Alina Frasa (1834–1899), Finnish ballet dancer and choreographer
 * Maggie Gripenberg, (1881–1976) pioneer of modern dance in Finland
 * Hanna Haarala (active since 2000s), Latin American dancer
 * Irja Hagfors (1905–1988), dancer, choreographer, dance teacher
 * Jessica Huot (born 1983), ice dancer
 * Olesia Karmi (born 1992), ice dancer
 * Hanna Karttunen (fl. 2000s), Latin American dancer
 * Oona Kivelä (born 1983), professional dancer, pole dancer
 * Jaana Kunitz (born 1972), ballroom dancer, dance instructor
 * Monica Lindfors (born 2000), ice dancer
 * Henna Lindholm (born 1989), ice dancer
 * Marja Merisalo (born 1965), choreographer, dancer, director
 * Cleo Nordi (1898–1983), prima ballerina with Anna Pavlova, choreographer and teacher in London
 * Susanna Rahkamo (born 1965), ice dancer
 * Sirpa Suutari (fl. 1990s), professional ballroom dancer
 * Cecilia Törn (born 1994), ice dancer
 * Satu Tuomisto, active since 2000, contemporary dance choreographer
 * Anu Viheriäranta (born 1982), principal dancer, Dutch National Ballet
 * Maikki Uotila (born 1977), ice dancer

France

 * Angélique Abachkina (born 2000), ice dancer
 * Françoise Adret (1920–2018), ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, director
 * Émilienne d'Alençon (1869–1946), dancer, actress, courtesan
 * Marie Allard (1738–1802), ballerina, Comédie-Française, Paris Opera Ballet
 * Mademoiselle Ambroisine (1811–1882), prima ballerina, leading lady of romantic ballet in Brussels
 * Madame Anatole (1793–?), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
 * Anne and Janneton Auretti (fl 1740–1760)
 * Jane Avril (1868–1943), can-can dancer, Moulin Rouge
 * Josephine Baker (1906–1975), American-born erotic dancer, singer, entertainer, Folies Bergère, also in films
 * Léonore Baulac (born 1989), ballet dancer, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
 * Claude Bessy (born 1932), ballerina, teacher, Paris Opera Ballet
 * Émilie Bigottini (1784–1858), ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
 * Doriane Bontemps (born 1967), ice dancer
 * Emmanuelle Bouaziz (active since 2007), actress, dancer, singer
 * Hélène Bouchet (born 1980), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Hamburg Ballet
 * Muriel Boucher-Zazoui (fl 1970s), ice dancer
 * Olympe Bradna (1920–2012), dancer, actress
 * Élodie Brouiller (born 1987), ice dancer
 * Roxane Butterfly (active since 1998), tap dancer, choreographer
 * Rita Cadillac (1936–1995), exotic dancer, singer, actress, Crazy Horse, Folies Bergère
 * Vanessa Cailhol (active since 2004), dancer, singer, musicals performer
 * Leslie Caron (born 1931), ballerina, film actress, starred in Gigi
 * Pernelle Carron (born 1986), ice dancer
 * Céline Céleste (1815–1882), ballerina, highly successful in New York
 * Marie-Adrienne Chameroy (1779–1802), dancer at the Paris Opera
 * Jeanne Chasles (1869–1939), dancer, choreographer and professor of dance at the National Conservatory
 * Cha-U-Kao, dancer and clown
 * Jeanne Chasles (1869–1939), dancer, choreographer at the Opéra Comique
 * Yvette Chauviré (1917–2016), prima ballerina, director, Paris Opera Ballet
 * Isabelle Ciaravola (born 1972), ballet dancer, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
 * Valentine Colasante (born 1989), ballet dancer, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
 * Émilie Cozette (born 1981), ballerina, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
 * Polly Cuninghame (1785–1837), ballerina, active in Amsterdam, Stadsschouwburg
 * Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo (1710–1770), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, the first to execute the entrechat quatre and to wear ballet slippers
 * Sophie Daguin (1801–1881), ballerina, choreographer, Royal Swedish Opera
 * Suzette Defoye (1741–1787), ballet dancer, actress, opera singer
 * Isabelle Delobel (born 1978), ice dancer
 * Véronique Delobel (born 1978), ice dancer
 * Davina Delor (born 1952), dancer, choreographer, Buddhist nun
 * Bintou Dembélé (born 1975), pioneering hip hop dancer, choreographer
 * Dominique Deniaud (born 1977), ice dancer
 * Gaby Deslys (1881–1920), show dancer, singer, actress, performed on Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre
 * Suzanne Douvillier (1778–1826), ballerina, choreographer, perhaps the first trained ballerina to perform in the United States
 * Adèle Dumilâtre (1821–1909), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, Drury Lane, La Scala
 * Aurélie Dupont (born 1973), director and former ballet dancer, étoile and artistic director, Paris Opera Ballet
 * Pauline Duvernay (1812–1894), ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, also London
 * Estelle Elizabeth (born 1996), ice dancer
 * Eugénie Fiocre (1845–1908), ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, often in male roles
 * Louise Fitzjames (born 1809), ballet dancer with the Paris Opera
 * Mathilde Froustey (born 1985), ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
 * Dorothée Gilbert (born 1983), ballerina, étoile of Paris Opera Ballet
 * Marie-Agnès Gillot (born c. 1974), ballet dancer, choreographer, étoile of Paris Opera Ballet
 * Geneviève Gosselin (1791–1818), ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
 * La Goulue (1866–1929), can-can dancer, Moulin Rouge
 * Isabelle Guérin (born 1961), ballet dancer, principal dancer with Paris Opera Ballet
 * Christiane Guhel (born 1962), ice dancer
 * Sylvie Guillem (born 1965), ballerina, choreographer, contemporary dancer, Paris Opera Ballet, Sadler's Wells Theatre
 * Marie-Madeleine Guimard (1743–1816), ballerina, star of the Paris Opera under Louis XVI
 * Nathalie Hervé (born 1963), ice dancer
 * Fauve Hautot (born 1986), dancer, choreographer
 * Zizi Jeanmaire (1924–2020), ballet dancer, film actress, appeared in Hans Christian Andersen
 * Katherine Kath (1920–2012), prima ballerina, Théâtre du Châtelet, film and television actress
 * Dominique Khalfouni (born 1951), ballerina, teacher, Paris Opera Ballet, Ballet National de Marseille
 * De Lafontaine (1655–1738), ballerina, considered to be the first professional female dancer, Paris Opera
 * Brigitte Lefèvre (born 1944), dancer, choreographer, director of the Paris Opera Ballet
 * Marcelle Lender (1862–1926), stage dancer, singer, Théâtre des Variétés, painted by Toulouse-Lautrec
 * Marie Lesueur (1799–1890), ballet dancer, Théâtre de Marseille, Théâtre de la Monnaie
 * Agnès Letestu (born 1971), ballerina, étoile of Paris Opera Ballet
 * Emma Livry (1842–1863), ballerina, romantic ballet, Paris Opera, died after her clothes caught fire on stage
 * Sophie Lothaire (1732–?), dancer, actress, director, active in Brussels
 * Monique Loudières (born 1956), ballet dancer, teacher, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
 * Mariquita (1830–1922), see Algeria
 * Brigitte Martin (fl 1960s), ice dancer
 * Sophie Martin (born 1984), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Scottish Ballet
 * Genia Melikova (1924–2004), ballerina, choreographer, teacher, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, also performed on Broadway
 * Cléo de Mérode (1875–1966), dancer, international star
 * Antonine Meunier (1877–1972), ballet dancer, teacher, writer
 * Magali Messac (fl 1969), ballet dancer, joined the American Ballet Theatre in 1969
 * Sophie Moniotte (born 1969), ice dancer
 * Madame Montessu (1803–1877), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
 * Marion Motin (active since 2006), dancer, choreographer
 * Marguerite Morel (1737–1804), ballerina, opera singer, active in Sweden at Bollhuset
 * Bérangère Nau (born 1976), ice dancer
 * Stacia Napierkowska (1891–1945), dancer, film actress, appeared in many silent films
 * Lise Noblet (1801–1852), ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
 * Clairemarie Osta (born 1970), former ballet dancer, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
 * Martine Olivier (fl 1970s), ice dancer
 * Alia Ouabdelsselam (born 1978), ice dancer
 * Myriam Ould-Braham (born 1982), ballerina, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
 * Ludmila Pagliero (born 1983), see Argentina
 * Corinne Paliard (born 1970), ice dancer
 * Gabriella Papadakis (born 1995), ice dancer
 * Mademoiselle Parisot (c. 1775–after 1837), opera singer, ballet dancer, King's Theatre
 * Nathalie Péchalat (born 1983), ice dancer
 * Roxane Petetin (born 1981), ice dancer
 * Sonia Petrovna (born 1952), ballerina, actress
 * Marie-Claude Pietragalla (born 1963), dancer, choreographer
 * Wilfride Piollet (1943–2015), ballerina, choreographer
 * Barbara Piton (born 1977), ice dancer
 * Élisabeth Platel (born 1959), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
 * Françoise Prévost (c. 1680–1741), ballerina, remembered for her solo Les Caractères de la Danse, Paris Opera
 * Liane de Pougy (1869–1950), courtesan, cabaret dancer, Folies Bergère
 * Laetitia Pujol (born 1975), ballet dancer, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
 * Alice Renavand (born 1980), ballet dancer, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
 * Rigolboche (1842–1920), stage dancer, possibly invented the can-can
 * Marie Sallé (1707–1756), prima ballerina, first female choreographer, Paris Opera Ballet, Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London
 * Marie Sanlaville (1847–1930), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, often in male roles
 * Magali Sauri (born 1977), ice dancer
 * Élisabeth Soligny (1749–?), prima ballerina, ballet mistress, Royal Swedish Ballet
 * Louise Stichel (1856–after 1933), dancer, ballet master
 * Agnès Souret (1902–1928), show dancer, actress, winner of first Miss France contest
 * Marie-Thérèse de Subligny (1666–1735), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, first professional ballet dancer to appear in England (1702)
 * Marina Svetlova (1922–2009), ballerina, Original Ballet Russe, Metropolitan Opera Ballet
 * Ludmilla Tchérina (1924–2004), prima ballerina, Ballet des Champs-Élysées, also appeared in films and on television
 * Ghislaine Thesmar (born 1943), prima ballerina, choreographer, Ballets de Monte-Carlo
 * Caroline Truong (born 1980), ice dancer
 * Marie van Goethem (born 1865, death unknown), dancer, model
 * Violette Verdy (1933–2016), ballerina, Ballet des Champs-Élysées, New York City Ballet, director of Paris Opera Ballet
 * Adorée Villany (1891–19??), dancer, choreographer
 * Dominique Yvon (born 1968), ice dancer

Germany

 * Ruth Abramovitsch Sorel (1907–1974), dancer, choreographer, director, active in Canada
 * Karin von Aroldingen (1941–2018), ballet dancer, former principal dancer with New York City Ballet
 * Annerose Baier (born 1946), ice dancer
 * Pina Bausch (1940–2009), dancer and choreographer, company founder, Tanztheater
 * Antonia Becherer (born 1963), ice dancer
 * Christina Beier (born 1984), ice dancer
 * Lotte Berk (1913–2003), ballet dancer, teacher
 * Anita Berber (1899–1928), cabaret dancer in Berlin
 * Hannelore Bey (born 1941), ballerina, Komische Oper Berlin
 * Petra Born (born 1965), ice dancer
 * Sonja Bragowa (1903–1998), expressionist dancer, revue dancer
 * Angelika Buck (born 1950), ice dancer
 * Ursula Cain (1927–2011), modern dancer, ballet dancer, teacher, Leipzig Opera, television appearances
 * Marlene Charell (born 1944), modern dancer, Le Lido
 * Ursula Deinert (1910–1988), dancer, film actress
 * Clotilde von Derp (1892–1974), expressionist dancer, partner and wife of Alexander Sakharoff
 * Jutta Deutschland (born 1958), prima ballerina, Komische Oper Berlin
 * Hertha Feist (1896–1990), expressionist dancer, combining gymnastics, nudity and dance
 * Stefanie Frohberg (born 1991), ice dancer
 * Yvonne Georgi (1903–1975), ballerina, choreographer, ballet mistress
 * Valeska Gert (1892–1978), cabaret dancer, film actress, also in the United States
 * Tatjana Gsovsky (1901–1993), see Russia
 * Grit Hegesa (1891–1972), dancer, silent film actress
 * Anna Heinel (1753–1808), ballerina, Paris Opera
 * Heike Hennig (born 1966), modern dancer, choreographer, teacher, active mainly in Leipzig
 * Ida Herion (1896–1959), modernist dance teacher in Stuttgart
 * Carolina Hermann (born 1988), ice dancer
 * Reinhild Hoffmann (born 1966), show dancer
 * Hanya Holm (1893–1992), major contributor to modern dance in the United States, especially Broadway musicals
 * Dore Hoyer (1911–1967), expressionist dancer, choreographer, teacher, associate of Mary Wigman
 * La Jana (1905–1940), Austrian-born cabaret dancer, film actress
 * Karina Jäger-von Stülpnagel, ballet dancer, former soloist with Royal Ballet of Flanders
 * Birgit Keil (born 1944), prima ballerina, teacher, Stuttgart Ballet
 * Tiger Kirchharz (born 1985), show dancer, choreographer and actress, also in the United States
 * Franziska Romana Koch (1748–1796), ballet dancer, soprano singer, actress
 * Shari Koch (born 1993), ice dancer
 * Tanja Kolbe (born 1990), ice dancer
 * Gertrud Leistikow (1885–1948), show dancer, teacher in Amsterdam
 * Rosemarie Lindt (born 1939), ballet dancer, film actress
 * Maria Litto (1919–1996), prima ballerina, choreographer, film actress, pioneered dance on German television
 * Kavita Lorenz (born 1995), ice dancer
 * Jo Mihaly (1902–1989), expressionist dancer, writer, fled to Zurich
 * Katharina Müller (born 1995), ice dancer
 * Nicole Nau (born 1963), Argentine tango dancer, show director
 * Lea Niako (1908–?), exotic dancer, film actress
 * Anneliese von Oettingen (1917–2002), ballerina, choreographer, teacher, taught ballet and modern dance in Cincinnati
 * Edith Oß (1914–2012), dancer, film actress
 * Gret Palucca (1902–1993), dancer, teacher in Berlin and post-war East Germany
 * Eva Prawitz (1920–2013), ice dancer
 * Laya Raki (born 1927), dancer, film actress
 * Stephanie Rauer (born 1979), ice dancer
 * Edel von Rothe (1925–2008), prima ballerina, ballet mistress, Deutsche Oper am Rhein
 * Sonia Santiago (born 1966), ballet dancer and teacher
 * Steffi Scherzer (born 1957), prima ballerina, Berlin State Opera, instructor in Zurich
 * Ria Schiffner (born 1996), ice dancer
 * Bessie Schonberg (1906–1997), modern dancer, choreographer, teacher, active mainly in New York
 * Yvonne Schulz (born 1974), ice dancer
 * Miriam Steinel (born 1982), ice dancer
 * Rina Thieleke (born 1987), ice dancer
 * Natascha Trofimowa (1923–1979), prima ballerina, German State Opera, Bavarian State Opera
 * Georgette Tsinguirides (born 1928), ballet dancer, ballet mistress, choreologist
 * Konstanze Vernon (1939–2013), prima ballerina, teacher, Bavarian State Opera
 * Carmen Vincelj (born 1972), ballroom dancer
 * Jill Vernekohl (born 1980), ice dancer
 * Sasha Waltz (born 1963), modern dancer, choreographer, director, active in Berlin
 * Sybil Werden (1924–2007), dancer, film actress
 * Mary Wigman (1886–1973), expressionist dancer, choreographer, teacher, important figure in modern dance, taught in Dresden and post-war Berlin
 * Marianne Winkelstern (1910–1966), dancer, film actress
 * Kati Winkler (born 1974), ice dancer
 * Greta Wrage von Pustau (1902–1989), dancer, dance teacher

Greece

 * Toula Limnaios (born 1963), dancer, choreographer, based in Germany
 * Tatiana Mamaki (1921–2007), ballerina, choreographer, teacher, ballet of the Greek National Opera
 * Evelina Papoulia (born 1971), modern dancer, actress
 * Dora Stratou (1903–1988), Greek folk dancer

Hungary

 * Krisztina Barta (born 1991), ice dancer
 * Ilona Berecz (born 1975), ice dancer
 * Ilona Berecz (born 1947), ice dancer, coach
 * Valéria Dienes (1879–1978), dancer, choreographer, and movement theorist
 * Steffi Duna (1910–1992), dancer, film actress in the United States
 * Klára Engi (born 1967), ice dancer
 * Zita Gebora (born 1982), ice dancer
 * Nóra Hoffmann (born 1985), ice dancer
 * Györgyi Korda (born 1964), ice dancer
 * Nora Kovach (1931–2009), ballerina, Budapest State Opera, Festival Ballet, London
 * Edit Mató (born 1966), ice dancer
 * Zsuzsanna Nagy (born 1986), ice dancer
 * Judit Péterfy (born 1960s), ice dancer
 * Kornélia Pongo (born 1976), ice dancer
 * Krisztina Regőczy (born 1955), ice dancer
 * Gabriella Remport (active 1978–1984), ice dancer
 * Enikő Somorjai (born 1981), ballet dancer
 * Bianca Szíjgyártó (born 1981), ice dancer
 * Dóra Turóczi (born 1990), ice dancer

Iceland

 * Hanna Rún Óladóttir (born 1990), ballroom dancer
 * Þórhildur Þorleifsdóttir (born 1945), actress, dancer, choreographer, cultural director

Ireland

 * Jean Butler (born 1971), Irish step dancer
 * Marguerite Donlon (born 1966), ballerina, choreographer, director, working mainly in Germany
 * Joanne Doyle (born 1973), dancer, Riverdance specialist
 * Bernadette Flynn (born 1979), Irish dancer, show dancer, performed in musical Lord of the Dance
 * Margaret Kelly Leibovici (1910–2004), show dancer in Paris
 * Monica Loughman (born c. 1978), ballerina, joined the Russian Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre in 1992, founder and director of Ireland's Monica Loughman Ballet
 * Lola Montez (1821–1861), dancer, courtesan
 * Joan Denise Moriarty (c. 1912–1992), ballerina, choreographer, traditional Irish dancer, founder of professional ballet in Ireland
 * Gillian Norris (born 1978), show dancer
 * Ninette de Valois (1898–2001), ballerina, choreographer, director, founded Vic-Wells Ballet which became the Royal Ballet

Italy

 * Eleonora Abbagnato (born 1978), ballet dancer, étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet
 * Lorenza Alessandrini (born 1990), ice dancer
 * Silvia Azzoni (born 1973), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Hamburg Ballet
 * Alessia Aureli (born 1984), ice dancer
 * Giovanna Baccelli (1753–1801), ballerina, moved to London
 * Teresa Bandettini (1763–1837), dancer, poet
 * Giovanna Bassi (1762–1834), ballerina based in Sweden
 * Alice Bellagamba (born 1987), dancer, actress
 * Brunilde Bianchi (born 1964), ice dancer
 * Giuseppina Bozzacchi (1853–1870), ballerina, Paris Opera
 * Sabrina Brazzo (born 1968), prima ballerina, La Scala Ballet
 * Carlotta Brianza (1865–1938), prima ballerina, La Scala, Mariinsky Theatre
 * Amalia Brugnoli (1802–1892), ballerina, first to have used the pointe technique
 * Alessia Busi (born 1994), ice dancer
 * Stefania Calegari (born 1967), ice dancer
 * Barbara Campanini (1721–1799), ballerina, actress, Paris Opera
 * Anna Cappellini (born 1987), ice dancer
 * Fanny Cerrito (1817–1909), ballerina, early female choreographer, Paris Opera, La Scala
 * Matilde Ciccia (born 1952), ice dancer
 * Petra Conti (born 1988), ballet dancer, principal dancer with Los Angeles Ballet
 * Lucia Cormani (c.1854–c.1934), ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
 * Antonietta Dell'Era (1861–1945), prima ballerina, active in St Petersberg and Berlin
 * Oriella Dorella (born 1952), étoile with La Scala Theatre Ballet
 * Viviana Durante (born 1967), prima ballerina, Royal Ballet, La Scala
 * Federica Faiella (born 1981), ice dancer
 * Amalia Ferraris (1828–1904), ballerina, Theatre Royal, Paris Opera
 * Alessandra Ferri (born 1963), Prima ballerina assoluta, active with the Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and La Scala Theatre Ballet
 * Carla Fracci (1936–2021), prima ballerina, choreographer, ballat mistress, La Scala, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
 * Sofia Fuoco (1830–1916), ballet dancer, performed in Paris and London
 * Barbara Fusar-Poli (born 1972), ice dancer
 * Mara Galeazzi (born 1973), ballet dancer, former principal dancer, The Royal Ballet
 * Rosina Galli (1892–1940), prima ballerina at La Scala Theatre Ballet, Chicago Ballet, as well as the première danseuse of the Metropolitan Opera House
 * Gilda Gelati (born 1967), prima ballerina, La Scala Theatre Ballet
 * Diane Gerencser (born 1972), ice dancer
 * Sara Ghislandi (born 1998), ice dancer
 * Carlotta Grisi (1819–1899), prima ballerina, famous for her Giselle, Paris Opera, Imperial Ballet
 * Tiziana Lauri (born 1959), ballet dancer with the Rome Opera Ballet
 * Pierina Legnani (1863–1930), prima ballerina with La Scala, later with Russia's Imperial Ballet
 * Daniela Malusardi (born 1956), choreographer, teacher, dancer
 * Nicoletta Manni (born 1991), prima ballerina, La Scala Theatre Ballet
 * Liliana Merlo (1925–2002), pioneer of classical ballet in Abruzzo
 * Giuseppina Morlacchi (1946–1886), Italian-American dancer, introduced the can-can to the American stage
 * Carolina Moscheni (born 1996), ice dancer
 * Flavia Ottaviani (born 1981), ice dancer
 * Isabella Pajardi (born 1989), ice dancer
 * Giuliana Penzi (1918–2008), ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, co-founder of the Rome Academy
 * Maria Perini (1873–1939), ballet teacher in Tbilisi
 * Camilla Pistorello (born 1987), ice dancer
 * Attilia Radice (1914–1980), prima ballerina, teacher, La Scala, Rome Opera
 * Sara Renda (born 1991), ballet dancer, étoile at the Opéra National de Bordeaux
 * Carolina Rosati (1826–1905), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet, Imperial Ballet in St Petersburg
 * Rita Sangalli (1849–1909), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
 * Luciana Savignano (born 1943), prima ballerina
 * Delia Scala (1929–2004), ballerina, actress
 * Sofia Sforza (born 1995), ice dancer
 * Camilla Spelta (born 1988), ice dancer
 * Marie Taglioni (1804–1884), see Sweden
 * Federica Testa (born 1983), ice dancer
 * Lia Trovati (born 1965), ice dancer
 * Odette Valery (1883–?), dancer, noted for dancing with snakes
 * Ambra Vallo (fl 1990s), principal with the Birmingham Royal Ballet
 * Carlotta Zambelli (1875–1968), prima ballerina, teacher, Paris Opera
 * Virginia Zucchi (1849–1933), ballerina, teacher, danced in Russia

Latvia

 * Tatjana Barbakoff (1899–1944), ballet dancer, Chinese style dancer
 * Ludmilla Chiriaeff (1924–1996), Latvian-Canadian dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director
 * Elza Leimane (born 1984), ballet dancer whose father, Aivars Leimanis, is artistic director of Latvia's National Ballet
 * Simona Orinska (born 1978), butoh artist, choreographer, dance movement therapy

Lithuania

 * Svetlana Beriosova (1932–1998), prima ballerina, Royal Ballet
 * Sonia Gaskell (1904–1974), dancer, choreographer, teacher, artistic director of the Dutch National Ballet
 * Jurgita Dronina (born 1986), ballet dancer, principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada, formerly English National Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet
 * (born 1962), ballet dancer and pedagogue
 * (1926–2010), dancer and choreographer
 * (born 1920), sculptor, painter and dancer
 * (born 1965), dancer, choreographer and teacher
 * Eglė Špokaitė (born 1971), ballet dancer, prima ballerina of the Lithuanian National Opera and ballet theater (1989–2011)

Luxembourg

 * Germaine Damar (born 1929), stage dancer, film actress

Netherlands

 * Maria Francisca Bia (1809–1889), ballerina, opera singer
 * Marie Bovet (born 1948), prima ballerina, Dutch National Ballet, 1968 (under Director Sonia Gaskell); expert leaper
 * Anna Maria de Bruyn (1708–1744), stage actress, ballet dancer
 * Polly Cuninghame (1785–1837), see France
 * Anouk van Dijk (born 1965), dancer, choreographer, artistic director
 * Sonia Gaskell (1904–1974), see Lithuania
 * Chaja Goldstein (1908–1999), Jewish dancer and singer
 * Martine van Hamel (born 1945), ballerina, director, teacher
 * Mata Hari (1876–1917), exotic modern dancer in Paris, executed for spying
 * Corrie Hartong (1906–1991), dancer, dance teacher, choreographer
 * Penney de Jager (born 1948), ballet dancer, choreographer, founded the Holland Show Ballet
 * Bettie de Jong (born 1933), ballet dancer, lead dancer with the Paul Taylor Dance Company
 * Igone de Jongh (born 1979), former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Dutch National Ballet
 * Susanna van Lee (c. 1630–1700), actress, ballet dancer, also performed in Sweden
 * Alexandra Radius (born 1942), ballerina, Dutch National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre
 * Natalie La Rose (born 1988), singer, dancer, active in the United States
 * Didy Veldman (born 1967), ballet dancer, choreographer

Norway

 * Kjersti Alveberg (born 1948), ballet dancer, show dancer, choreographer, director
 * Mona Berntsen (born 1990), Norwegian-Moroccan dancer
 * Anne Borg (1936–2016), ballet dancer, choreographer
 * Belinda Braza (born 1981), singer, professional dancer, dance teacher
 * Gyda Christensen (1872–1964), actress, dancer, choreographer, headed the National Theatre's ballet school
 * Anne Borg (1912–2003), dancer, ballet teacher
 * Greta Gynt (1916–2000), singer, dancer, actress
 * Henriette Hansen (1814–1892), actress, opera singer, considered to be Norway's first native professional ballet dancer
 * Signe Hofgaard (1901–1998), dancer, choreographer, organizational leader
 * Lillebil Ibsen (1899–1989), ballet dancer, film actress, danced in Max Reinhardt's pantomime productions
 * Inga Jacobi (1891–1937), German-born Norwegian ballet dancer, choreographer
 * Jorunn Kirkenær (1926–2021), ballet dancer, choreographer
 * Ellen Kjellberg (born 1948), ballet dancer, Norwegian National Opera and Ballet
 * Gerd Kjølaas (1909–2000), ballet dancer, choreographer
 * Gerd Larsen (1921–2001), ballerina, performed with England's Royal Ballet
 * Indra Lorentzen (born 1956), ballet dancer, choreographer
 * Ingrid Lorentzen (born 1972), ballerina, director, Norwegian National Ballet
 * Henny Mürer (1925–1997), ballet dancer, choreographer, Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, headed National Ballet School
 * Tone Nyhagen (1963–2015), world champion sport dancer
 * Edith Roger (1922–2023), ballet dancer, modern dancer, choreographer, theatre director, Ny Norsk Ballett
 * Alice Mürer Siem (1925–2002), ballet dancer, choreographer, danced in revues, operettas and classical ballet
 * Klara Semb (1884–1970), Norwegian folk dancer, choreographer, teacher
 * Helene Spilling (born 1996), dancer, television personality
 * Elizabeth Svarstad (born 1977), baroque dancer, choreographer, dance historian
 * Madame Stuart (fl 1772), possibly the first Norwegian ballerina, also acrobat, singer, actress, composer
 * Marguerite Thoresen (1908–1967), international ballet dancer performing as Rita Tori
 * Vera Zorina (1917–2003), ballerina, actress, choreographer
 * Silje Aker Johnsen (active since 2013), singer, dancer

Poland

 * Agata Błażowska (born 1978), ice dancer
 * Joanna Budner (born 1988), ice dancer
 * Agnieszka Domańska (born 1975), ice dancer
 * Agnieszka Dulej (born 1983), ice dancer
 * Iwona Filipowicz (born 1976), ice dancer
 * Halina Gordon-Półtorak (fl 1970s), ice dancer, referee, chair of the International Skating Union's technical committee for ice dancing
 * Honorata Górna (born 1968), ice dancer, national champion
 * Małgorzata Grajcar (fl 1988), ice dancer, national champion
 * Gilda Gray (1901–1959), show dancer, known for the shimmy
 * Loda Halama (1911–1996), prima ballerina, Grand Theatre, Warsaw, several Polish films
 * Edyta Herbuś (born 1981), competition dancer
 * Natalia Kaliszek (born 1996), ice dancer
 * Alexandra Kauc (born 1980), ice dancer
 * Marianna Malińska (1767–fl.1797), ballerina, the first native ballerina in Poland.
 * Sylwia Nowak (born 1976), ice dancer, coach
 * Justyna Plutowska (born 1991), ice dancer
 * Kamila Przyk (fl 1997), ice dancer
 * Marie Rambert (1888–1982), ballerina, teacher, Ballet Rambert
 * Agata Rosłońska (born 1983), ice dancer
 * Edyta Śliwińska (born 1981), ballroom dancer
 * Natasza Urbańska (born 1977), actress, singer, ballroom dancer
 * Jolanta Wesołowska (born 1958), ice dancer
 * Teresa Weyna (born 1950), ice dancer

Portugal

 * Vera Mantero (born 1966), dancer and choreographer

Romania

 * Alina Cojocaru (born 1981), ballet dancer, principal dancer, English National Ballet, formerly The Royal Ballet
 * Mijaela Tesleoanu (1942–2011), ballerina and ballet mistress
 * Francesca Velicu,

Russia

 * Elena Andreianova (1819–1857), prima ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet
 * Marina Anissina (born 1975), French-Russian ice dancer
 * Natalia Annenko (born 1964), ice dancer
 * Marina Antipova (born 1992), ice dancer
 * Ksenia Antonova (born 1990), ice dancer
 * Altynai Asylmuratova (born 1961), prima ballerina, Mariinsky Ballet, worldwide guest appearances, director of Vaganova Academy
 * Elena Batanova (born 1964), ice dancer
 * Anastasia Belova (born 1981), ice dancer
 * Natalia Bestemianova (born 1960), ice dancer
 * Ekaterina Bobrova (born 1990), ice dancer
 * Catherine Chislova (1846–1889), ballerina
 * Liana Churilova (born 1991), ballroom dancer
 * Alexandra Danilova (1903–1997), ballerina, teacher, Ballets Russes, emigrated to the United States
 * Maria Danilova (1793–1810), ballet dancer from the St. Petersburg school, died when 17
 * Ekaterina Davydova (born 1978), ice dancer
 * Anna Demidova (born 1988), Russian-American ballroom dancer
 * Katusha Demidova (fl 2009), professional World Ballroom Dance champion
 * Oksana Domnina (born 1984), ice dancer
 * Natalia Dubova (born 1948), ice dancer, coach
 * Sofia Evdokimova (born 1996), ice dancer
 * Sofia Fedorova (1879–1963), ballerina
 * Elena Garanina (born 1956), ice dancer
 * Tamara Geva (1907–1997), Russian-American actress, ballet dancer, choreographer
 * Sofia Golovkina (1915–2004), ballerina, teacher, head of Bolshoi Ballet School
 * Julia Golovina (born 1982), ice dancer
 * Anastasia Gorshkova (born 1987), ice dancer
 * Kristina Gorshkova (born 1989), ice dancer
 * Nadezhda Gracheva (born 1969), see Kazakhstan
 * Anastasia Grebenkina (born 1979), ice dancer
 * Elena Grinenko (born 1976), ballroom dancer, now in the United States
 * Irina Grishkova (born 1946), ice dancer
 * Oksana Grishuk (born 1972), ice dancer
 * Tatjana Gsovsky (1901–1993), German-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
 * Ekaterina Gvozdkova (born 1981), ice dancer, coach
 * Elena Ilinykh (born 1994), ice dancer
 * Avdotia Istomina (1799–1848), most celebrated 19th-century Imperial Russian ballerina
 * Anna Johansson (1860–1917), ballerina with the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet
 * Katya Jones (born 1993), dancer and choreographer, now in the United Kingdom
 * Vera Karalli (1889–1972), ballerina, Bolshoi Theatre, also film actress, ballet mistress Romanian Opera
 * Tamara Karsavina (1885–1978), prima ballerina, teacher, Imperial Russian Ballet, Royal Ballet
 * Maria Kochetkova (born 1984), freelance ballet dancer, principal dancer, formerly San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theatre
 * Olga Khokhlova (1891–1955), ballet dancer, first wife of Pablo Picasso
 * Mathilde Kschessinska (1872–1971), ballerina of Polish extraction, danced with Saint Petersburg's Mariinsky Ballet, later teacher in France
 * Maria Nikolaevna Kuznetsova (1880–1966), prominent opera singer and dancer
 * Ileana Leonidoff (1893–after 1966) founder of the ballet corp of the Royal Opera of Rome, Ballet Oficial de Bolivia, Guayaquil Ballet (Ecuador) and Trujillo Ballet Company (Peru).
 * Lydia Lopokova (1892–1981), prima ballerina, Ballets Russes
 * Svetlana Lunkina (born 1979), ballet dancer, principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada
 * Yulia Makhalina (born 1968), principal dancer, Mariinsky Ballet
 * Natalia Makarova (born 1940), prima ballerina, choreographer, Kirov Ballet
 * Sulamith Messerer (1908–2004), ballerina, choreographer, ballet mistress, Bolshoi Theatre, helped establish Tokyo Ballet
 * Bronislava Nijinska (1891–1972), prima ballerina, choreographer, teacher, Imperial Ballet, Ballets Russes
 * Cleo Nordi (1898–1983), prima ballerina with Pavlova's troupe, choreographer, teacher in London
 * Natalia Osipova (born 1986), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet, formerly Bolshoi Ballet and Mikhailovsky ballet
 * Veronika Part (born 1978), former ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
 * Daria Pavlenko (born 1978), prima ballerina, Mariinsky Ballet
 * Anna Pavlova (1881–1931), prima ballerina, danced with the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes
 * Maya Plisetskaya (1925–2015), prima ballerina, choreographer, teacher, danced with the Bolshoi
 * Julia Powers (fl. 1991), Russian-American ballroom dancer
 * Olga Preobrajenska (1871–1962), ballerina of the Russian Imperial Ballet
 * Kristina Rihanoff (born 1977), professional ballroom dancer
 * Jia Ruskaja (1902–1970), Russian dancer and choreographer who established a national dance school in Italy
 * Polina Semionova (born 1985) ballet dancer, principal dancer, Berlin State Ballet and American Ballet Theatre
 * Marina Semyonova (1908–2010), prima ballerina, teacher, danced with the Bolshoi
 * Tatyana Shlykova (1773–1863), ballerina and opera singer
 * Elena Smirnova (1888–1934), last prima ballerina with the Mariinsky Theatre in Imperial Russia
 * Olga Smirnova (born 1991), recent leading roles with the Bolshoi
 * Alina Somova (born 1985), prima ballerina, Mariinsky Ballet
 * Raisa Struchkova (1925–2005), ballet dancer, teacher
 * Elena Surgutskaya (born 1986), ballroom dancer, choreographer
 * Thamara de Swirsky (1888–1961), dancer, known for dancing barefoot
 * Viktoria Tereshkina (born 1983), prima ballerina, Mariinsky Ballet
 * Avdotya Timofeyeva (born 1739, death unknown), early ballerina trained by Jean-Baptiste Landé
 * Anna Tsygankova (born 1979), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Dutch National Ballet
 * Galina Ulanova (1910–1998), prima ballerina, danced with the Mariinsky Ballet and the Bolshoi
 * Agrippina Vaganova (1879–1951), ballerina, ballet teacher, developed the Vaganova method
 * Ekaterina Vaganova (born 1988), champion ballroom and Latin American dancer
 * Stella Voskovetskaya (born 1965), ballerina, teacher, emigrated to the US
 * Lyubov Yegorova (1880–1972), ballerina, ballet teacher
 * Yulia Zagoruychenko (born 1981), Latin American dance champion

Serbia

 * Irma de Malkhozouny, ballet dancer

Slovenia

 * Stanislava Brezovar (1937–2003), ballerina, starred in the film Ples čarovnic (Dance of the Witches)
 * Meta Vidmar (1899–1975), modern dancer, expressionist dancer, teacher

Spain

 * Antonia Santiago Amador (born 1946; La Chana), flamenco dancer
 * Alicia Amatriain, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Stuttgart Ballet
 * Dores André, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
 * La Argentinita (1898–1945), ballet dancer, costume designer
 * Elisa Badenes, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Stuttgart Ballet
 * Sara Baras (born 1971), flamenco dancer
 * Carmencita (1868–1910), Spanish show dancer, American music-hall ballet dancer
 * La Chunga (born 1938), flamenco dancer
 * Luz Chavita (1880–?), music hall ballet dancer in Paris
 * Dalilah (1936–2001), flamenco dancer, oriental dancer
 * Adelita Domingo (1930–2012), dancer, songwriter, concert pianist, teacher of dance and tonadilla songs
 * Lola Flores (1923–1995), flamenco dancer, actress
 * Cristina Hoyos (born 1946), flamenco dancer, choreographer, film actress
 * María Juncal (born ca. 1981), flamenco dancer
 * Lucia Lacarra (born 1975), ballet dancer, former principal with Bayerisches Staatsballett
 * Blanca Li (born 1964), ballet dancer, flamenco dancer, choreographer
 * Pilar López Júlvez (1912–2008), show dancer, choreographer, also performed in Latin America and United States
 * Sara Luzita (born 1922), ballerina, Spanish dancer, Ballet Rambert
 * Juana la Macarrona (1860–1947), flamenco dancer, danced in Paris and elsewhere in Europe
 * Rosita Mauri (1850–1923), prima ballerina, Paris Opera Ballet
 * Itziar Mendizabal (born 1981), ballet dancer, first soloist, The Royal Ballet
 * Merche Esmeralda (born 1947/50), flamenco dancer and choreographer
 * Laura Morera (born c. 1981), principal dancer, The Royal Ballet
 * Arantxa Ochoa (born 1974), principal dancer, Pennsylvania Ballet
 * La Belle Otero (1868–1965), show dancer, star of the Folies Bergère
 * María Pagés (born 1963), flamenco dancer, choreographer, touring internationally with her Maria Pagès Company
 * Blanca del Rey (born 1946), flamenco dancer and choreographer
 * Custodia Romero (1905–1974), flamenco dancer and actress
 * Rosita Rodrigo (1891–1959), actress, vedette, dancer, and songwriter
 * Tamara Rojo (born 1974), principal dancer, director, English National Ballet, formerly The Royal Ballet
 * Laura del Sol (born 1961), flamenco dancer, film actress, starred in the 1983 film Carmen
 * Carmen Tórtola Valencia (1882–1955), show dancer, choreographer, costume designer, Folies Bergère
 * Katita Waldo (born 1968), ballet dancer, former principal and ballet master, San Francisco Ballet
 * Nadia Yanowsky, dancer, Royal New Zealand Ballet
 * Zenaida Yanowsky (born 1975), former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
 * Angelita Vargas (born 1946), flamenco dancer
 * Eva la Yerbabuena (born 1970), flamenco dancer

Sweden

 * Ulrika Åberg (1771–1852), one of the first native Swedes in the Royal Swedish Ballet
 * Birgit Åkesson (1908–2001), choreographer, dancer, dance researcher
 * Anneli Alhanko (born 1953 in Colombia), ballerina, has danced in several films
 * Aino Bergö (1915–1944), ballerina, opera singer
 * Jenny Brandt (1867–1933), ballerina
 * Cristina Caprioli (born 1953), choreographer
 * Dee Demirbag (born 1973), Turkish-born dancer and singer
 * Isabel Edvardsson (born 1982), dancer
 * Cecilia Ehrling (born 1984), competitive dancer
 * Jeanna Falk (1901–1980), dancer, dance teacher
 * Nikisha Fogo, ballet dancer, first soloist, Vienna State Ballet
 * Amanda Forsberg (born 1846), ballerina
 * Sophie Hagman (1758–1826), ballet dancer
 * Jenny Hasselquist (1894–1978), prima ballerina, Royal Ballet, acted in many silent films
 * Hedda Hjortsberg (1777–1867), prima ballerina, Royal Swedish Ballet
 * Anna Sophia Holmstedt (1759–1807), pioneering ballet dancer
 * Sofia Karlsson (born 1978), modern dancer
 * Sophie Karsten (1783–1862), prima ballerina, Royal Swedish Ballet, mother of Marie Taglioni
 * Ana Laguna (born 1955), internationally known Spanish-born Swedish ballet dancer, teacher
 * Efva Lilja (born 1956), choreographer
 * Marie Lindqvist (born 1970), principal dancer, teacher, Royal Swedish Ballet
 * Gun Lund (born 1943), choreographer, dance company director
 * Hilda Lund (1840–1911), prima ballerina, teacher, Royal Swedish Ballet
 * Sonja Lund (born 1942), dancer, actress
 * Jenny Nilson (born 1973), principal dancer, Royal Swedish Ballet
 * Charlotta Norberg (1824–1892), prima ballerina, teacher, student of August Bournonville, Royal Swedish Ballet
 * Nathalie Nordquist (born 1979), principal, Royal Swedish Ballet
 * Linda Pritchard (born 1983), singer, professional dancer
 * Gunhild Rosén (1855–1928), prima ballerina, choreographer, ballet master, Royal Swedish Ballet
 * Elsa-Marianne von Rosen (1924–2014), ballet dancer, choreographer, actress
 * Olga Sandberg (1844–1926), ballerina
 * Nadja Sellrup (born 1977), principal dancer, Royal Swedish Ballet
 * Charlotte Slottsberg (1760–1800), prima ballerina, Royal Swedish Ballet, danced with Antoine Bournonville
 * Carin da Silva (born 1984), singer, professional dancer
 * Lisa Steier (1888–1928), prima ballerina, teacher, ballet master, Royal Swedish Ballet
 * Kari Sylwan (born 1940), actress, dancer, ballet teacher, choreographer
 * Marie Taglioni (1804–1884), prima ballerina, Paris Opera, Imperial Ballet, first to dance en pointe
 * Anna Valev (born 1969), principal dancer, Royal Swedish Ballet
 * Maria Westberg (1853–1893), ballerina
 * Jennie Widegren (born 1973), dancer, choreographer

Switzerland

 * Manola Asensio (born 1943), ballet dancer
 * Christine Brodbeck (born 1950), dancer
 * Beatriz Consuelo (1932–2013), ballet dancer
 * Nina Corti (born 1953), flamenco dancer
 * Aenne Goldschmidt (1920–2020), expressionist dancer, choreographer, pedagogue
 * Ursula Kübler (1928–2010), ballet dancer with Paris Opera Ballet
 * Asa Lanova (1933–2017), ballet dancer
 * Fabienne Liechti, professional ballroom dancer
 * Julia Marcus (1905–2002), dancer, choreographer
 * Suzanne Perrottet (1889–1983), dancer, movement teacher
 * Norka Rouskaya, eccentric dancer

Ukraine

 * Irina Dvorovenko, former ballet dancer and actress, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
 * Masha Dashkina Maddux, modern dancer, former principal dancer with Martha Graham Dance Company
 * Iana Salenko (born 1983), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Berlin State Ballet
 * Christine Shevchenko (born 1988), ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
 * Karina Smirnoff (born 1978), ballroom dancer, now in the United States

United Kingdom

 * Louise Henderson (burlesque) (dates unknown)
 * Phyllis Bedells (1893–1985), first British prima ballerina, teacher, London Empire Theatre, Covent Garden, also in musicals
 * Immodesty Blaize (born c. 1978), burlesque dancer, show girl
 * Teneisha Bonner (1981–2019), hip hop and street dancer
 * Deborah Bull (born 1963), ballet dancer, broadcaster
 * Darcey Bussell (born 1969), former ballet dancer and TV presenter, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
 * Claire Calvert (born 1988), ballet dancer, first soloist, Royal Ballet
 * Simone Clarke (born 1970), prima ballerina, English National Ballet
 * Lesley Collier (born 1947), principal dancer, teacher, Royal Ballet
 * Lauren Cuthbertson (born 1984), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
 * Hermione Darnborough (1915–2010), ballerina, Saddler's Wells
 * Nancy Dawson (c.1728–1767), actress and dancer, famous for her hornpipe
 * Viviana Durante (born 1967), see Italy
 * Julia Farron (1922–2019), principal dancer, teacher, Royal Ballet
 * Margot Fonteyn (1919–1991), outstanding ballerina with The Royal Ballet, frequently performed with Rudolf Nureyev
 * Celia Franca (1921–2007), founder, director, National Ballet of Canada
 * Maina Gielgud (born 1945), ballerina, artistic director, Australian Ballet
 * Beryl Goldwyn (1930–2022), prima ballerina, Ballet Rambert, The Royal Ballet
 * Beryl Grey (1927–2022), outstanding prima ballerina, Saddlers Wells Ballet/Royal Ballet, first western dancer to perform at the Bolshoi
 * Melissa Hamilton (born 1989), ballet dancer, first soloist, Royal Ballet, former principal dancer, Semperoper Ballett
 * Ruthie Henshall (born 1967), singer, dancer, actress, in West End musicals
 * Lydia Cecilia Hill (1913–1940), cabaret dancer
 * Francesca Hayward (born 1992), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
 * Paula Hinton (1924–1996), ballet dancer, wife and partner of Walter Gore
 * Seeta Indrani (born 1963), theatre dancer, musicals
 * Jillian La Valette (born 1934), ballroom dancer, teacher
 * Stephanie Lawrence (1949–2000), singer, dancer, in West End musicals
 * Perri Lister (born 1959), dancer, actress, Hot Gossip
 * Mabel Love (1874–1953), burlesque dancer, singer, actress
 * Gillian Lynne (1926–2018), ballerina, director, choreographer of West End musicals
 * Alicia Markova (1910–2004), ballerina, choreographer, teacher, performed with the Ballets Russes and the English National Ballet
 * Cathy Marston (born 1975), ballet dancer, choreographer
 * Kizzy Matiakis (born 1981), baller dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Jessie Matthews (1907–1981), dancer, actress, appeared in early musicals
 * Pippa Moore, ballet dancer, former premier dancer, Northern Ballet
 * Yasmine Naghdi, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
 * Caroline O'Connor (born 1962), singer, dancer, actress, in West End musicals
 * Betty Oliphant (1918–2004), ballet mistress, teacher, National Ballet of Canada
 * Nancy Osbaldeston (born 1989), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet of Flanders
 * Georgina Parkinson (1938–2009), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet, ballet mistress, American Ballet Theatre
 * Arlene Phillips (born 1943), choreographer, West End and Broadway musicals
 * Florence Pigott (died 1899), ballerina, Metropolitan Opera Company
 * Marguerite Porter (born 1948), principal ballerina, choreographer, teacher, Royal Ballet
 * Samantha Raine, ballet mistress and former ballet dancer, Royal Ballet
 * Sophie Rebecca, ballet dancer
 * Hollie Robertson (born 1985), ballroom dancer
 * Anne Rogers (born 1933), actress, dancer, singer, in West End and Broadway musicals
 * Gaynor Rowlands (1883–1906), ballet dancer, show dancer, actress
 * Hester Santlow (c. 1690–1773), early stage dancer, actress, Drury Lane
 * Valda Setterfield (born 1934), stage dancer, actress
 * Antoinette Sibley (born 1939), prima ballerina, teacher, Royal Ballet
 * Emma Slater (born 1988), professional dancer, choreographer
 * Phyllida Crowley Smith, theatre dancer, choreographer, musicals
 * Lydia Sokolova (1896–1974), ballerina, choreographer, Ballets Russes
 * Peggy Spencer (1920–2016), ballroom dancer, choreographer
 * Penelope Spencer (1901–1993), innovative free-style dancer and choreographer
 * Laurretta Summerscales, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Bavarian State Ballet
 * Lydia Thompson (1838–1908), stage dancer, burlesque actress, travelled widely across Europe and the United States
 * Tracey Ullman (born 1959), actress, singer, dancer, comedian
 * Anne Woolliams (1926–1999), artistic director, ballet choreographer, dancer and teacher
 * Doreen Wells (born 1937), ballerina, theatre dancer
 * Beryl de Zoete (1879–1962), ballet dancer, critic, researcher

Canada

 * Miriam Adams (born 1944), dancer, choreographer, archivist
 * Jennifer Alexander (1972–2007), ballet dancer
 * Maud Allan (1873–1956), dancer, choreographer, famous for her Salomé dance and her Dance of the Seven Veils
 * Aszure Barton, choreographer
 * Anik Bissonnette (born 1962), ballet dancer
 * Barbara Bourget (active from 1969), ballet dance, artistic director
 * Sally Brayley (born 1937), Canadian-American ballet dancer, coach
 * Ludmilla Chiriaeff (1924–1996), Soviet-born Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
 * Alexandra Denisova (born c.1922), ballet dancer
 * Frances Chung, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
 * Crystal Costa, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Hong Kong Ballet, first soloist English National Ballet
 * Anne Ditchburn (born 1949), ballet dancer, choreographer, actress
 * Celia Franca (1921–2007), founder of the National Ballet of Canada
 * Gail Gilmore (1937–2014), ballet dancer, actress
 * Chan-hon Goh (born 1969), Chinese-Canadian ballet dancer
 * Christa-Elizabeth Goulakos (born 1988), ice dancer
 * Geneviève Guérard (born 1973), ballet dancer, television host
 * Evelyn Hart (born 1956), ballet dancer
 * Vanessa Harwood (born 1947), ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
 * Melissa Hayden (1923–2006), prima ballerina, New York City Ballet
 * Greta Hodgkinson (born 1974), ballet dancer, former principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada
 * Anna Istomina (1925–2014), ballet dancer, soloist, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
 * Karen Kain (born 1951), ballet dancer, artistic director
 * Louise Lecavalier (born 1958), modern dancer, several films
 * Ruta Lee (born 1936), actress, dancer, appeared in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
 * Angela Leigh (died 2004), Ugandan-born ballerina, teacher
 * Elena Lobsanova, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Miami City Ballet, formerly National Ballet of Canada
 * Sabrina Matthews (born 1977), choreographer
 * Rachael McLaren, dancer, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
 * Emily Molnar (active from 2009), ballet dancer
 * Hope Muir, dancer, artistic director designate, National Ballet of Canada, artistic director, Charlotte Ballet
 * Betty Oliphant (1918–2004), co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada
 * Simone Orlando (active from 1989), ballet dancer, choreographer
 * Jennifer Penney (born 1946), ballet dancer
 * Crystal Pite (born 1970), ballet dancer, choreographer
 * Sonia Rodriguez (born 1972), ballet dancer, principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada
 * Geneviève Salbaing (1922–2016), ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director
 * Lynn Seymour (born 1939), ballet dancer
 * Lois Smith (1929–2011), ballet dancer, teacher
 * Mavis Staines (born 1954), ballet dancer, teacher
 * Iro Tembeck (1946–2004), ballet dancer, choreographer, dance historian
 * Veronica Tennant (born 1946), ballet dancer, filmmaker
 * Eva Von Gencsy (1924–2013), ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
 * Jennifer Welsman (active from 1993), ballet dancer

Cuba

 * Alicia Alonso (1920–2019), prima ballerina assoluta, choreographer, former prima ballerina at New York's American Ballet Theatre, founder and ex-director of the Cuban National Ballet
 * Loipa Araújo (born 1941), prima ballerina and ballet mistress at the Cuban National Ballet; Associate Artistic Director of the English National Ballet; one of the "four jewels of Cuban ballet"
 * Sadaise Arencibia, star dancer at the Cuban National Ballet since 2009
 * Aurora Bosch (born 1942), prima ballerina and ballet mistress at the Cuban National Ballet; one of the "four jewels of Cuban ballet"
 * Lorena Feijóo, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
 * Lorna Feijóo, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, Boston Ballet
 * Alicia Parla (1914–1998), rhumba dancer
 * Josefina Méndez (1941–2007), prima ballerina and ballet mistress at the Cuban National Ballet; one of the "four jewels of Cuban ballet"; professor of ballet at National Art Schools (Cuba)
 * Mirta Plá (1940–2003), prima ballerina of the Cuban National Ballet; one of the "four jewels of Cuban ballet"
 * Mijaela Tesleoanu (1942–2011), see Romania

Mexico

 * Elisa Carrillo Cabrera (born 1981), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Berlin State Ballet
 * Gloria Mestre (1928–2012), Prima ballerina assoluta at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples
 * Pilar Rioja (born 1932), dancer
 * Maclovia Ruiz (1910–2005), ballet dancer, show dancer, flamenco dancer, performed with San Francisco Ballet
 * Brenda Velez (born 1979), ballet dancer known for performing Giselle at Teatro Degollado and owning VIA DANZA
 * Lola Yberri (fl 1905), vaudeville dancer

United States

 * Loreen Duval, (1913–1984) danced in lion's den
 * Stella Abrera, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
 * Mary Ann Wells (1894–1971) American dance teacher
 * Precious Adams, ballet dancer, English National Ballet
 * Edith Allard (1927–2012), ballerina, soloist in Europe
 * Gladys Bailin (born 1930), dancer and choreographer, Henry Street Playhouse
 * Louise Alexander, Apache dancer, temptress dancer, social exhibition dancer
 * Heléne Alexopoulos, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Lauren Anderson (born 1965), African American ballerina, Houston Ballet
 * Alexandra Ansanelli (born 1980), principal dancer, New York City Ballet, Royal Ballet
 * Aesha Ash (born 1977), ballet dancer
 * Merrill Ashley (born 1950), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Debra Austin (born 1955), principal dancer, Pennsylvania Ballet
 * Caroline Baldwin (born 1990), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Melissa Barak (born 1979), ballerina, choreographer, Los Angeles Ballet
 * Shura Baryshnikov (born 1981), dancer, choreographer, educator
 * Barbara Bears (born 1971), principal dancer, choreographer, Houston Ballet
 * Margery Beddow (1931–2010), dancer, choreographer, Broadway musicals
 * Stella Bloch (1897–1999), artist, dancer, journalist
 * Bella Blue (born 1982), burlesque dancer
 * Olivia Boisson, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Chrystelle Trump Bond, American dancer, choreographer, and dance historian
 * Ashley Bouder (born 1983), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Anise Boyer (1914–2008), Cotton Club chorine, traveled with Cab Calloway's band
 * Isabella Boylston (born c. 1986), ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
 * Skylar Brandt (born 1993), ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
 * Rachel Brice (born 1972), belly dancer
 * Danielle Brown (born late 1980s), principal dancer, Sarasota Ballet
 * Tener Brown (born 1960), ballet dancer, teacher, New Jersey Ballet
 * Harriet Browne (1932–1997), tap dancer, choreographer
 * Leslie Browne (born 1957), dancer, actress, musicals
 * Jean Butler (born 1971), show dancer, choreographer, created female role in the Irish Riverdance
 * Maria Calegari (born 1957), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Lucia Chase (1897–1986), dancer, actress, co-founder of American Ballet Theatre
 * Yvonne Chouteau (1929–2016), dancer, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, co-founder of University of Oklahoma School of Dance
 * Lia Cirio, dancer, principal dancer, Boston Ballet
 * Natalia Clare (1919–1995), dancer with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, founder of Ballet la Jeunesse
 * Bessie Clayton (c. 1875–1948), show dancer, choreographer of the Gay Nineties
 * Janet Collins (1917–2003), Broadway ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
 * Kathleen Breen Combes, ballet dancer, principal dancer with Boston Ballet
 * Misty Copeland (born 1982), ballet dancer, soloist with the American Ballet Theatre
 * Lillian Covillo (1921–2010), ballet dancer, co-founder of the Colorado Ballet
 * J'aime Crandall (born 1982), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Alexandra Danilova (1903–1997), see Russian female dancers
 * Mary Day (1910–2006), ballet teacher
 * Gemze de Lappe (1922–2017), dancer, choreographer, teacher, musicals
 * Carmen De Lavallade (born 1931), dancer, choreographer, actress
 * Agnes de Mille (1905–1993), ballet dancer, contemporary dancer, choreographer, musicals
 * Patricia Delgado, ballet dancer, répétiteur, teacher, former principal dancer, Miami City Ballet
 * Michaela DePrince (born 1995), soloist ballet dancer for the Dutch National Ballet
 * Marguerite Derricks (born 1961), ballerina, choreographer, musicals
 * Sasha De Sola, ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
 * Jeanne Devereaux (1912–2011), prima ballerina, choreographer
 * Julie Diana, ballet dancer, writer and arts administrator, former principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet, executive director, American Repertory Ballet
 * Holly Dorger, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Isadora Duncan (1877–1927), innovative dancer preferring natural movement to ballet, opened dance school in Grunewald, Germany
 * Katherine Dunham (1909–2006), dancer, choreographer, author, educator and social activist.
 * Ashley Ellis, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Boston Ballet
 * Eva Evdokimova (1948–2009), ballerina, teacher, active in the Royal Danish Ballet and the Berlin State Ballet
 * Suzanne Farrell (born 1945), ballet dancer, founder of Suzanne Farrell Ballet
 * Chyrstyn Fentroy, ballet dancer, second soloist with Boston Ballet
 * Kelli Finglass (born 1964), dancer, director
 * Katherine Flowers (1896–1982), African-American dancer, choreographer, teacher and researcher
 * Amy Fote (born 1972), principal dancer, Houston Ballet
 * Loie Fuller (1862–1928), pioneer of modern dance, own natural movement and improvisation techniques, also choreographer, Folies Bergère
 * Annabelle Gamson (1928–2023), modern dancer, Broadway musicals
 * Robin Gee, dancer, educator, choreographer
 * Angelica Generosa, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet
 * Alicia Graf Mack, dancer and teacher, director of dance division, Juilliard School
 * Martha Graham (1894–1991), modern dancer, choreographer, pioneer of modern dance, Folies Bergère
 * Jill Green, dance scholar, educator
 * Cynthia Gregory (born 1946), prima ballerina, American Ballet Theatre
 * Francesca Harper (born 1969), dancer and choreographer, founder of The Francesca Harper Project
 * Mireille Hassenboehler (born c. 1973), principal dancer, Houston Ballet
 * Sarah Hay (born 1987), ballet dancer and actress
 * Susan Hendl (1947–2020), ballet dancer and répétiteur, New York City Ballet
 * Rosella Hightower (1920–2008), ballet dancer, Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo, directed several French ballet companies
 * Harriet Hoctor (1905–1977), ballerina, teacher, actress, Hollywood movies
 * Ana Paula Höfling, dancer, dance scholar, capoeirista
 * Melissa Hough, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Norwegian National Ballet, previously Boston Ballet and Houston Ballet
 * Catheirne Hurlin, American ballet dancer, soloist, American Ballet Theatre
 * Doris Humphrey (1895–1958), influential modern dancer, choreographer, teacher
 * Sterling Hyltin (born 1985), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Carrie Imler, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet
 * Janet Jackson (born 1966), singer, show dancer, rock, hip hop
 * Drew Jacoby (born 1984), contemporary ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet of Flanders
 * Susan Jaffe (born 1962), ballerina, ballet mistress, American Ballet Theatre
 * Whitney Jensen (born 1992), ballet dancer, Norwegian National Ballet, formerly Boston Ballet
 * Emily Johnson (born 1976), Native American modern dancer, choreographer, artistic director
 * Allegra Kent (born 1937), ballet dancer, actress, New York City Ballet
 * Julie Kent (born 1969), ballet dancer and director, former principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre, artistic director, The Washington Ballet
 * Gelsey Kirkland (born 1952), principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Darci Kistler (born 1964), principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Maria Kowroski (born 1976), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Rebecca Krohn, former ballet dancer, ballet master and former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Sarah Lamb (born 1980), ballet dancer, principal dancer, The Royal Ballet
 * Katherine LaNasa (born 1966), film actress, ballet dancer, choreographer
 * Sarah Lane (born 1984), ballet dancer, former principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
 * Moscelyne Larkin (1925–2012), ballet dancer, founder of the Tulsa Ballet
 * Tina LeBlanc (born 1966), ballet dancer, teacher and ballet master, former principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
 * Emery LeCrone, dancer, choreographer
 * Megan LeCrone, ballet dancer, soloist with New York City Ballet
 * Sara Leland (1941–2020), ballet dancer, principal and assistant balletmaster, New York City Ballet
 * Kylie Shea Lewallen (born 1986), ballet dancer, former principal dancer with Spectrum Dance Theater
 * Janet Lilly, modern dancer, choreographer, former principal dancer of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
 * Jennifer Lopez (born 1969), film actress, show dancer, choreographer, Latin dance
 * Lauren Lovette (born 1993), ballet dancer, choreographer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Chloé Lukasiak (born 2001), actress, author, dancer, Dance Moms star
 * Annabelle Lyon (1916–2011), ballet dancer, American Ballet
 * Kathi Martuza (born c. 1979), principal dancer, Oregon Ballet Theatre
 * Maryhelen Mayfield (born 1946), ballet dancer, Kansas City Ballet
 * Kay Mazzo (born 1946), ballet dancer and educator, principal dancer, New York City Ballet, Chairman of Faculty, School of American Ballet
 * Patricia McBride (born 1942), principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Joan McCracken (1917–1961), actress, dancer, comedian in Broadway shows
 * Sara Mearns (born 1983), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Melody Mennite (born c. 1983), principal dancer, Houston Ballet
 * Beth Mitchell (1972–1998), shag dancer
 * Merritt Moore (born 1988), ballet dancer, quantum physicist, completing residency at Harvard University's ArtLab
 * Kathryn Morgan (born 1989), ballet dancer, former soloist with New York City Ballet
 * Mary Ellen Moylan (1925–2020), ballet dancer, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Ballet Society, Ballet Theatre and Metropolitan Opera Ballet
 * Gillian Murphy (born 1979), ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
 * Patricia Neary (born 1942), international prima ballerina, choreographer, ballet director, specializing in the ballets of George Balanchine
 * Kyra Nichols (born 1958), ballet dancer and teacher, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Georgina Pazcoguin, ballet dancer and actress, soloist, New York City Ballet
 * Noelani Pantastico (born 1980), ballet dancer, principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet, formerly Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
 * Tiler Peck (born 1989), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Unity Phelan, ballet dancer, soloist, New York City Ballet
 * Valarie Pettiford, Fosse
 * Juanita Pitts, tap dancer
 * Eleanor Powell (1912–1982), dancer and actress
 * Pearl Primus (1919–1994), dancer, choreographer and anthropologist, pioneer of African dance in the US
 * Katy Pyle, ballet dancer, director, founder of Ballez
 * Teresa Reichlen, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Jenifer Ringer, ballet dancer and teacher, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet, Dean of Colburn School's Trudl Zipper Dance Institute.
 * Alison Roper (born 1974), principal dancer, Oregon Ballet Theatre
 * Ruth St. Denis (1879–1968), pioneer of modern dance, Oriental dance as an expression of spiritualism
 * Stephanie Saland, former ballet dancer and teacher, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Amanda Schull (born 1978), former ballet dancer and actress, San Francisco Ballet
 * Terry Sendgraff, dancer, choreographer
 * Rosy Simas (Seneca Nation of Indians) (born 1967), Native American choreographer, dancer
 * Karina Smirnoff (born 1978), see Ukraine
 * Molly Smolen, principal dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet since 1999
 * Jennie Somogyi, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Abi Stafford, ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Llanchie Stevenson, ballet dancer
 * Beatriz Stix-Brunell (born 1993), ballet dancer, first soloist, Royal Ballet
 * B.J. Sullivan, dancer, choreographer, educator
 * Maria Tallchief (1925–2013), Native American prima ballerina with George Balanchine at New York City Ballet
 * Marjorie Tallchief (1926–2021), first American to be "première danseuse étoile" at the Paris Opera Ballet
 * Helen Tamiris (1905–1966), pioneer of modern dance, contributing to the choreography of early musicals
 * Janie Taylor, ballet dancer, L.A. Dance Project, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Devon Teuscher (born 1989), ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
 * Twyla Tharp (born 1942), dancer, choreographer
 * Justin Tornow, dancer, choreographer, educator
 * Judy Trammell (born 1958), dancer, choreographer
 * Cassandra Trenary, ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
 * Tracey Ullman (born 1959), actress, singer, dancer, comedian
 * Jan Van Dyke (1941–2015), dancer, choreographer, educator
 * Sarah Van Patten (born 1984), ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
 * Lea Ved (born 1991), contemporary dancer, soloist, Royal Swedish Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theater
 * Laura Vikmanis (born 1968), dancer
 * Jocelyn Vollmar (1925–2018), ballet dancer, San Francisco Ballet, principal with New York City Ballet
 * Dita Von Teese (born 1972), burlesque dancer
 * Sydney Magruder Washington, ballet dancer
 * Alexandra Waterbury, ballet dancer, former student at the School of American Ballet
 * Amy Watson (born 1981), principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
 * Heather Watts (born 1953), principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Sara Webb (born 1979), principal dancer, Houston Ballet
 * Miranda Weese, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet
 * Wendy Whelan (born 1967), ballet dancer, associate artistic director and former principal dancer, New York City Ballet
 * Michele Wiles (born c. 1980), principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
 * Sallie Wilson (1932–2008), ballet dancer, American Ballet Theatre, ballet mistress New York Theatre Ballet
 * Serena Wilson (1933–2007), belly dancer, teacher
 * Joy Womack (born 1994), ballet dancer, artist, Boston Ballet
 * Ann Woodward (1915–1975), showgirl
 * Vanessa Zahorian, former ballet dancer, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet
 * Lila Zali (1918–2003), see Georgia
 * Bridgett Zehr (born c. 1985), principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada, English National Ballet
 * Maddie Ziegler (born 2002), internet celebrity and Dance Moms cast member
 * Mackenzie Ziegler (born 2004), social media influencer, Dance Moms cast member, The Masked Dancer contestant

Puerto Rico

 * Lourdes Chacón (born 1950), exotic dancer, singer
 * Rita Moreno (born 1931), actress, dancer, singer

Argentina

 * Esmeralda Agoglia (1923–2014), prima ballerina, choreographer, director, Teatro Colón
 * Carolina Agüero (born 1975), ballet dancer
 * Susana Agüero (1944–2012), ballerina, Teatro Colón, Lyon Opera Ballet
 * Valeria Archimó (born 1972), show dancer, choreographer, director
 * La Argentina (1890–1936), show dancer, gypsy-style dancer, Moulin Rouge
 * Hortensia Arnaud (1901–?), dancer, vedette, and actress
 * Carmencita Calderón (1905–2005), tango dancer
 * Eleonora Cassano (born 1965), ballerina, modern dancer, Teatro Colón, musicals
 * Erica Cornejo, ballet dancer, former principal dancer, Boston Ballet
 * Olga Ferri (1928–2012), ballerina, Teatro Colón
 * Norma Fontenla (1930–1971), prima ballerina, Teatro Colón, died in plane crash
 * Adabel Guerrero (born 1978), ballet dancer, show dancer, actress
 * Paloma Herrera (born 1975), former ballet dancer, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
 * Natalia Magnicaballi, principal dancer since 1999, Suzanne Farrell Ballet
 * Lida Martinoli (1914–1991), ballet dancer, choreographer, actress, Teatro Colón
 * Tita Merello (1904–2002), tango dancer, film actress
 * Mariana Montes (born 1979), Argentine tango dancer, teacher
 * María Nieves (born 1938), Argentine tango dancer
 * Marianela Núñez (born 1982), ballet dancer, principal dancer, The Royal Ballet
 * Ludmila Pagliero (born 1983), ballet dancer, étoile with the Paris Opera Ballet
 * María Ruanova (1912–1976), prima ballerina, choreographer, teacher, Teatro Colón, first Argentine ballet dancer to gain international recognition

Brazil

 * Mercedes Baptista (1921–2014), ballet dancer, choreographer
 * Adriana Bombom (born 1974), show dancer, actress
 * Sonia Destre Lie, dancer, choreographer, founder and director of the hip hop group Companhia Urbana de Dança
 * Marcia Haydée (born 1937), prima ballerina, director, Stuttgart Ballet, Santiago Ballet
 * Carla Körbes (born c. 1981), former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet
 * Mayara Magri, ballet dancer, first soloist, Royal Ballet
 * Roberta Marquez (born 1977), former ballet dancer, principal dancer, Royal Ballet
 * Tuany Nascimento, ballet dancer, dance teacher
 * Fernanda Oliveira (born 1980), baller dancer, lead principal, English National Ballet
 * Ingrid Silva, ballet dancer, Dance Theatre of Harlem
 * Julia Goldani Telles (born 1995), ballerina, actress, now in the United States

Chile

 * Yamna Lobos (born 1983), Chilean folk dancer, actress

Colombia

 * Sonia Osorio (1928–2011), ballerina and choreographer

Peru

 * Tati Alcántara, actress, dancer, choreographer, musicals
 * Helba Huara, (1900–1986) dancer, choreographer

Uruguay

 * Eunice Castro (born 1976), model and theatre dancer
 * Virginia Dobrich (born 1983), dancer, actress and model
 * Tina Ferreira, Afro-Uruguayan, dancer, journalist and vedette of both theater and carnival
 * Graciela Figueroa, dancer and choreographer
 * Laura Martínez (born 1964), actress, dancer and television star
 * Berta Pereira (born 1958), percussionist and dancer
 * Maria Riccetto (born c. 1980), ballet dancer, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Nacional del Sodre
 * Flor de María Rodríguez (1913–2001), ballerina, choreographer and folklorist