Ballerinas and dancers

Hilde Holger

1905-2001
Expressionist dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and pioneer of inclusive dance
Sitter in 18 portraits

Imogen Clare Holst

1907-1984
Musician, dancer, choreographer and actress
Sitter in 10 portraits

Leonora Hughes

Dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Madame Lillebil Ibsen (née Sofie Parelius Krohn)

1899-1989
Dancer and actress; wife of Tancred Ibsen
Sitter in 5 portraits

Mr Isaac

Dancing master
Sitter in 2 portraits

Michio Ito

1892?-1961
Japanese dancer
Sitter in 5 portraits

Jansen

Dancing master
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Ann Maureen Jenner

1944-
Ballet dancer and choreographer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Paul Nicholas Jennes

1967-
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson

1914-1941
Dancer and bandleader
Sitter in 2 portraits

Colin Jones

1936-2021
Photographer and ballet dancer
Artist of 2 portraits

Tamara Karsavina

1885-1978
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 35 portraits

Karsova

Ballet dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Nora Kaye

1920-1987
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Helen ('Bunty') Kelley (later Bernstein)

1925-2017
Dancer
Sitter in 17 portraits

Eileen Kelly

Actress and dancer
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

William Kempe

circa 1560-circa 1603
Actor and dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Akram Khan

1974-
Dancer and choreographer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Boris Kochno

1904-1990
Russian poet, dancer and librettist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Tzet Kranil

Dancer and actress
Sitter in 6 portraits

Lydia Kyasht

1885-1959
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 140 portraits

La Argentina (née Antonia Mercé y Luque)

1890-1936
Dancer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Hugh Laing (né Hugh Skinner)

1911-1988
Ballet dancer and actor
Sitter in 4 portraits

Stella Lauri (Mrs Harry Ulph)

died 1907
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gertrude Lawrence

1898-1952
Actress, singer and dancer
Sitter associated with 101 portraits

Louise Leclercq

died 1898
Actress and dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dorma Leigh (née Dorothy Mabel Woodley)

1890-1969
Actress and dancer
Sitter in 17 portraits

Tutte Lemkow (Isak Samuel Lemkow)

1918-1991
Actor and dancer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Charles Leviez

died 1778
Dancing master
Sitter in 1 portrait

Serge Lifar

1905-1986
Dancer and choreographer
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

Olga Likhovskaya

1958-
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anya Linden (Anya (née Eltenton), Lady Sainsbury of Preston Candover)

1933-
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Bambi Linn

1926-
Dancer, choreographer and actress
Sitter in 3 portraits

Serge Litavkin

1891-1915
Dancer
Sitter in 9 portraits

Doreen Patricia Wells, Marchioness of Londonderry

1937-
Ballet dancer and actress
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lydia Lopokova

1892-1981
Ballet dancer; wife of Baron Keynes
Sitter in 22 portraits

Tilly Losch

1907-1975
Dancer and actress
Sitter in 22 portraits

Mabel Love

1874-1953
Actress and dancer
Sitter in 44 portraits

Lubov Egorova, Princess Nikita Troubetska

1880-1972
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Jean Macbean

Dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Donald Whyte MacLeary

1937-
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Kenneth Macmillan

1929-1992
Choreographer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Madame Karina

active 1910s-1920s
Danish ballet dancer and founder of Madame Karina's Royal School of Dancing; wife of Carl Johan Janssen
Sitter in 2 portraits

Georgie Mahrer

active 1900s
Dancer and actor
Sitter in 3 portraits

Mdlle Maisie

Dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Natalia Makarova

1940-
Dancer and choreographer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Miss Marcelle

Dancer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Alicia Markova

1910-2004
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 35 portraits

Kitty Mason

born 1882
Dancer and actress; wife of W.E. Aspinall
Sitter in 20 portraits

Dame Monica Margaret Mason

1941-
Director, Royal Ballet and ballet dancer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Léonide Massine

1896-1979
Ballet dancer and choreographer
Sitter in 5 portraits

Zack Matalon

1928-
Actor, dancer and singer
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Mattocks

1735-1804
Actor, singer, dancer and manager
Sitter in 1 portrait

Betty May

1893-1955
Singer, model and dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Renée Mayer

1900-1969
Child actress and dancer
Sitter in 19 portraits

Diana Menuhin (née Gould)

1912-2003
Ballet dancer; second wife of Yehudi Menuhin
Sitter in 11 portraits

Elizabeth Miller

Ballet dancer; 'Mrs Eric Causton'
Sitter in 1 portrait

Annette Mills

1894-1955
Dancer, actress, musician and broadcaster
Sitter in 12 portraits

Ludmila Mlada (Ludi Horenstein)

1918-2003
Dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Decilia Mobray

Dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait