







Occupation
DANCERS
With 116 biographies, Dancers are the 68th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Conductors, Artists, and Badminton Players.
People
Pantheon has 116 people classified as dancers born between 1572 and 1989. Of these 116, 29 (25.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living dancers include Jin Xing, Joaquín Cortés, and William Forsythe. The most famous deceased dancers include Yamini Krishnamurthy, Alicia Markova, and Agnes de Mille.
Living Dancers
Go to all RankingsMikhail Baryshnikov
1948 - Present
HPI: 71.16
Jiří Kylián
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.63
William Forsythe
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.06
John Neumeier
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.83
Hans van Manen
1932 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Micheline Bernardini
1927 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Vladimir Vasiliev
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Sylvie Guillem
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Joaquín Cortés
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.86
Yvonne Rainer
1934 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Jin Xing
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.76
Svetlana Zakharova
1979 - Present
HPI: 52.51
Deceased Dancers
Go to all RankingsMata Hari
1876 - 1917
HPI: 82.51
Isadora Duncan
1877 - 1927
HPI: 79.77
Rudolf Nureyev
1938 - 1993
HPI: 77.75
Anna Pavlova
1881 - 1931
HPI: 77.37
Josephine Baker
1906 - 1975
HPI: 77.25
Vaslav Nijinsky
1889 - 1950
HPI: 75.42
Marie Taglioni
1804 - 1884
HPI: 73.20
Maurice Béjart
1927 - 2007
HPI: 73.16
Pina Bausch
1940 - 2009
HPI: 73.09
Marius Petipa
1818 - 1910
HPI: 73.03
Bobby Farrell
1949 - 2010
HPI: 72.73
Margot Fonteyn
1919 - 1991
HPI: 71.10
Places
Most dancers were born in Russia (20), United States (18), and France (14). By city, the most common birth places were Saint Petersburg (11), Moscow (6), and Paris (5).
Places Over Time
The earliest biographies classified as dancers in Pantheon are Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Pierre Beauchamp, and Izumo no Okuni. The concentration of dancers was largest during the Radio & Film Era, which lasted from 1900 to 1949. Some birth or death locations for earlier dancers are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Lifespans
Which Dancers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Dancers since 1700.