ballet dancer - a dancer who is a member of a ballet company

ballet master - a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company

baller mistress - a woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company

belly dancer, exotic belly dancer, exotic dancer - a woman who performs a solo Oriental dance using exaggerated abdominal movements

chorine, chorus girl, showgirl - a woman who dances in a chorus line

hoofer, stepper - a professional dancer

nautch girl - a professional dancing girl in India

performer, performing artist - an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

tap dancer, tapper - a dancer who who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes

taxi dancer - a woman employed to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance

Alicia Alonso, Alonso - Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921)

Astaire, Fred Astaire - United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987)

Balanchine, George Balanchine - United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983)

Baryshnikov, Mikhail Baryshnikov - Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948)

Cunningham, Merce Cunningham - United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922)

Agnes de Mille, Agnes George de Mille, de Mille - United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (born in 1905)

Duncan, Isadora Duncan - United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927)

Dame Margot Fonteyn, Fonteyn - English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919)

Martha Graham, Graham - United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991)

Jamison, Judith Jamison - United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1944)

Karsavina, Tamara Karsavina - Russian dancer who danced with Nijinsky (1885-1978)

Eugene Curran Kelly, Gene Kelly, Kelly - United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996)

Dame Alicia Markova, Lilian Alicia Marks, Markova - English ballet dancer (born in 1910)

Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin, Leonide Fedorovitch Massine, Massine - French choreographer and ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1895-1979)

Arthur Mitchell, Mitchell - United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934)

Lola Montez, Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Montez - Irish dancer (1818-1861)

Nijinsky, Vaslav Nijinsky, Waslaw Nijinsky - Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950)

Nureyev, Rudolf Nureyev - Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938)

Anna Pavlova, Pavlova - Russian ballerina (1882-1931)

Ginger Rogers, Virginia McMath, Rogers - United States dancer and film actress who partnered with Fred Astaire (born 1911)

Salome - woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist

Shawn, Ted Shawn - United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)

Moira Shearer, Shearer - Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)

Ruth Saint Denis, Ruth St. Denis, Saint Denis, St. Denis - United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968)

Maria Tallchief, Tallchief - United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925)