 | Anne Bancroft als Emma |
 | Shirley MacLaine als Deedee |
 | Tom Skerritt als Wayne |
 | Mikhail Baryshnikov als Yuri |
 | Leslie Browne als Emilia |
 | Martha Scott als Adelaide |
 | Antoinette Sibley als Sevilla |
| Alexandra Danilova als Madame Dahkarova |
| Starr Danias als Carolyn |
 | Marshall Thompson als Carter |
 | James Mitchell als Michael |
| Daniel Levins als Arnold |
| Scott Douglas als Freddie |
 | Lisa Lucas als Janina |
| Phillip Saunders als Ethan |
| Jurgen Schneider als Peter |
| Dennis Nahat als Dennis |
 | Anthony Zerbe als Rosie |
| Hilda Morales als Sandra |
| Saax Bradbury als Florence |
| Alexander Minz als Boys Class Teacher |
| Howard Barr als Rehearsal Pianist |
| Martha Johnston als Rehearsal Pianist |
| Anne Barlow als Ballet Mistress |
| Enrique Martinez als Ballet Master |
 | James Crittenden als Billy |
 | Lucette Aldous als Artist of American Ballet Theatre |
| Fernando Bujones als Artist of American Ballet Theatre |
| Richard Cragun als Artist of American Ballet Theatre |
| Suzanne Farrell als Artist of American Ballet Theatre |
| Marcia Haydée als Artist of American Ballet Theatre |
 | Peter Martins als Artist of American Ballet Theatre |
| Marianna Tcherkassky als Artist of American Ballet Theatre |
| Clark Tippet als Artist of American Ballet Theatre |
| Martine Van Hamel als Artist of American Ballet Theatre |
| Nanette Glushak als Self (uncredited) |
 | Bob Harks als Waiter (uncredited) |
| Rebecca Wright als Self (uncredited) |
 | Donald Petrie als Barney Joe |
| Herbert Ross | Director |
| Albert Brenner | Production Design |
| William Reynolds | Editor |
| Roger M. Rothstein | Production Manager |
| Roger M. Rothstein | Associate Producer |
| Herbert Ross | Producer |
| Marvin March | Set Decoration |
| Robert Surtees | Director of Photography |
| Arthur Laurents | Producer |
| Nora Kaye | Executive Producer |
| Albert Wolsky | Costume Design |
| John Lanchbery | Original Music Composer |
| John Lanchbery | Conductor |
| Jack Roe | First Assistant Director |
| Julia Tucker | Continuity |
| Ted Keep | Scoring Mixer |
| Alvin Ailey | Choreographer |
| Frederick Ashton | Choreographer |
| George Balanchine | Choreographer |
| Jean Coralli | Choreographer |
| John Cranko | Choreographer |
| Michel Fokine | Choreographer |
| Lev Ivanov | Choreographer |
| Harald Lander | Choreographer |
| Kenneth MacMillan | Choreographer |
| Alexander Minz | Choreographer |
| Dennis Nahat | Choreographer |
| Jules Perrot | Choreographer |
| Marius Petipa | Choreographer |
| Adolphe Adam | Music |
| Frédéric Chopin | Music |
| Carl Czerny | Music |
| Duke Ellington | Music |
| Ludwig Minkus | Music |
| Sergei Prokofiev | Music |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Music |
| Henryk Wieniawski | Music |
| Jerry Jost | Production Sound Mixer |
| Theodore Soderberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| William Hartman | Sound Editor |
| Richard Sperber | Sound Editor |
| Godfrey Marks | Dialogue Editor |
| Michael E. Polakow | Assistant Editor |
| George Korngold | Music Editor |
| Ralph Gerling | Camera Operator |
| Warren Rothenberger | Camera Operator |
| Juliet Taylor | Casting |
| Gregg H. Bilson | Property Master |
| Joseph M. Caracciolo | Property Master |
| David Graham | Casting |
| Saax Bradbury | Dialect Coach |
| Charles H. Schram | Makeup Artist |
| Kathryn Blondell | Hairstylist |
| Tony Faso | Wardrobe Designer |
| Jennifer L. Parsons | Wardrobe Designer |
| Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
| Hendrik Wynands | Construction Coordinator |
| Louis Cappeta | Key Grip |
| Willie Meyerhoff | Gaffer |
| Earl Kennedy | Gaffer |
| Daniel R. Jordan | Key Grip |
| Tony Bishop | Second Assistant Director |
| Peter Burrell | Second Assistant Director |
| Arthur Laurents | Writer |
