Ballet

Ballet: biographies of dancers, choreographers and performers, their stage careers, notable productions and influence on dance.

Martin Schlapfer

German choreographer-parodist

French ballet star

English choreographer

Anastasiya Lomachenkova

Elizabeth Tallchief

American ballerina

Dzhumakaly Arsygulova

Ballerina of the Kirghiz SSR

Natalia Dudinskaia

Ballet soloist.

Francesca Hayward

British ballet dancer and film actress

Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Ballet

Tamara Tumanova

Ballerina and actress

Artistic director of the ballet troupe

Vera Kostrovitskaya

Ballerina, teacher, Honored Artist of the RSFSR

Belarusian ballet dancer and teacher

Sabina Yapparova

Italian choreographer

Vyacheslav Gordeev

People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the International Ballet Competitions

Dancer and choreographer

English ballet dancer and choreographer

Croatian-American prima ballerina

Elena Kramskaya

Ballerina, now director

Vasiliy Vaynonen

Choreographer, Honored Artist of Russia

Tamaz Vashakidze

Ballet dancer, premier of the Georgian State Ballet, choreographer

Sofiya Fedorova

Russian ballerina

Russian ballerina, danced in France and the USA

Vladimir Kurbet

Moldavian and Soviet ballet master and choreographer

British ballerina and actress

Swedish dancer, choreographer, theater director

Dominique Khalfouni

Legendary French ballerina

American dancer and choreographer.

Bronislava Nizhinskaya

Ballerina and choreographer,

Carlotta Brianza

Italian ballerina, teacher

Christina Shishpor

Leading soloist of the Hamburg Ballet

People's Artist of the USSR, artistic director and chief choreographer of the State Academic Choreographic Ensemble "Beryozka"

Czech dancer and choreographer

French ballerina, she owes the art of ballet to dancing on pointe shoes

William Forsythe

American dancer and choreographer

Director of the ballet "Trocadero"

Dancer, choreographer

American actress and ballerina

Gulnara Kapanova

Kazakh ballerina