List of prima ballerinas
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Here follows a list of prima ballerinas, the second highest title awarded a ballerina and quite rare.[citation needed]
Full Name | First Name | Last Name | Year of Birth | Year of Death | Country of Birth | Active Dancer |
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Diana Adams | Diana | Adams | 1926 | 1993 | United States of America | No |
Mademoiselle Ambroisine | Mademoiselle | Ambroisine | 1811 | Unknown | France | No |
Nina Ananiashvili | Nina | Ananiashvili | 1963 | Georgia | No | |
Sonia Arova | Sonia | Arova | 1927 | 2001 | Bulgaria | No |
Altynai Asylmuratova | Altynai | Asylmuratova | 1961 | Russia | No | |
Irina Baronova | Irina | Baronova | 1919 | 2008 | Russia | No |
Pati Behrs | Pati | Behrs | 1922 | 2004 | Russia | No |
Leanne Benjamin | Leanne | Benjamin | 1964 | Australia | No | |
Svetlana Beriosova | Svetlana | Beriosova | 1932 | 1998 | Lithuania | No |
Natalia Bessmertnova | Natalia | Bessmertnova | 1941 | 2008 | Russia | No |
Deborah Bull | Deborah | Bull | 1963 | United Kingdom | No | |
Darcey Bussell | Darcey | Bussell | 1969 | United Kingdom | No | |
Dusty Button | Dusty | Button | 1989 | United States of America | No | |
Fanny Cerrito | Fanny | Cerrito | 1817 | 1909 | Italy | No |
Yvette Chauviré | Yvette | Chauviré | 1917 | France | No | |
Ludmilla Chiriaeff | Ludmilla | Chiriaeff | 1924 | 1996 | Canada | No |
Norodom Buppha Devi | Norodom | Buppha Devi | 1943 | Cambodia | No | |
Yvonne Chouteau | Yvonne | Chouteau | 1929 | United States of America | No | |
Alina Cojocaru | Alina | Cojocaru | 1981 | Romania | Yes | |
Misty Copeland | Misty | Copeland | 1982 | United States of America | Yes[1] | |
Alexandra Danilova | Alexandra | Danilova | 1903 | 1997 | Russia | No |
Ninette de Valois | Ninette | de Valois | 1898 | 2001 | Ireland | No |
Natalia Dudinskaya | Natalia | Dudinskaya | 1912 | 2003 | Russia | No |
Aurélie Dupont | Aurélie | Dupont | 1973 | France | No | |
Viviana Durante | Viviana | Durante | 1967 | Italy | No | |
Marina Eglevsky | Marina | Eglevsky | United States of America | No | ||
Lubov Egorova | Lubov | Egorova | 1880 | 1972 | Russia | No |
Fanny Elssler | Fanny | Elssler | 1810 | 1884 | Austria | No |
Suzanne Farrell | Suzanne | Farrell | 1945 | United States of America | No | |
Norma Fontenla | Norma | Fontenla | 1930 | 1971 | Argentina | No |
Carla Fracci | Carla | Fracci | 1936 | Italy | No | |
Rosina Galli | Rosina | Galli | 1892 | 1940 | Italy | No |
Mara Galeazzi | Mara | Galeazzi | 1973 | Italy | No | |
Yekaterina Geltzer | Yekaterina | Geltzer | 1976 | 1962 | Russia | No |
Marie-Agnès Gillot | Marie-Agnès | Gillot | 1975 | France | No | |
Beryl Goldwyn | Beryl | Goldwyn | 1930 | United Kingdom | No | |
Kathleen Gorham | Kathleen | Gorham | 1928 | 1983 | Australia | No |
Diana Gould | Diana | Gould | 1912 | 2003 | United Kingdom | No |
Lucile Grahn | Lucile | Grahn | 1819 | 1907 | Denmark | No |
Cynthia Gregory | Cynthia | Gregory | 1946 | United States of America | No | |
Beryl Grey | Beryl | Grey | 1927 | United Kingdom | No | |
Carlotta Grisi | Carlotta | Grisi | 1819 | 1899 | Italy | No |
Sylvie Guillem | Sylvie | Guillem | 1965 | France | No | |
Evelyn Hart | Evelyn | Hart | 1956 | Canada | No | |
Marcia Haydée | Marcia | Haydée | 1937 | Brazil | No | |
Paloma Herrera | Paloma | Herrera | 1975 | Argentina | Yes | |
Rosella Hightower | Rosella | Hightower | 1920 | 2008 | United States of America | No |
Avdotia Istomina | Avdotia | Istomina | 1799 | 1848 | Russia | No |
Rowena Jackson | Rowena | Jackson | 1926 | New Zealand | No | |
Anna Johansson | Anna | Johansson | 1860 | 1917 | Russia | No |
Karen Kain | Karen | Kain | 1951 | Canada | No | |
Tamara Karsavina | Tamara | Karsavina | 1885 | 1978 | Russia | No |
Allegra Kent | Allegra | Kent | 1937 | United States of America | No | |
Julie Kent | Julie | Kent | 1969 | United States of America | No | |
Ji-Young Kim | Ji-Young | Kim | 1978 | South Korea | Yes | |
Gelsey Kirkland | Gelsey | Kirkland | 1952 | United States of America | No | |
Daria Klimentová | Daria | Klimentová | 1971 | Czechoslovakia | No | |
Irina Kolpakova | Irina | Kolpakova | 1933 | Russia | No | |
Maria Kowroski | Maria | Kowroski | 1976 | United States of America | Yes | |
Ninel Kurgapkina | Ninel | Kurgapkina | 1929 | 2009 | Russia | No |
Margot Lander | Margot | Lander | 1910 | 1961 | Denmark | No |
Maryon Lane | Maryon | Lane | 1931 | 2008 | South Africa | No |
Moscelyne Larkin | Moscelyne | Larkin | 1925 | 2012 | United States of America | No |
Tanaquil LeClercq | Tanaquil | LeClercq | 1929 | 2000 | France | No |
Olga Lepeshinskaya | Olga | Lepeshinskaya | 1916 | 2008 | Russia | No |
Agnes Letestu | Agnes | Letestu | 1971 | France | No | |
Larissa Lezhnina | Larissa | Lezhnina | 1969 | Russia | Yes | |
Emma Livry | Emma | Livry | 1842 | 1863 | France | No |
Ulyana Lopatkina | Ulyana | Lopatkina | 1973 | Ukraine | Yes | |
Lydia Lopokova | Lydia | Lopokova | 1892 | 1981 | Russia | No |
Lisa Macuja-Elizalde | Lisa | Macuja-Elizalde | 1964 | Philippines | Yes | |
Natalia Magnicaballi | Natalia | Magnicaballi | Argentina | Yes | ||
Natalia Makarova | Natalia | Makarova | 1940 | Russia | No | |
Tatiana Mamaki | Tatiana | Mamaki | 1921 | 2007 | Greece | No |
Andrée Marlière | Andrée | Marlière | 1934 | 2008 | Belgium | No |
Monica Mason | Monica | Mason | 1941 | South Africa | No | |
Ekaterina Maximova | Ekaterina | Maximova | 1939 | 2009 | Russia | No |
Magali Messac | Magali | Messac | 1952 | France | No | |
Patricia McBride | Patricia | McBride | 1942 | United States of America | No | |
Varvara P. Mey | Varvara P. | Mey | 1912 | 1995 | Russia | No |
Galina Mezentseva | Galina | Mezentseva | 1952 | Russia | No | |
Yvonne Mounsey | Yvonne | Mounsey | 1919 | 2012 | South Africa | No |
Gillian Murphy | Gillian | Murphy | 1979 | United Kingdom | Yes[2] | |
Nadia Nerina | Nadia | Nerina | 1927 | 2008 | South Africa | No |
Bronislava Nijinska | Bronislava | Nijinska | 1891 | 1972 | Poland | No |
Irma Nioradze | Irma | Nioradze | 1969 | Georgia | Yes | |
Nathalie Nordquist | Nathalie | Nordquist | 1979 | Sweden | Yes | |
Marianela Núñez | Marianela | Núñez | 1982 | Argentina | Yes[3] | |
Evgenia Obraztsova | Evgenia | Obraztsova | 1984 | Russia | Yes | |
Alla Osipenko | Alla | Osipenko | 1932 | Russia | No | |
Natalia Osipova | Natalia | Osipova | 1986 | Russia | Yes | |
Annette Page | Annette | Page | 1932 | United Kingdom | No | |
Ludmila Pagliero | Ludmila | Pagliero | 1983 | Argentina | Yes | |
Merle Park | Merle | Park | 1937 | Zimbabwe | No | |
Anna Pavlova | Anna | Pavlova | 1881 | 1931 | Russia | No |
Nadezhda Pavlova | Nadezhda | Pavlova | 1956 | Russia | No | |
Marie-Claude Pietragalla | Marie-Claude | Pietragalla | 1963 | France | No | |
Élisabeth Platel | Élisabeth | Platel | 1959 | France | No | |
Olga Preobrajenska | Olga | Preobrajenska | 1871 | 1962 | Russia | No |
Ellen Price | Ellen | Price | 1878 | 1968 | Denmark | No |
Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky | Roma | Pryma-Bohachevsky | 1927 | 2004 | Ukraine | No |
Marie Rambert | Marie | Rambert | 1888 | 1982 | Poland | No |
Tatiana Riabouchinska | Tatiana | Riabouchinska | 1917 | 2000 | Russia | No |
Tamara Rojo | Tamara | Rojo | 1974 | Spain | Yes | |
Ida Rubinstein | Ida | Rubinstein | 1883 | 1960 | Russia | No |
Ekaterina Sankovskaya | Ekaterina | Sankovskaya | 1816 | 1878 | Russia | No |
Luciana Savignano | Luciana | Savignano | 1943 | Italy | No | |
Ludmila Semenyaka | Ludmila | Semenyaka | 1952 | Russia | No | |
Polina Semionova | Polina | Semionova | 1984 | Russia | Yes | |
Marina Semyonova | Marina | Semyonova | 1908 | 2010 | Russia | No |
Lynn Seymour | Lynn | Seymour | 1939 | Canada | No | |
Moira Shearer | Moira | Shearer | 1926 | 2006 | United Kingdom | No |
Antoinette Sibley | Antoinette | Sibley | 1939 | United Kingdom | No | |
Alla Sizova | Alla | Sizova | 1939 | 2014 | Russia | No |
Mia Slavenska | Mia | Slavenska | 1916 | 2002 | United States of America | No |
Olga Spessivtseva | Olga | Spessivtseva | 1995 | 1991 | Russia | No |
Tatiana Stepanova | Tatiana | Stepanova | Ukraine | No | ||
Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa | Mariia | Surovshchikova-Petipa | 1836 | 1882 | Russia | No |
Marie Taglioni | Marie | Taglioni | 1804 | 1884 | Sweden | No |
Maria Tallchief | Maria | Tallchief | 1925 | 2013 | United States of America | No |
Marjorie Tallchief | Marjorie | Tallchief | 1926 | United States of America | No | |
Ludmilla Tchérina | Ludmilla | Tchérina | 1924 | 2004 | France | No |
Veronica Tennant | Veronica | Tennant | 1946 | United Kingdom | No | |
Ghislaine Thesmar | Ghislaine | Thesmar | 1943 | China | No | |
Tamara Toumanova | Tamara | Toumanova | 1919 | 1996 | Russia | No |
Vera Trefilova | Vera | Trefilova | 1875 | 1943 | Russia | No |
Viengsay Valdés | Viengsay | Valdés | 1976 | Cuba | Yes | |
Ambra Vallo | Ambra | Vallo | Italy | Yes | ||
Ekaterina Vazem | Ekaterina | Vazem | 1848 | 1937 | Russia | No |
Noralma Vera Arrata | Noralma | Vera Arrata | 1936 | Ecuador | No | |
Violette Verdy | Violette | Verdy | 1933 | France | No | |
Jocelyn Vollmar | Jocelyn | Vollmar | 1925 | United States of America | No | |
Diana Vishneva | Diana | Vishneva | 1976 | Russia | Yes[4] | |
Anastasia Volochkova | Anastasia | Volochkova | 1976 | Russia | Yes | |
Doreen Wells | Doreen | Wells | 1937 | United Kingdom | No | |
Wendy Whelan | Wendy | Whelan | 1967 | United States of America | No | |
Belinda Wright | Belinda | Wright | 1929 | 2007 | United Kingdom | No |
Zenaida Yanowsky | Zenaida | Yanowsky | 1975 | France | Yes | |
Miyako Yoshida | Miyako | Yoshida | 1965 | Japan | No | |
Svetlana Zakharova | Svetlana | Zakharova | 1979 | Ukraine | Yes[5] |