The Iranian National Ballet Company also known as Ballet Melli Iran was founded in 1968 by the Iranian Ministry of Culture. The company maintained approximately 50 dancers - many from Iran, Europe and the United States. Although it was the most known and recognized of all dance companies in the Middle East, it was dissolved in 1979 after the Islamic revolution in Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

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The final director of the ballet company was Ali Pourfarrokh.

The repertoire of the company included:

• Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky/Petipa-Ivanov-Beriosoff)
• The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky/Petipa-Beriosoff )
• The Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky/Petipa-Beriosoff)
• Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev/Beriosoff)
• Carmina Burana (Orff/Butler)
• Serenade (Tchaikovsky/Balanchine)

The company performed in Roudaki Hall Opera House (Talar Roudaki) in Tehran, Iran.

After two decades, the Iranian National Ballet Company was recreated in exile by the Iranian born choreographer and ballet artist Nima Kiann in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 under the name of Les Ballets Persans

Les Ballets Persans

The Dance Company of Les Ballets Persans [in Persian سازمان باله ایران] is the recreation of the former Iranian National Ballet based in Tehran Roudaki Hall Opera House which was dissolved in 1979 after the Islamic revolution. The ballet artist and choreographer Nima Kiann founded Les Ballets...

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