Ballet Dancers in History

• 1726-05-05 French ballerina Marie de Camargo aged 16 makes her premiere at Paris Opera Ballets in "Les Caractères de la Danse"
• 1949-10-09 English ballerina Margot Fonteyn debuts in America with her performance in Tchaikovsky's "The Sleeping Beauty" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York
• 1961-06-16 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West at Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France

• 1970-09-04 Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova defects to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet in London and is granted political asylum
• 1979-08-21 Russian Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC; joins the American Ballet Theatre, and works as a film actor
• 1979-09-16 Russian Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect to US in Los Angeles, California
• 1979-09-17 Russian Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov granted political asylum in US
• 1992-07-19 NYC ballet dancer Peter Martins is arrested for beating his wife

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• 1724-02-29 Eva Marie Veigel [La Violette], Austrian ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick, born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1822)
• 1729-04-18 Gaétan Vestris, French ballet dancer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1808)
• 1741-12-08 Maximilien Gardel, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Menuet Reine), born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1787)
• 1742-08-14 Marie Allard, French ballerina (Auguste Vestris), born in Marseille, France (d. 1802)
• 1748-08-31 Jean-Etienne Despreaux, French ballet dancer and composer, born in Paris (d. 1820)
• 1758-02-04 Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer and choreographer (In L'Offrande à la Liberté), born in Nancy, France (d. 1840)
• 1760-03-27 Marie-Jean Auguste Vestris, French ballet dancer, born in Paris (d. 1842)
• 1810-06-23 (Franziska) "Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina and choreographer, born in Gumpendorf, Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1884)
• 1815-12-22 Lucien Petipa, French ballet dancer, born in Marseille, France (d. 1898)
• 1817-05-11 (Francesca) "Fanny" Cerrito, Italian ballerina and choreographer (Rosida), born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (d. 1909)
• 1819-03-11 Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Don Quiotte), born in Marseille, France (d. 1910)
• 1877-01-20 Ruth St. Denis, American ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1968)
• 1878-01-06 Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina, born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1970)
• 1879-06-24 Agrippina J. Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer, and pedagogue (Fundamentals of the Classical Dance), born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1951)
• 1881-02-12 Anna Pavlova, Russian prima ballerina and choreographer (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1931)
• 1882-01-22 Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born actor, ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1956)

• 1890-03-12 Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian legendary ballet dancer (Petroesjka - Ballets Russes) and choreographer, born in Kyiv, Russian Empire (d. 1950) [OS=Feb 28]
• 1890-09-17 Lubov Tchernicheva, Russian-British ballerina, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1976)
• 1891-01-08 Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (Ballets Russes) and choreographer, born in Minsk, Russian Empire (d. 1972)
• 1896-08-09 Leonide Massine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (Diaghilev Ballets Russes, 1914-20), born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1979)
• 1897-03-24 Lucia Chase, American ballerina and co-founder of American Ballet Theater, born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 1986)
• 1898-02-21 Vasily Vainonen, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (Gayaneh), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1964)
• 1898-06-06 Ninette de Valois [Edris Stannus], British ballerina (Royal Ballet), born in Blessington, Ireland (d. 2001)
• 1899-03-22 Ruth Page, American ballet dancer and choreographer (Diaghilev; Pygmalion), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1991)
• 1904-01-03 Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte) and librettist, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1990)
• 1904-11-20 Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina (The Turning Point), born in Petergof, Russia (d. 1997)
• 1907-04-20 William Dollar, American ballet dancer and choreographer, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1986)
• 1908-06-12 Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina, born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 2010)
• 1909-04-23 (Frederick) "Erick" Hawkins, American modern ballet dancer, and choreographer (Martha Graham Dance Company, 1939-51; Erick Hawkins Dance Company, 1951-94), born in Trinidad, Colorado (d. 1994)
• 1910-01-08 Galina Ulanova, Russian ballet dancer considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century (Bolshoi Theatre), born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1998)
• 1910-01-20 Nina Verchinina, Russian-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1995) [1]

• 1910-03-05 Konstantin Sergeyev, Russian ballet dancer (Romeo and Juliet) and Director of the Kirov Ballet, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1992) [1]
• 1910-12-01 Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (Diaghilev's Ballet sRusses 1925-32), born in London (d. 2004)
• 1912-03-13 Igor Youskevitch, Russian-Ukrainian ballet dancer, born in Pyriatyn, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine (d. 1994)
• 1912-08-14 Karel Poons, Jewish-Dutch ballet dancer, educator, and Holocaust survivor, born in Amsterdam (d. 1994)
• 1913-11-20 Irina Nijinska, Russian-Polish-American ballet dancer, and teacher, born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1991)
• 1914-04-15 John Gregory, British ballet dancer (Harlequin Ballet Company, 1959-69), and writer, born in Norwich, England (d. 1996) [1]
• 1914-05-23 Travis Kemp, British ballet dancer and teacher, born in Nottingham, England (d. 1995)
• 1914-10-03 Nel Roos, Dutch ballerina and dance teacher, born in Ridderkerk, Netherlands (d. 1970)
• 1917-01-02 Vera Zorina [Eva Hartwig], German-Norwegian ballet dancer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2003)
• 1917-03-07 Janet Collins, American ballerina, choreographer, and teacher, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2003)
• 1917-04-22 Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina, born in Paris (d. 2016)
• 1917-12-21 Andre Eglevsky, Russian-born ballet dancer & teacher (Limelight), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1977)
• 1918-03-28 Youly Algaroff, Russian-French ballet dancer, born in Simferopol, Crimea (d. 1995)
• 1918-08-05 Betty Oliphant, British-Canadian ballerina, co-founder of National Ballet School of Canada, born in London, England (d. 2004)
• 1919-03-02 Tamara Toumanova, Georgian-American prima ballerina (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), born in Tyumen, Russian (d. 1996)

• 1919-05-18 Margot Fonteyn, English ballerina considered the 1st lady of British Ballet (Giselle), born in Reigate, England (d. 1991)
• 1919-08-29 Sono Osato, American Japanese ballet dancer, born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2018)
• 1920-01-17 Nora Kaye, American prima ballerina, born in New York City (d. 1987)
• 1920-01-30 George Skibine, Russian-American ballet dancer & choreographer (Tragedy in Verona), born in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia (d. 1981)
• 1920-08-23 Aart Verstegen, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (Jolly Joker's Last Joke), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1998)
• 1921-06-04 Nina Vyroubova, Russian-French ballerina (Pavlova Prize, 1957), born in Gurzuf, Crimea, Ukrainian S.S.R. (d. 2007)
• 1921-06-25 Celia Franca, Canadian ballet dancer, founder of National Ballet of Canada, born in London (d. 2007)
• 1921-12-21 Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina and founder of the National Ballet of Cuba, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2019)
• 1922-04-26 Margaret Scott, South African ballet dancer and founder (Australian Ballet School), born in Johannesburg, Union of South Africa (d. 2019)
• 1922-05-03 Marina Svetlova, American ballerina and choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), born in Paris (d. 2009)
• 1923-04-25 Melissa Hayden, Canadian ballerina (1961 Silver Bowl), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2006)
• 1924-01-10 Ludmilla Chiraeff, Latvian-born Canadian ballet dancer, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 1996)
• 1924-06-01 Paula Hinton, English ballet dancer, born in Ilford, Essex (d. 1996)
• 1924-07-24 Janine Charrat, French ballerina and choreographer, born in Grenoble, France (d. 2017)
• 1924-10-10 Ludmilla Tchérina, French prima ballerina, artist, actress, choreographer and author (Sins of Rome), born in Paris, France (d. 2004)

• 1925-11-20 Maya Plisetskaya, Russian prima ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet), born in Moscow (d. 2015)
• 1926-01-17 Moira Shearer, Scottish actress and ballerina (Red Shoes), born in Dunfermline Scotland (d. 2006)
• 1927-06-11 Beryl Grey [Groom], English prima ballerina (Sadler’s Wells/Royal Ballet, 1941-57), artistic director, and dance teacher, born in Highgate, London, England (d. 2022) [1]
• 1927-10-21 Nadia Nerina [Nadine Judd], South African-British ballerina (Sadler's/Royal Ballet, 1949-68), born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa (d. 2008)
• 1929-04-04 Patricia McBride Lousada, American ballerina (Ballet Society/ New York City Ballet, 1946-51), and cookbook author (Pasta Italian Style), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2019)
• 1932-09-24 Svetlana Beriosova, Lithuanian-British ballerina, born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 1998)
• 1933-08-04 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer (Painted Birds) (d. 2012)
• 1933-12-01 Violetta Verdy, French ballerina and teacher, born in Pont-l'Abbé, Brittany (d. 2016)
• 1934-03-27 Arthur Mitchell, African-American ballet dancer (New York City Ballet, 1955-66), choreographer, and founder of Dance Theater of Harlem (1968), born in Harlem, New York City (d. 2018)
• 1934-07-28 Jacques d'Amboise, American ballet dancer, and choreographer (NYC Ballet Company, 1949-84), actor (Seven Brides For Seven Brothers), and educator (founded National Dance Institute, 1976), born in Dedham Massachusetts (d. 2021) [1]
• 1935-02-20 Raven Wilkinson, American ballerina, first African American woman to dance with major ballet company, born in New York City (d. 2018)
• 1936-07-20 Kaleria Fadicheva, Russian ballerina (Kirov) and choreographer, born in Ust-Ijori, Leningrad, Russia (d. 1994) [1]
• 1936-08-20 Carla Fracci, Italian ballerina (La Scala Theatre Ballet), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2021)
• 1936-10-01 Edward Villella, American ballet dancer (NYC Ballet, 1957-79), and artistic director (Miami City Ballet, 1985-2012), born in Bayside, Queens, New York
• 1937-02-05 Cocky van Oost [Kommertje van Vliet], Dutch ballet dancer (Sylphides), born in the Netherlands
• 1937-03-17 Galina Samsova [Samtsova], Russian ballerina (London Festival Ballet, 1964-73), and artistic director, born in Stalingrad, Soviet Union (d. 2021)
• 1937-08-11 Allegra Kent [Iris Cohen], American ballet dancer (New York City Ballet), teacher, and author (Ballerina Swan), born in Santa Monica, California
• 1937-08-22 Donald MacLeary, British ballet dancer, répétiteur, and ballet master (Royal Ballet, 1954-2002), born in Glasgow, Scotland
• 1938-03-17 Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer (Kirov Ballet, 1958-61; Royal Ballet, 1964-70; Paris Opera Ballet. 1983-89), born on a train near Irkutsk, Soviet Union (d. 1993)
• 1939-02-27 Antoinette Sibley, British ballerina (Turning Point), born in Bromley, England
• 1939-03-08 Lynn Seymour [Berta Lynn Springbett], Canadian-English ballerina (Royal Ballet, 1962-78), choreographer, and director, born in Wainwright, Alberta (d. 2023)
• 1939-12-18 Wiesje Backer, Dutch ballet dancer, actress. and playwright, born in Ammerzoden, Netherlands (d. 2018)
• 1940-11-21 Natalia Makarova, a Soviet-Russian-born prima ballerina and choreographer (Kirov Ballet, 1956-70), born in Leningrad, USSR
• 1941-07-19 Natalia Bessmertnova, Soviet ballerina (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2008)
• 1941-09-06 Monica Mason, British ballerina and arts administrator (Director of the Royal Ballet, 2002-12), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
• 1941-09-09 Karin von Aroldingen, German ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Co), born in Griez, Germany (d. 2018)
• 1942-05-22 Malika Sabirova, Soviet Tajik ballet dancer, born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (d. 1982)
• 1942-08-23 Patricia McBride, American ballerina (New York City Ballet, 1959-89), artistic director and ballet master (Charlotte Ballet), born in Teaneck, New Jersey
• 1943-02-16 Anthony Dowell, English ballet dancer (Royal Ballet), born in London, England
• 1944-09-09 Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina, born in Amsterdam (d. 1978)
• 1945-01-14 Maina Gielgud, British ballet dancer and administrator, born in London, England
• 1945-08-16 Suzanne Farrell, American ballerina (Don Quioxote), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1945-11-16 Martine van Hamel, Dutch ballerina (NYC Ballet Co), born in Brussels, Belgium
• 1946-01-28 Gailene Stock, Australian ballerina, teacher, and dance school director, born in Ballarat, Victoria (d. 2014)
• 1946-03-15 David Wall, British ballet dancer (Royal Ballet, 1966-84), and director (Royal Academy of Dancing, 1985-91), born in Chiswick, London (d. 2013)
• 1946-04-05 Jennifer Penney, Canadian ballerina, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
• 1946-07-08 Cynthia Gregory, American ballerina (NY Ballet Company), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1947-03-13 Lesley Collier, English ballet dancer, born in Orpington, England

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• 1980-11-24 American ballet dancer and political commentator Ronald Reagan Jr (22) weds American clinical psychologist Doria Palmieri (27), until her death in 2014

• 2012-08-18 "Melrose Place" actor Grant Show (50) weds "The Campaign" actress and former ballet dancer Katherine LaNasa (45) at The Oak Grove at Ribbit Tree & Plant Nursery in Topanga, California
• 2013-09-06 Actor Josh Charles (41) weds ballet dancer and author Sophie Flack at a private residence in Manhattan, New York City

• 1787-03-11 Maximilien Gardel, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Menuet Reine), dies at 45
• 1802-01-14 Marie Allard, French ballerina (Auguste Vestris), dies at 59
• 1808-09-27 Gaétan Vestris, French ballet dancer, dies at 79
• 1820-03-26 Jean-Etienne Despreaux, French ballet dancer and composer, dies at 71
• 1822-10-16 Eva Marie Veigel [La Violette], Austrian ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick, dies at 98
• 1840-10-18 Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer and choreographer (In L'Offrande à la Liberté), dies at 82
• 1842-12-05 Marie-Jean Auguste Vestris, French ballet dancer, dies at 82
• 1884-11-27 (Franziska) "Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina andchoreography, dies at 74
• 1909-05-06 (Francesca) "Fanny" Cerrito, Italian ballerina and choreographer (Rosida), dies at 91
• 1910-07-01 Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies at 92
• 1931-01-23 Anna Pavlova, Russian prima ballerina and choreographer (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies from pneumonia at 49
• 1942-08-22 Mikhail Fokine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at 62
• 1950-04-08 Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian legendary ballet dancer and choreographer, dies in London at 60
• 1951-11-05 Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer and pedagogue (Fundamentals of the Classical Dance), dies at 72
• 1952-07-27 W de Basil [US Voskresenski], Russian ballet dancer, dies
• 1956-11-22 Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born actor, ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at 74

• 1967-10-02 Albertina Rasch, Austrian-born American ballerina and choreographer, dies at 76
• 1968-07-21 Ruth St. Denis, American modern dance pioneer and teacher (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91
• 1970-08-23 Nel Roos, Dutch ballerina and dance teacher, dies of a heart attack at 55
• 1972-02-21 Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (Ballets Russes) and choreographer (1914-70), dies of a heart attack at 81
• 1978-09-01 Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina, dies as a result of anorexia nervosa at 33
• 1979-03-15 Leonide Massine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1914-20), dies at 82
• 1982-02-27 Malika Sabirova, Soviet Tajik ballet dancer, dies at 39
• 1982-06-14 Marie Rambert, Polish-British ballerina, teacher and director (Ballet Rambert) dies at 94
• 1986-01-09 Lucia Chase, American ballerina and co-founder of American Ballet Theater, dies at 88
• 1986-02-28 William Dollar, American ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at 79
• 1987-02-28 Nora Kaye, American ballet dancer, and Broadway and film choreographer, dies of cancer at 67
• 1990-12-08 Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte) and librettist, dies at 86
• 1991-02-21 Margot Fonteyn, English ballerina considered the 1st lady of British Ballet (Giselle), dies at 71
• 1991-04-07 Ruth Page, American ballet dancer and choreographer (Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - Pygmalion), dies at 92
• 1992-03-12 Karel Poons, Jewish-Dutch ballet dancer, educator, and Holocaust survivor, dies at 79

• 1992-04-01 Konstantin Sergeyev, Russian ballet dancer and director of the Kirov Ballet (Swan Lake), dies at 82 [1]
• 1992-07-09 Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (Australian Ballet; Bolshoi Ballet), dies of AIDS related illness at 45
• 1993-01-06 Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer (Kirov Ballet, 1958-61; Royal Ballet, 1964-70; Paris Opera Ballet. 1983-89), dies of AIDS at 54
• 1993-01-10 Diana Adams, ballerina, dies
• 1993-01-29 Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies at 65
• 1994-06-13 Igor Youskevitch, Russian-Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies at 82
• 1994-09-13 Kaleria Fadicheva, Russian ballerina (Kirov) and choreographer, dies at 58 [1]
• 1994-11-23 (Frederick) "Erick" Hawkins, American modern ballet dancer, and choreographer (Martha Graham Dance Company, 1939-51; Erick Hawkins Dance Company, 1951-94), dies at 85
• 1995-05-18 Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer (Bolshoi Ballet, 1971-79), and actor (Witness; Die Hard), dies of hepatitis and alcoholism at 45 (exact date estimated)dies at 45
• 1995-07-16 Travis Kemp, British ballet dancer and teacher, dies at 91
• 1995-08-06 Youly Algaroff, Russian-French ballet dancer, dies at 77
• 1995-08-21 James Truitte, American ballet dancer (Lester Horton; Alvin Ailley), dies at 72
• 1995-12-16 Nina Verchinina, Russian-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at 85 [1]
• 1996-04-04 Joy Newton, British ballet dancer, dies at 82
• 1996-05-29 Tamara Toumanova, Georgian-American prima ballerina (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), dies at 77

• 1996-07-17 Chris Komar, American ballet dancer and artistic director (Milwaukee Ballet, 1969-72; Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 1972-93), dies of AIDS at 48
• 1996-09-22 Ludmilla Chiraeff, Latvian-Canadian ballet dancer, choeographer, and troupe director, dies at 72
• 1996-10-27 John Gregory, English ballet dancer, dies at 82
• 1996-11-05 Paula Hinton, British ballet dancer, dies at 72
• 1997-07-13 Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina (The Turning Point), dies at 92
• 1998-03-21 Galina Ulanova, Russian ballet dancer considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century (Bolshoi Theatre), dies at 88
• 1998-05-31 Aart Verstegen, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (Jolly Joker's Last Joke), dies at 77
• 1998-11-10 Svetlana Beriosova, Lithuanian-British ballerina, dies at 66
• 2003-05-28 Janet Collins, American ballerina, choreographer, and teacher, dies at 86
• 2004-03-21 Ludmilla Tchérina, French prima ballerina, artist, actress, choreographer and author (Sins of Rome), dies at 79
• 2004-12-02 Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1925-32), dies aged 94
• 2006-01-31 Moira Shearer, Scottish actress (The Red Shoes) and ballerina, dies at 80
• 2007-02-19 Celia Franca, Canadian ballet dancer, founder of National Ballet of Canada, dies at 85
• 2007-06-25 Nina Vyroubova, Russian-French ballerina (Pavlova Prize 1957), dies at 86
• 2008-02-19 Natalia Bessmertnova, Soviet ballerina (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970), dies at 66
• 2008-10-06 Nadia Nerina [Nadine Judd], South African-British ballerina (Sadler's/Royal Ballet, 1949-68), dies at 80
• 2009-02-11 Marina Svetlova, American ballerina and choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), dies at 86
• 2009-04-28 Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina, dies at 70
• 2010-06-09 Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina, dies at 101

• 2012-01-19 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch ballet dancer an choreographer (Painted Birds), dies from lymphoma at 78

• 2014-04-29 Gailene Stock, Australian ballerina, teacher, and dance school director, dies of cancer at 68
• 2015-05-02 Maya Plisetskaya, Russian prima ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet), dies at 89
• 2016-02-08 Violetta Verdy, French ballerina and teacher, dies at 82
• 2016-10-19 Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina, dies at 99
• 2017-08-29 Janine Charrat, French ballerina and choreographer, dies at 93
• 2018-01-09 Karin von Aroldingen, German ballet dancer (NYC Ballet), dies at 76
• 2018-01-10 Wiesje Backer, Dutch ballet dancer, actress. and playwright, dies at 79
• 2018-09-19 Arthur Mitchell, African-American ballet dancer (New York City Ballet, 1955-66), choreographer, and founder of Dance Theater of Harlem (1968), dies of renal failure at 84
• 2018-12-17 Raven Wilkinson, American ballerina, first African American woman to dance with major ballet company, dies at 83
• 2018-12-26 Sono Osato, American Japanese ballet dancer and actress, dies at 99
• 2019-01-08 Patricia McBride Lousada, American ballerina (Ballet Society/New York City Ballet, 1946-51), and cookbook author (Pasta Italian Style), dies at 89
• 2019-02-24 Margaret Scott, South-African ballet dancer and founder (Australian Ballet School), dies at 96
• 2019-10-17 Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina and founder of the National Ballet of Cuba, dies at 98
• 2021-05-02 Jacques d'Amboise, American ballet dancer, and choreographer (NYC Ballet Company, 1949-84), actor (Seven Brides For Seven Brothers), and educator (founded National Dance Institute, 1976), dies from stroke complications at 86 [1]
• 2021-05-21 Carla Fracci, Italian ballerina (La Scala Theatre Ballet), dies at 84
• 2021-12-11 Galina Samsova [Samtsova], Russian ballerina (London Festival Ballet, 1964-73), and artistic director, dies at 84
• 2022-12-10 Beryl Grey [Groom], English prima ballerina (Sadler’s Wells/Royal Ballet, 1941-57), artistic director, and dance teacher, dies at 95 [1]
• 2023-03-07 Lynn Seymour [Berta Lynn Springbett], Canadian-English ballerina (Royal Ballet, 1959-78), choreographer, and director, dies at 79

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