Mabel Hampton
American lesbian activist and dancer during the Harlem Renaissance who played a vital role in Black and LGBTQ+ organizations, most notably the Lesbian Herstory Archives.
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Amalia Hernández
Prominent Mexican ballet choreographer renowned for founding the Ballet Folklórico de México.
Margaret Kelly
Irish show dancer, choreographer, and impresario
Bernara Karieva
Bernara Rakhimovna Karieva is a distinguished Soviet and Uzbekistani former ballet dancer, choreographer, and politician.
Eowudong
Versatile 15th-century Joseon Dynasty artist, excelling in dance, literature, art, and poetry.
Lilian Lenton
Militant British suffragette
Mathilde Kschessinska
Known for her influence, decadence, and simultaneous relationships with two Grand Dukes, she became a popular target of the 1917 Russian Revolution.
Lola Montez
Irish dancer and adventuress
Helen Lewis
Irish Holocaust survivor, dance teacher, choreographer and memoirist
Carmen Doucet Moreno
Spanish dancers known as La Carmencita.