Famous ballet masters

person responsible for teaching daily ballet class, for supervising rehearsal and for ensuring technical standards in a ballet company

76 people

All Alive Deceased
Rudolf Nureyev

Rudolf Nureyev

1938 – 1993 · Age 54
Deceased
Maya Plisetskaya

Maya Plisetskaya

1925 – 2015 · Age 89
Deceased
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Mikhail Baryshnikov

1948 · Age 78
Alive
Vaslav Nijinsky

Vaslav Nijinsky

1889 – 1950 · Age 61
Deceased
Maurice Béjart

Maurice Béjart

1927 – 2007 · Age 80
Deceased
Martha Graham

Martha Graham

1894 – 1991 · Age 96
Deceased
Pina Bausch

Pina Bausch

1940 – 2009 · Age 68
Deceased
George Balanchine

George Balanchine

1904 – 1983 · Age 79
Deceased
Michel Fokine

Michel Fokine

1880 – 1942 · Age 62
Deceased
Marius Petipa

Marius Petipa

1818 – 1910 · Age 92
Deceased
Jerome Robbins

Jerome Robbins

1918 – 1998 · Age 79
Deceased
Carlo Blasis

Carlo Blasis

1797 – 1878 · Age 80
Deceased
Alicia Alonso

Alicia Alonso

1920 – 2019 · Age 98
Deceased
Erik Bruhn

Erik Bruhn

1928 – 1986 · Age 57
Deceased
Jean-Georges Noverre

Jean-Georges Noverre

1727 – 1810 · Age 83
Deceased
Ninette de Valois

Ninette de Valois

1898 – 2001 · Age 102
Deceased
Serge Lifar

Serge Lifar

1904 – 1986 · Age 82
Deceased
Natalia Makarova

Natalia Makarova

1940 · Age 85
Alive
Agrippina Vaganova

Agrippina Vaganova

1879 – 1951 · Age 72
Deceased
Yury Grigorovich

Yury Grigorovich

1927 – 2025 · Age 98
Deceased
Bronislava Nijinska

Bronislava Nijinska

1891 – 1972 · Age 81
Deceased
Igor Moiseyev

Igor Moiseyev

1906 – 2007 · Age 101
Deceased
Jean-Marie Leclair

Jean-Marie Leclair

1697 – 1764 · Age 67
Deceased
Ekaterina Maximova

Ekaterina Maximova

1939 – 2009 · Age 70
Deceased
Gaétan Vestris

Gaétan Vestris

1729 – 1808 · Age 79
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q805253