Cynthia Harvey is an American former ballet dancer, ballet mistress and educator. She joined the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) in 1974 and was promoted to principal dancer in 1982. In 1986, she joined The Royal Ballet, becoming the company's first American principal dancer. She returned to ABT two years later, and retired in 1996. She then started teaching and staging ballets across the world. In 2016, she was named artistic director of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, the affiliated school of ABT. She stepped down from the position in May 2022.

Alessandra Ferri - Italian ballet dancer from Milan. In 1992 she received from La Scala the title of Prima Ballerina Assoluta. Over her career, she was étoile of the Royal Ballet Theatre from 1983 to 1985, The American Ballet Theatre from 1985 to 2007, and La Scala di Milano from 1992 to 2007. Alessandra Ferri began to study at La Scala Ballet School and subsequently at the Royal Ballet Upper School in London. In 1980, after winning the Prix de Lausanne, she joined the Royal Ballet Company and became Prima Ballerina at the age of 19. In 1985, Mikhail Baryshnikov invited her to the American Ballet Theater where she stayed until 2007. She has worked with notable choreographers including Jirí Kylián, John Neumeier and Roland Petit. Her numerous awards include the Sir Lawrence Olivier Award, the Dance Magazine Award, the New York Times Dancer of the Year Award and the Benois de la Danse. In 2006 she was named Cavaliere della Repubblica by the President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. She retired from the stage aged 44 in the summer of 2007 and came back seven years later in 2013

Marianna Tcherkassky, born in 1952, is a renowned ballerina of Russian and Japanese descent. She began her ballet training with her mother and later studied at the School of American Ballet. In 1970, Tcherkassky joined the American Ballet Theatre in 1970 and was a principal dancer from 1976-1996 dancing with greats such as Mikhail Barishnikov and Fernando Bujones.

One of her costumes is also preserved in the Smithsonian Museum!