This is a work-in-progress partial list of people involved in dance.
Alphabetical
A
Eleonora Abbagnato - Italian ballet dancer
Stella Abrera - Filipino-American ballet dancer
Carlos Acosta - Cuban ballet dancer and artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet Precious Adams - American ballet dancer Carolina Agüero - Argentine ballet dancer Joo Won Ahn - South Korean ballet dancer Alvin Ailey - modern choreographer Heléne Alexopoulos - American ballet dancer Alicia Alonso - Cuban prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Amatriain - Spanish ballet dancer Dores André - Spanish ballet dancer Elena Andreianova - considered the outstanding Russian ballerina of the romantic genre Gasparo Angiolini - Italian ballet dancer, choreographer and theoretician Ann-Margret (no surname) - Swedish-American dancer, actress, and singer in films; Viva Las Vegas Aesha Ash - American ballet dancer Merrill Ashley - American ballet dancer Frederick Ashton - British ballet dancer and choreographer Charles Askegard - American ballet dancer Adele Astaire - American Broadway dancer and singer; Fred Astaire's dance partner, 1905–1931 Fred Astaire - American film and Broadway dancer, choreographer, singer and actor Gary Avis - British ballet dancer Silvia Azzoni - Italian ballet dancer
B
Elisa Badenes - Spanish ballet dancer
George Balanchine - choreographer credited for bridging classical and modern ballet Caroline Baldwin (born 1990) - American ballet dancer Matthew Ball - British ballet dancer Ashley Banjo - choreographer and leader of Diversity (dance troupe) Marie Barch (1744–1827) - first native Danish ballerina Aszure Barton - Canadian choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov - Russian ballet dancer Léonore Baulac - French ballet dancer Vytautas Beliajus - Lithuanian-American, considered the father of international folk dance Jérémie Bélingard - French ballet dancer Aran Bell - American ballet dancer Leanne Benjamin - Australian ballet dancer Hanna Berger - German-Austrian dancer and resistance fighter Hannelore Bey - German ballet dancer Joan Boada - Cuban ballet dancer Gertrud Bodenwieser - Austrian dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and pioneer of modern dance Roberto Bolle - Italian ballet dancer Antoine Bournonville - French ballet dancer August Bournonville - Danish ballet dancer and choreographer Julie Bournonville - ballet dancer Julio Bocca - Argentine ballet dancer Roberto Bolle - Italian ballet dancer Federico Bonelli - Italian ballet dancer Hélène Bouchet - French ballet dancer Ashley Bouder - American ballet dancer Kent Boyd - American teen dancing sensation; runner-up of Season 7 of So You Think You Can Dance; contemporary jazz, Broadway Isabella Boylston - American ballet dancer Skylar Brandt - American ballet dancer James Brown - African American dancer, entertainer, singer, musician and songwriter Erik Bruhn - Danish ballet dancer and choreographer Stéphane Bullion - French ballet dancer Cheryl Burke - American ballroom and Latin dancer Darcey Bussell - British ballet dancer and TV presenter