Patricia Ryan
Irish ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet company founder
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Brenda Nokuzola Fassie
South African pop singer-songwriter and activist
Dolores del Río
Mexican actress Dolores del Río is considered the first Latin American woman to become a major film star, with a career that lasted from the 1920s Hollywood silent films into the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the ‘40s and ‘50s and later expanding into television and theater.
Nichelle Nichols
Actress, singer and dancer Nichelle Nichols is best known for her work as Lt. Uhura in the original Star Trek series, six subsequent films and Star Trek: The Animated Series.
Dorothy Moses Alexander
Founded by visionary dance instructor Dorothy Moses Alexander, the Atlanta Ballet began performing in 1929. Alexander’s dream of bringing quality ballet to the Atlanta community resulted in the Dorothy Alexander Dance Art Group—the first regional ballet company in the United States.
Amelia Rudolph
Aerial dancer and choreographer and filmmaker
Sonia Revid
Sonia Revid created public health ballet at the height of ‘dance fever’
Kitty Lunn
Founder of Infinity Dance Theater, a nontraditional dance company in New York City that features dancers with and without disabilities, including those in wheelchairs.
Mary Morosini-Whelan
Irish dancing teacher
Celeste Holm
Celeste Holm (1919-2012) had a long career in theater, movies, and television, entertaining millions of people.