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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Patrick Adiarte
Actor
2-Aug-1943   Prince Chulalongkorn in The King and I
Alvin Ailey
Dancer
5-Jan-1931 1-Dec-1989 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Debbie Allen
Dancer
16-Jan-1950   All About You
Alicia Alonso
Dancer
21-Dec-1920   Prima Ballerina Assoluta
Jacques d'Amboise
Dancer
28-Jul-1934   Founder of the National Dance Institute
Robin Antin
Dancer
6-Jul-1961   Founder, The Pussycat Dolls
Adele Astaire
Dancer
10-Sep-1896 25-Jan-1981 Dance partner of Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
Dancer
10-May-1899 22-Jun-1987 Broadway ballroom dancer
Josephine Baker
Dancer
3-Jun-1906 12-Apr-1975 Sensual dancer turned WWII spy
George Balanchine
Dancer
22-Jan-1904 30-Apr-1983 Choreographer co-founded NYC Ballet
Mark Ballas
Dancer
24-May-1986   Dancing with the Stars
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Dancer
27-Jan-1948   Kirov ballet dancer defected to USA
Hinton Battle
Singer
29-Nov-1956   Dancer, singer, and choreographer
Michael Bennett
Dancer
8-Apr-1943 2-Jul-1987 A Chorus Line
Anita Berber
Actor
10-Jun-1899 10-Nov-1928 Scarlet whore of Berlin
Ray Bolger
Actor
10-Jan-1904 15-Jan-1987 The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow
Lucille Bremer
Dancer
21-Feb-1917 16-Apr-1996 Yolanda and the Thief
Rossella Brescia
Dancer
20-Aug-1971   Italian ballerina
Deborah Bull
Dancer
22-Mar-1963   Principal Dancer, Royal Ballet, 1992-2001
Leslie Caron
Dancer
1-Jul-1931   Gigi
Irene Castle
Dancer
17-Apr-1893 25-Jan-1969 Vernon & Irene Castle
Vernon Castle
Dancer
2-May-1887 15-Feb-1918 Vernon & Irene Castle
George Chakiris
Actor
16-Sep-1934   West Side Story
Marge Champion
Dancer
2-Sep-1919   Show Boat
Cyd Charisse
Dancer
8-Mar-1922 17-Jun-2008 Vamp dancer in Singin' in the Rain
Charo
Singer
13-Mar-1941   Cuchi Cuchi
Barrie Chase
Dancer
20-Oct-1933   Danced with Fred Astaire
Mónica Cruz
Dancer
16-Mar-1977   Un Paso Adelante
Merce Cunningham
Dancer
16-Apr-1919 26-Jul-2009 Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Isadora Duncan
Dancer
26-May-1877 14-Sep-1927 Mother of modern dance
Katherine Dunham
Dancer
22-Jun-1910 21-May-2006 Dunham School of Dance
André Eglevsky
Dancer
21-Dec-1917 4-Dec-1977 Preeminent ballet dancer
Lola Falana
Dancer
11-Sep-1942   Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets
Suzanne Farrell
Dancer
16-Aug-1945   Ballerina, NYC Ballet
Michael Flatley
Dancer
16-Jul-1958   Lord of the Dance
Margot Fonteyn
Dancer
18-May-1919 21-Feb-1991 Exceptional British ballerina
Helen Gallagher
Actor
19-Jul-1926   Maeve Ryan on Ryan's Hope
Erica Gavin
Actor
22-Jul-1947   Vixen!
Peter Gennaro
Dancer
23-Nov-1919 28-Sep-2000 Broadway choreographer
Alexander Godunov
Dancer
28-Nov-1949 18-May-1995 Bolshoi, ABT ballet dancer
Len Goodman
Dancer
24-Apr-1942   Judge, Dancing with the Stars
Martha Graham
Dancer
11-May-1894 1-Apr-1991 Innovator of modern dance
Gilda Gray
Dancer
24-Oct-1901 22-Dec-1959 The Shimmy Queen
Carol Haney
Dancer
24-Dec-1924 10-May-1964 The Pajama Game
Mata Hari
Spy
7-Aug-1876 15-Oct-1917 Framed by the Germans
Gregory Hines
Dancer
14-Feb-1946 9-Aug-2003 Tap dancer
Derek Hough
Dancer
17-May-1985   Dancing with the Stars
Julianne Hough
Dancer
20-Jul-1988   Dancing with the Stars
Carrie Ann Inaba
Dancer
5-Jan-1968   Judge, Dancing with the Stars
Judith Jamison
Dancer
10-May-1943   Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
Gene Kelly
Actor
23-Aug-1912 2-Feb-1996 Singin' in the Rain
Lindsay Kemp
Dancer
9-May-1938   Dance teacher for Bowie, Kate Bush
Michael Kidd
Choreographer
12-Aug-1915 23-Dec-2007 Award-winning choreographer
Theodore Kosloff
Dancer
22-Jan-1882 22-Nov-1956 Why Change Your Wife?
Gypsy Rose Lee
Dancer
9-Feb-1911 26-Apr-1970 Terpsichorean ecdysiast
Sylvia Lewis
Dancer
22-Apr-1931   Sylvia on Where's Raymond?
Tilly Losch
Dancer
15-Nov-1903 24-Dec-1975 Ballet dancer, sometimes actress
Donna McKechnie
Dancer
16-Nov-1942   A Chorus Line
Paul Mercurio
Dancer
31-Mar-1963   Strictly Ballroom
Agnes de Mille
Choreographer
18-Sep-1905 7-Oct-1993 Influential American choreographer
Ann Miller
Dancer
12-Apr-1923 22-Jan-2004 Kiss Me Kate
Carmen Miranda
Dancer
9-Feb-1909 5-Aug-1955 The lady in the tutti-frutti hat
Arthur Mitchell
Dancer
27-Mar-1934   Dance Theatre of Harlem
Lola Montez
Dancer
17-Feb-1821 17-Jan-1861 Mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria
Fabrice Morvan
Dancer
16-May-1966   Half of Milli Vanilli
Arthur Murray
Dancer
4-Apr-1895 3-Mar-1991 Founded Arthur Murray dance studios
Mya
Musician
10-Oct-1978   My Love Is Like...Wo
Bebe Neuwirth
Actor
31-Dec-1958   Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane on Cheers
Fayard Nicholas
Dancer
20-Oct-1914 24-Jan-2006 Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers
Harold Nicholas
Dancer
27-Mar-1921 3-Jul-2000 Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers
Nick De Noia
Dancer
c. 1941 7-Apr-1987 First choreographer for Chippendales
Rudolf Nureyev
Dancer
17-Mar-1938 6-Jan-1993 Defected to France from Kirov Ballet
Apolo Anton Ohno
Speed Skating
22-May-1982   Olympic skater, Dancing with the Stars
Anna Pavlova
Dancer
12-Feb-1881 22-Jan-1931 Early 20th century Russian ballerina
Rob Pilatus
Dancer
8-Jun-1965 2-Apr-1998 Troubled half of Milli Vanilli
Eleanor Powell
Dancer
21-Nov-1912 11-Feb-1982 Lady Be Good
Juliet Prowse
Dancer
25-Sep-1936 14-Sep-1996 Can-Can
Gene Anthony Ray
Dancer
24-May-1962 14-Nov-2003 Leroy Johnson on Fame
Ann Reinking
Dancer
10-Nov-1949   Broadway dancer
Debbie Reynolds
Actor
1-Apr-1932   Dancer, actress
Chita Rivera
Dancer
23-Jan-1933   Anita in West Side Story on Broadway
Bill Robinson
Dancer
25-May-1878 25-Nov-1949 Bojangles
Ginger Rogers
Dancer
16-Jul-1911 25-Apr-1995 The Gay Divorcee
Nicole Scherzinger
Dancer
29-Jun-1978   The Pussycat Dolls
Moira Shearer
Dancer
17-Jan-1926 31-Jan-2006 The Red Shoes
Patrick Swayze
Actor
18-Aug-1952 14-Sep-2009 Dirty Dancing
Maria Tallchief
Dancer
24-Jan-1925   New York City Ballet
Russ Tamblyn
Actor
30-Dec-1934   Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
June Taylor
Dancer
14-Dec-1917 17-May-2004 June Taylor Dancers choreographer
Twyla Tharp
Dancer
1-Jul-1941   Choreographer
Ingrid Thulin
Actor
27-Jan-1926 7-Jan-2004 Swedish actress starred in 9 Ingmar Bergman films
Tommy Tune
Dancer
28-Feb-1939   6'6" Broadway dancer
Vera-Ellen
Dancer
16-Feb-1921 30-Aug-1981 On the Town
Gwen Verdon
Dancer
16-Jan-1925 18-Oct-2000 Damn Yankees
Ben Vereen
Actor
10-Oct-1946   Jesus Christ Superstar
Edward Villella
Dancer
1-Oct-1936   New York City Ballet



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