Billie Barry
Irish performer and stage school founder
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Therese Elssler
Austrian dancer in the 1800s
Rona Bailey
New Zealand communist and an organiser of protest movements, particularly against the Vietnam War, apartheid and racism.
Misty Copeland
Renowned American ballet dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT).
Mabel Hampton
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.
Amalia Hernández
Prominent Mexican ballet choreographer renowned for founding the Ballet Folklórico de México.
Margaret Kelly
Irish show dancer, choreographer, and impresario
Bernara Karieva
Bernara Rakhimovna Karieva is a distinguished Soviet and Uzbekistani former ballet dancer, choreographer, and politician.
Eowudong
Versatile 15th-century Joseon Dynasty artist, excelling in dance, literature, art, and poetry.
Lilian Lenton
Militant British suffragette