8Sylvie Guillem – $850,000
Sylvie Guillem proves that a ballerina’s career doesn’t necessary need to end once you get old.
At the age of 49, she is still the highest paid female ballet dance in the world today.
This successful French ballerina was the top-ranking female dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet from 1984 to 1989, before becoming a principal guest artist with the Royal Ballet in London.
She trained in gymnastics since she was a child and best performances have included those in Giselle and in Rudolf Nureyev’s staging of Swan Lake and Don Quixote.
She makes $850,000 per year.
