# 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.

## Africa
### Algeria

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

### Egypt

* Naima Akef (1929–1966), belly dancer, film actress
* Zouba El-Klobatiyya (1917–1972), 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

* Kamo Mphela (born 1999), dancer known for dancing Amapiano
* 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

## Asia
### 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), ballet 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 (1926–2024) – 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

## Europe
### 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
* 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 (1927–2018), 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
* 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
* Ciara Sexton (born 1988), five time world champion Irish dancer who toured with the Lord of the Dance
* 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
* 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
* Aušra Gineitytė [lt] (born 1962), ballet dancer and pedagogue
* Tamara Kalibataitė [lt] (1926–2010), dancer and choreographer
* Elena Kepalaitė [lt] (born 1920), sculptor, painter and dancer
* Aira Naginevičiutė [lt] (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, 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
* 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, former 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 (1922–2025), 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), former 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
* Isabella Cubas (1831–1864), dancer and actress

### 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, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet, former principal dancer 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), prima ballerina assoulta 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, principal dancer, 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

## North America
### 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 (1939–2023), 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 (1995-2024), second soloist ballet dancer for the Boston Ballet, former soloist 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
* Catherine 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
* 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
* Chloe Misseldine, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
* 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
* 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

## South America
### 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, principal dancer, 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