1. Yekaterina Geltzer (1876)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Former prima ballerina, most known for her time spent with the Bolshoi Ballet.

2. Anna Pavlova (1881)

Russian Ballet Dancer

World renowned classical ballerina who was known for her role as The Dying Swan. She was a leading choreographer for both the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes.

3. Lydia Lopokova (1892)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Former ballerina most recognized for her unparalleled technical skill.

4. Maya Plisetskaya (1925)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Russian ballerina considered by many as one of the most gifted ballet dancers of the 20th century.

5. Natalia Makarova (1940)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Russian-born ballet dancer and musical theater performer who earned Tony, Drama Desk, and Theatre World Awards for her starring role in the 1983 Broadway revival of On Your Toes.

6. Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Acclaimed Russian ballet dancer who defected and began a career in Hollywood TV and movies.

7. Daniil Simkin (1987)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Soloist and principal dancer best recognized as a member of the American Ballet Theatre. Since joining in 2008, he has earned roles in productions like Don Quixote, The Prodigal Son,...

8. Alina Somova (1985)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Principal dancer in the prestigious Mariinsky Ballet since 2008. She achieved that role just five short years after joining the company at the age of 17.

9. Svetlana Lunkina (1979)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Russian ballet dancer who has been a principal dancer at Bolshoi Ballet in Russia. She has performed in The Nutcracker and Don Quixote.

10. Valery Lantratov (1958)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Valery Lantratov Moscow-born principal ballet dancer with the Moscow Stanislavsky and Kremlin ballets and general director of the Russian National Ballet Foundation.

11. Andrey Ermakov (1987)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Andrey Ermakov is a Russian ballet dancer who performs as a soloist with the Mariinsky Ballet.

12. Galina Samsova (1937)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Galina Samsova is a Russian ballet dancer and company director now retired. Born Galina Martinovna Samtsova in Stalingrad in southwestern Russia she began ballet training at an early age. She...

13. Vladislav Lantratov (1988)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Vladislav Lantratov is a Russian principal dancer of Bolshoi Ballet.

14. Galina Mezentseva (1952)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Galina Sergeyevna Mezentseva is a Russian ballerina with a career as professional classic dancer from the early 1970s to the late 1990s. She was the first of the crop of...

15. Vakhtang Chabukiani (1910)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Vakhtang Chabukiani was a Georgian ballet dancer choreographer and teacher highly regarded in his native country as well as abroad. He is considered to be one of the most...

16. Irina Kolesnikova (1980)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Irina Kolesnikova is a Russian ballet dancer.

17. Anna Podlesnaya (1970)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Anna Podesnaya is a Russian ballerina. In 1988 she graduated with distinction from the Vaganova Choreographic School of Leningrad in the class of A Safronova and then joined the Saint-Petesburg...

18. Igor Kolb (1977)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Igor Kolb is a principal dancer of Mariinsky Ballet. He graduated Byelorussia State Ballet School and joined Mariinsky ballet in 1996. He became a soloist in 1998 and promoted to...

19. Anastasia Nabokina (1971)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Anastasia Nabokina is a Russian ballerina born on 14 February 1971 in Moscow Russia. In 1981 she entered the Moscow State Academy of Choreography. At the age of 17 she...

20. Nina Kaptsova (1978)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Nina Kaptsova is a Russian principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet.

21. Maria Alexandrova (1978)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Maria Alexandrova is a Russian principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet People's Artist of Russia.

22. Boris Kochno (1904)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Boris Evgenievich Kochno or Kokhno was a Russian poet dancer and librettist. Kochno was close with Karol Szymanowski who gave him as a gift a Russian translation of the chapter...

23. Artem Ovcharenko (1986)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Artem Ovcharenko is a Russian ballet dancer and principal at the Bolshoi Theatre.

24. Vladimir Shklyarov (1985)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Vladimir Shklyarov is a principal dancer of the Mariinsky Ballet. He studied at the Vagonova Academy of Russian Ballet and graduated in 2003 class of Vitaly Afanaskov and joined the...

25. Yelena Andrienko (1972)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Yelena Andrienko is a Russian soloist of Bolshoi Ballet Honoured Artist of Russia.

26. Ulyana Lopatkina (1973)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Ulyana Vyacheslavovna Lopatkina is a Prima ballerina at the Kirov Ballet/Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. She studied at the Vaganova Academy with Natalia Dudinskaya. Upon graduation Lopatkina joined the Kirov/Mariinsky...

27. Anna Antonicheva (1973)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Anna Antonicheva is an Honored Artist of Russia and a principal dancer of Bolshoi Ballet.

28. Nikolay Tsiskaridze (1973)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Nikolay Tsiskaridze PAR also spelled Ziskaridze was a premier dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet. Ethnically Georgian he was born in Tbilisi on 31 December 1973. He joined the Moscow Ballet...

29. Vladimir Muravlev (1974)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Vladimir Muravlev is a Russian ballet dancer born 10 January 1974 in Tashkent. He is a grandson of Ural Tansykbayev. He has a degree in Performing Arts from the Uzbek...

30. Sergei Vikharev (1962)

Russian Ballet Dancer

Sergei Vikharev is a famous Russian ballet dancer, who was born on February 15, 1962 in Russia. Sergei Vikharev (Russian: Сергей Геннадьевич Вихарев) (15 February 1962 – 2 June 2017)...