Mathilde Kschessinska
Known for her influence, decadence, and simultaneous relationships with two Grand Dukes, she became a popular target of the 1917 Russian Revolution.
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Lola Montez
Irish dancer and adventuress
Helen Lewis
Irish Holocaust survivor, dance teacher, choreographer and memoirist
Carmen Doucet Moreno
Spanish dancers known as La Carmencita.
Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo
Belgian-French dancer
Anna Pavlova
Russian ballerina
Beeban Annadale McKnight
New Zealand entertainer and community activist
Estelle Beere
Charismatic and gregarious, she was for many decades the leading teacher in Wellington and her studio became a centre for generations of students and visiting dance companies from around the world.
Ninette de Valois
Irish ballerina, choreographer, and founder of the Royal Ballet
Edith Kanakaʻole
Edith Kanaka’ole (also affectionately called “Aunty Edith”), a native Hawaiian composer, chanter and dancer, was a champion for the preservation of native Hawaiian culture and arts. Kanaka’ole lead the highly celebrated dance school, Hālau o Kekuhi, where her legacy as a Kumu Hula, or chief practitioner of traditional Hawaiian dance and culture, took flight.