Misty Copeland
Renowned American ballet dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT).
Renowned American ballet dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT).
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.
Prominent Mexican ballet choreographer renowned for founding the Ballet Folklórico de México.
Irish show dancer, choreographer, and impresario
Bernara Rakhimovna Karieva is a distinguished Soviet and Uzbekistani former ballet dancer, choreographer, and politician.
Versatile 15th-century Joseon Dynasty artist, excelling in dance, literature, art, and poetry.
Militant British suffragette
Known for her influence, decadence, and simultaneous relationships with two Grand Dukes, she became a popular target of the 1917 Russian Revolution.
Irish dancer and adventuress
Irish Holocaust survivor, dance teacher, choreographer and memoirist