Ballet librettists

American actor and filmmaker (1915–1985)

Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929)

Russian artist (1870–1960)

Soviet and Russian composer and pianist

German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer (1888–1943)

British dancer, teacher, choreographer and director of classical ballet

Hungarian film critic, aesthetician, writer and poet (1884–1949)

Polish writer (1894–1980)

ballet dancer (1896–1979)

Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, creator of a "Swan Lake" (1834–1901)

Azerbaijani musician (1907-1976)

Italian poet and librettist (1714-1795)

German art collector, patron, writer, publicist and diplomat (1868-1937)

Italian composer and dancer (1769-1821)

Russian theatre director and director of the Hermitage (1835–1909)

Russian ballet dancer (1904–1990)

Russian theatre director (1898–1937)

Russian writer (1903-1956)

Theatre artist (1938-2015)