• 1928 Ballets Russes
  Ballets Russes
  The Ballets Russes was an itinerant ballet company from Russia which performed between 1909 and 1929 in many countries. Directed by Sergei Diaghilev, it is regarded as the greatest ballet company of the 20th century. Many of its dancers originated from the Imperial Ballet of Saint Petersburg...
  
   premiere
• 1931 Royal Danish Ballet
  Royal Danish Ballet
  The Royal Danish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, it originates from 1748, when the Royal Danish Theatre was founded, and was finally organized in 1771 in response to the great popularity of French and Italian styles of dance...
  
  
• 1937 American Ballet Ensemble

1935-1938 resident Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...

 company

• 1941 American Ballet Caravan
• 1942 Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
• 1943 Ballet Theatre, which in 1957 became American Ballet Theatre
  American Ballet Theatre
  American Ballet Theatre , based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today...
  
  
• 1946 Sociedad Pro-Arte Musical, Cuba
• 1947 Paris Opera Ballet
  Paris Opera Ballet
  The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it...
  
  , Palais Garnier
  Palais Garnier
  The Palais Garnier, , is an elegant 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was originally called the Salle des Capucines because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier...
  
  
• 1948 Ballet Alicia Alonso, Cuba, 1948–1955
• late 1940s La Plata
  La Plata
  La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
  
   Teatro Argentino Ballet
• 1950 Ballet Nacional, Alberto Alonso Company, Cuba, 1950–1952
• 1951 New York City Ballet
  New York City Ballet
  New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
  
   premiere
• 1955 San Francisco Ballet
  San Francisco Ballet
  The San Francisco Ballet is a ballet company, founded in 1933 as the San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, under the direction of Helgi Tomasson. SFB is the first professional ballet company in the United States...
  
  
• 1958 Civic Ballet Society, Washington, D.C. (disbanded)
• 1959 Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper Vienna
• 1960 Servicio Oficial de Difusion Radio Electrica (S.O.D.R.E.) Ballet, Uruguay
• 1962 Ballett der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
• 1965 Boston Ballet
  Boston Ballet
  Boston Ballet, founded in 1963 by E. Virginia Williams, was the first professional repertory ballet company in New England. Boston Ballet’s national and international reputation developed under the leadership of Artistic Directors Violette Verdy , Bruce Marks , and Anna-Marie Holmes...
  
  
• 1965 Halina Biernacka Ballet, renamed São Paulo Chamber Ballet
• 1966 Den Norske Opera Ballet, Norway
• 1966 Dutch National Ballet
  Dutch National Ballet
  Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell , Rudi van Dantzig , Wayne Eagling and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. It is the largest dance company in the Netherlands and attracts many...
  
  , Amsterdam
• 1966 The Royal Ballet
• 1967 Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna
• 1967 Ballett der Wurttembergischen Staatsoper—Stuttgart
  Stuttgart Ballet
  Stuttgart Ballet was the first major German ballet company. It rose to fame in the 1960s under Artistic Director John Cranko. The company, which is renowned for presentations of full-length narrative ballets including Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin, The Taming of the Shrew, John Neumeier's Die...
  
  
• 1968 Halina Biernacka Ballet, renamed São Paulo Chamber Ballet
• 1969 Ballett der Deutschen Oper, West Berlin
• 1969 Grand Théâtre de Genève Ballet
• 1970 Birmingham Royal Ballet
  Birmingham Royal Ballet
  Birmingham Royal Ballet is one of the three major ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside the Royal Ballet and the English National Ballet....
  
   / Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet
• 1970 Teatro Comunale-Florence
• 1971 Ballett der Deutschen Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf
• 1971 Teatro alla Scala, Milan
• 1973 Teatro dell' Opera di Roma
• 1973 Wisconsin Ballet
• 1974 Ballett der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Munich
• 1974 Nureyev and Friends
• 1974 Koninklijk Ballet Van Vlaanderen
• 1975 Teatro Massimo
  Teatro Massimo
  The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located on the Piazza Verdi in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II....
  
  , Palermo
• 1976 Turino Opera
• 1977 Hungarian National Ballet
• 1977 Paris Opera Ballet
  Paris Opera Ballet
  The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it...
  
  , Palais Garnier
  Palais Garnier
  The Palais Garnier, , is an elegant 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was originally called the Salle des Capucines because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier...
  
  
• 1977 Stora Teaterns Balett, Gothenburg, Sweden
• 1978 Second International Dance Festival
• 1978 Teatro Massimo Bellini
  Teatro Massimo Bellini
  The Teatro Massimo Bellini is an opera house in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. Named after the local-born composer Vincenzo Bellini, it was inaugurated on 31 May 1890 with a performance of the composer's masterwork, Norma...
  
  , Catania, Sicily)
• 1979 Teatro Communale Ballet, Bologna
• 1981 Ballets de San Juan, Puerto Rico
• 1981 Ballett der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Munich
• 1981 Dutch National Ballet
  Dutch National Ballet
  Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell , Rudi van Dantzig , Wayne Eagling and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. It is the largest dance company in the Netherlands and attracts many...
  
  
• 1981 The Royal Ballet
• 1982 Ballet de l'Opera du Rhin, Strasbourg
• 1982 Ballett der Deutschen Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf
• 1982 Ballett der Deutschen Staatsoper, East Berlin
• 1984 Ballet de Nancy, France
• 1984 Ballet du Nord, France
• 1984 Chicago City Ballet (closed)
• 1985 Dutch National Ballet
  Dutch National Ballet
  Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell , Rudi van Dantzig , Wayne Eagling and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. It is the largest dance company in the Netherlands and attracts many...
  
  
• 1985 Universal Ballet Company
  Universal Ballet Company
  The Universal Ballet was founded in Seoul, South Korea in 1984. One of only four professional ballet companies in South Korea, the company performs a repertory that includes many full length classical story ballets, together with shorter contemporary works and original full-length Korean ballets...
  
  , Korea
• 1986 NAPAC Ballet, Durban, South Africa
• 1987 Caracas New World Ballet
• 1987 Miami City Ballet
  Miami City Ballet
  Miami City Ballet is an American ballet company based in Miami Beach, Florida. It was created in 1986 by former New York City Ballet principal dancer Edward Villella and flourishes today as one of America's most respected ballet companies...
  
  
• 1987 National Ballet Lisbon
• 1987 Royal Swedish Ballet
  Royal Swedish Ballet
  The Royal Swedish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in Europe. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, King Gustav III founded the ballet in 1773 as a part of his national cultural project in response to the French and Italian dominance in this field; he also founded the Royal Swedish Opera and the...
  
  
• 1987 Teatro Nacional de San Carlo
• 1988 Ballet British Columbia
• 1988 Ballet Chicago
• 1988 Ballet du Louvre
• 1988 Cincinnati Ballet
  Cincinnati Ballet
  The Cincinnati Ballet is a professional ballet company founded in 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The current artistic director is Victoria Morgan.-Founding:...
  
  
• 1988 English National Ballet
  English National Ballet
  English National Ballet is a classical ballet company founded by Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin and based at Markova House in South Kensington, London, England. Along with the Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Scottish Ballet, it is one of the four major ballet companies in Great...
  
  , London Festival
• 1988 Matsuyama Ballet Company, Japan
• 1988 Stora Teaterns Balett, Gothenburg, Sweden
• 1988 Teatro Nacional de San Carlo
• 1988 Teresa Carreno-Ballet Caracas
• 1988 The Royal Ballet
• 1989 Texas Ballet, formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet
• 1989 Washington Ballet
  Washington Ballet
  The Washington Ballet is an ensemble of professional athletic classical ballet dancers. It was founded in 1976 by American ballet pioneer Mary Day, and has been under the artistic directorship of Septime Webre since 1999.-The Mary Day years :...
  
  
• 1990 Ballet Chicago
• 1990 Ballet du Nord, France
• 1990 Ballett der Deutschen Oper, Berlin
• 1990 Ballett der Deutschen Staatsoper, Berlin
• 1990 Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna
• 1990 Miami City Ballet
  Miami City Ballet
  Miami City Ballet is an American ballet company based in Miami Beach, Florida. It was created in 1986 by former New York City Ballet principal dancer Edward Villella and flourishes today as one of America's most respected ballet companies...
  
  
• 1990 Stora Teaterns Balett, Gothenburg, Sweden
• 1991 Den Norske Opera Ballet, Norway
• 1991 Kansas City Ballet
  Kansas City Ballet
  Founded in 1957, Kansas City Ballet is a 25-member professional ballet company under the direction of Artistic Director William Whitener and Executive Director Jeffrey J. Bentley. Kansas City Ballet performs three mixed repertory seasons per year as well as the ever-popular Nutcracker...
  
  , formerly State Ballet of Missouri
• 1991 Kirov Ballet
• 1991 National Ballet Lisbon
• 1991 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
  Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
  The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is an American professional ballet company based in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.- History :...
  
  
• 1991 The Australian Ballet
• 1991 Theatre & Philharmonie, Essen, Germany
• 1992 Ballet Chicago
• 1992 Cleveland San Jose Ballet
• 1992 Dutch National Ballet
  Dutch National Ballet
  Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell , Rudi van Dantzig , Wayne Eagling and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. It is the largest dance company in the Netherlands and attracts many...
  
  
• 1992 Miami City Ballet
  Miami City Ballet
  Miami City Ballet is an American ballet company based in Miami Beach, Florida. It was created in 1986 by former New York City Ballet principal dancer Edward Villella and flourishes today as one of America's most respected ballet companies...
  
  
• 1992 Ottawa Ballet
• 1992 Richmond Ballet, the State Ballet of Virginia
• 1992 Royal Danish Ballet
  Royal Danish Ballet
  The Royal Danish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, it originates from 1748, when the Royal Danish Theatre was founded, and was finally organized in 1771 in response to the great popularity of French and Italian styles of dance...
  
  
• 1992 Texas Ballet, formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet
• 1992 Washington Ballet
  Washington Ballet
  The Washington Ballet is an ensemble of professional athletic classical ballet dancers. It was founded in 1976 by American ballet pioneer Mary Day, and has been under the artistic directorship of Septime Webre since 1999.-The Mary Day years :...
  
  
• 1993 Atlanta Ballet
  Atlanta Ballet
  Atlanta Ballet is a ballet company, located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the nation’s longest continuously performing ballet company and the State Ballet of Georgia.- History :...
  
  
• 1993 Ballet de San Juan
• 1993 Bellas Artes, Madrid

• 1993 Boston Ballet
  Boston Ballet
  Boston Ballet, founded in 1963 by E. Virginia Williams, was the first professional repertory ballet company in New England. Boston Ballet’s national and international reputation developed under the leadership of Artistic Directors Violette Verdy , Bruce Marks , and Anna-Marie Holmes...
  
  
• 1993 Montana Ballet
• 1993 Pacific Northwest Ballet
  Pacific Northwest Ballet
  Pacific Northwest Ballet is a ballet company based in Seattle, Washington in the United States. Founded in 1972 as part of the Seattle Opera and named the Pacific Northwest Dance Association, it broke away from the Opera in 1977 and took its current name in 1978. It is said to have the highest per...
  
  
• 1993 Paris Opera Ballet
  Paris Opera Ballet
  The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it...
  
  , Palais Garnier
  Palais Garnier
  The Palais Garnier, , is an elegant 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was originally called the Salle des Capucines because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier...
  
  
• 1993 Teresa Carreno-Ballet Caracas
• 1993 The Royal Ballet
• 1994 Louisville Ballet
  Louisville Ballet
  The Louisville Ballet is a ballet school and company based in Louisville, Kentucky and is the official state ballet of The Commonwealth of Kentucky. More than 100,000 people attend the company's productions annually of which most are accompanied by the Louisville Orchestra...
  
  
• 1994 Paris Opera Ballet
  Paris Opera Ballet
  The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it...
  
  , Palais Garnier
  Palais Garnier
  The Palais Garnier, , is an elegant 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was originally called the Salle des Capucines because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier...
  
  
• 1994 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
  Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
  The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is an American professional ballet company based in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.- History :...
  
  
• 1994 Theatre & Philharmonie, Essen, Germany
• 1995 Ballett der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Munich
• 1995 Colorado Ballet
  Colorado Ballet
  Colorado Ballet is a classical ballet company based in Denver, Colorado. Comprising two academies as well as a company, Colorado Ballet serves more than 110,000 patrons each year. The main performance venue is Ellie Caukins Opera House in downtown Denver....
  
  
• 1995 Dance Alive!, State Touring Company of Florida
• 1995 Miami City Ballet
  Miami City Ballet
  Miami City Ballet is an American ballet company based in Miami Beach, Florida. It was created in 1986 by former New York City Ballet principal dancer Edward Villella and flourishes today as one of America's most respected ballet companies...
  
  
• 1995 Texas Ballet, formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet
• 1996 American Ballet Theatre
  American Ballet Theatre
  American Ballet Theatre , based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today...
  
  
• 1996 Asami Maki Ballet, Japan
• 1996 Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna
• 1996 Dutch National Ballet
  Dutch National Ballet
  Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell , Rudi van Dantzig , Wayne Eagling and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. It is the largest dance company in the Netherlands and attracts many...
  
  
• 1996 Grand Theatre de Bordeaux
  Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux
  Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, is a Theatre in Bordeaux, France, first inaugurated on 17 April 1780. It was in this theatre that the ballet La Fille Mal Gardée premiered in 1789, and where a young Marius Petipa staged some of his first ballets....
  
  
• 1996 Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
• 1996 Paris Opera Ballet
  Paris Opera Ballet
  The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it...
  
  , Palais Garnier
  Palais Garnier
  The Palais Garnier, , is an elegant 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was originally called the Salle des Capucines because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier...
  
  
• 1996 Pennsylvania Ballet
  Pennsylvania Ballet
  Founded in 1963 by Balanchine student and protégée Barbara Weisberger, Pennsylvania Ballet is one of the leading ballet companies in the United States. Headquartered in Philadelphia, the company’s annual local season features six programs of classic favorites and new works, including the...
  
  
• 1996 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
  Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
  The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is an American professional ballet company based in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.- History :...
  
  
• 1996 Royal Danish Ballet
  Royal Danish Ballet
  The Royal Danish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, it originates from 1748, when the Royal Danish Theatre was founded, and was finally organized in 1771 in response to the great popularity of French and Italian styles of dance...
  
  
• 1996 Teatro Comunale
  Teatro Comunale
  The name Teatro comunale is an Italian term for a theater house, or opera house. Many towns in Italy have a Teatro Comunale.Notable opera houses known as Teatro Comunale:* Teatro Comunale Alighieri, Ravenna...
  
  , Florence
• 1996 Texas Ballet, formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet
• 1996 Wiesbaden
  Wiesbaden
  Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...
  
  
• 1997 Cleveland San Jose Ballet
• 1997 Hartford Ballet
• 1997 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
  Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
  Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal is a Canadian ballet company based in Montreal, Quebec.It was founded in 1957 by Ludmilla Chiriaeff. Conductor and composer Michel Perrault served as the organization's first music director. In 2000, Gradimir Pankov became Artistic Director...
  
  
• 1997 Miami City Ballet
  Miami City Ballet
  Miami City Ballet is an American ballet company based in Miami Beach, Florida. It was created in 1986 by former New York City Ballet principal dancer Edward Villella and flourishes today as one of America's most respected ballet companies...
  
  
• 1997 Santa Fe Festival Ballet
• 1997 The Australian Ballet
• 1998 Diablo Ballet
• 1998 Kirov Ballet
• 1998 Louisville Ballet
  Louisville Ballet
  The Louisville Ballet is a ballet school and company based in Louisville, Kentucky and is the official state ballet of The Commonwealth of Kentucky. More than 100,000 people attend the company's productions annually of which most are accompanied by the Louisville Orchestra...
  
  
• 1998 Sarasota Ballet of Florida
• 1998 Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
• 1999 Aterballetto, Centro Regionale della Danza, Reggio Emilia, Italy
• 1999 Ballet de l'Opera du Rhin, Strasbourg
• 1999 Dance Theatre of Harlem
  Dance Theatre of Harlem
  Dance Theatre of Harlem is a ballet company and school of the allied arts founded in Harlem, New York City, USA in 1969 by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook...
  
  
• 1999 Pennsylvania Ballet
  Pennsylvania Ballet
  Founded in 1963 by Balanchine student and protégée Barbara Weisberger, Pennsylvania Ballet is one of the leading ballet companies in the United States. Headquartered in Philadelphia, the company’s annual local season features six programs of classic favorites and new works, including the...
  
  
• 1999 Richmond Ballet, the State Ballet of Virginia
• 1999 The Metropolitan Opera Association, Kirov Ballet performance at the Metropolitan Opera House
  Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)
  The Metropolitan Opera House is an opera house located on Broadway at Lincoln Square in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the theater opened in 1966. It replaced the former Metropolitan Opera House at Broadway and 39th St...
  
  
• 1999 The National Ballet of Canada
• 2000 Ballet Arizona
  Ballet Arizona
  Ballet Arizona is a professional ballet company in Phoenix, Arizona directed by Ib Andersen. The company was created in 1986 by a merger of three smaller Arizonan dance companies that were struggling to survive...
  
  
• 2000 Ballet Arlington, now called Metropolitan Classical Ballet
• 2000 National Ballet Lisbon
• 2000 Teatro dell' Opera di Roma
• 2001 Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
  Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
  - External links :*...
  
  
• 2001 Boca Ballet Theatre
• 2001 English National Ballet
  English National Ballet
  English National Ballet is a classical ballet company founded by Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin and based at Markova House in South Kensington, London, England. Along with the Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Scottish Ballet, it is one of the four major ballet companies in Great...
  
  , London Festival
• 2001 Ballett der Wurttembergischen Staatsoper
  Stuttgart Ballet
  Stuttgart Ballet was the first major German ballet company. It rose to fame in the 1960s under Artistic Director John Cranko. The company, which is renowned for presentations of full-length narrative ballets including Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin, The Taming of the Shrew, John Neumeier's Die...
  
  , Stuttgart
• 2001 The National Ballet of Canada
  National Ballet of Canada
  The National Ballet of Canada is Canada's largest ballet troupe. It was founded by Celia Franca in 1951 and is based in Toronto, Ontario. Based upon the unity of Canadian trained dancers in the tradition and style of England's Royal Ballet, The National is regarded as one of the premier classical...
  
  
• 2002 Ballett Mainz
• 2002 Channel Island Ballet, formerly Ballet Wisconsin
• 2002 Oper Leipzig
  Oper Leipzig
  Oper Leipzig is an opera house and opera company in Leipzig, Germany.The Leipzig Opera traces its establishment to the year 1693, making it the third oldest opera venue in Europe after La Fenice and the Hamburg State Opera...
  
  
• 2002 Pennsylvania Ballet
  Pennsylvania Ballet
  Founded in 1963 by Balanchine student and protégée Barbara Weisberger, Pennsylvania Ballet is one of the leading ballet companies in the United States. Headquartered in Philadelphia, the company’s annual local season features six programs of classic favorites and new works, including the...
  
  
• 2002 Teatro Comunale
  Teatro Comunale
  The name Teatro comunale is an Italian term for a theater house, or opera house. Many towns in Italy have a Teatro Comunale.Notable opera houses known as Teatro Comunale:* Teatro Comunale Alighieri, Ravenna...
  
  , Florence
• 2003 Birmingham Royal Ballet
  Birmingham Royal Ballet
  Birmingham Royal Ballet is one of the three major ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside the Royal Ballet and the English National Ballet....
  
   / Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet
• 2003 Caramoor
  Caramoor
  Caramoor may refer to:*Caramoor International Music Festival, held at*Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts Inc., a former estate listed on the National Register of Historic Places near Katonah, New York...
  
  
• 2003 Croatian National Ballet
• 2003 Milwaukee Ballet
  Milwaukee Ballet
  The Milwaukee Ballet is a professional ballet company located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1969 by Roberta Boorse and held its first performance on April 24, 1970. It is currently ranked among the top twelve ballet companies in the United States...
  
  
• 2003 New Orleans Ballet Theatre
• 2003 Suzanne Farrell Ballet
  Suzanne Farrell Ballet
  The Suzanne Farrell Ballet is a ballet company housed at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., and founded in 2000 by Suzanne Farrell, one of George Balanchine's most celebrated ballerinas, and a former New York City Ballet principal dancer. Today, the ballet is a full-fledged company produced by...
  
  
• 2003 The Royal Ballet
• 2004 Ballet Arizona
  Ballet Arizona
  Ballet Arizona is a professional ballet company in Phoenix, Arizona directed by Ib Andersen. The company was created in 1986 by a merger of three smaller Arizonan dance companies that were struggling to survive...
  
  
• 2004 Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse
• 2004 Houston Ballet
  Houston Ballet
  The Houston Ballet, operated by the Houston Ballet Foundation, is the fourth-largest professional ballet company in the United States, based in Houston, Texas. The foundation also maintains a ballet academy, the Ben Stevenson Academy, which trains more than half of the company's dancers...
  
  
• 2004 Joffrey Ballet
  Joffrey Ballet
  The Joffrey Ballet is a dance company in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1956. From 1995 to 2004, the company was known as The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. The company regularly performs classical ballets including Romeo & Juliet and The Nutcracker, while balancing those classics with pioneering modern...
  
  
• 2004 National Ballet Lisbon
• 2004 National Ballet of Canada
  National Ballet of Canada
  The National Ballet of Canada is Canada's largest ballet troupe. It was founded by Celia Franca in 1951 and is based in Toronto, Ontario. Based upon the unity of Canadian trained dancers in the tradition and style of England's Royal Ballet, The National is regarded as one of the premier classical...
  
  
• 2004 Richmond Ballet
• 2004 San Francisco Ballet
  San Francisco Ballet
  The San Francisco Ballet is a ballet company, founded in 1933 as the San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, under the direction of Helgi Tomasson. SFB is the first professional ballet company in the United States...
  
  
• 2004 Stuttgart Ballet
  Stuttgart Ballet
  Stuttgart Ballet was the first major German ballet company. It rose to fame in the 1960s under Artistic Director John Cranko. The company, which is renowned for presentations of full-length narrative ballets including Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin, The Taming of the Shrew, John Neumeier's Die...
  
  
• 2005 American Ballet Theatre
  American Ballet Theatre
  American Ballet Theatre , based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today...
  
  
• 2005 Ballet National de Marseille
• 2005 Diablo Ballet
• 2005 Minnesota Ballet
  Minnesota Ballet
  The Minnesota Ballet is a ballet company and school located in Duluth, Minnesota. Founded in 1965 by Donna Harkins and Jan Gibson as the Duluth Civic Ballet, the company has since expanded into a touring company with fourteen professional artists, who are locally based...
  
  
• 2005 New Orleans Ballet Theatre
• 2005 Pacific Northwest Ballet
  Pacific Northwest Ballet
  Pacific Northwest Ballet is a ballet company based in Seattle, Washington in the United States. Founded in 1972 as part of the Seattle Opera and named the Pacific Northwest Dance Association, it broke away from the Opera in 1977 and took its current name in 1978. It is said to have the highest per...
  
  
• 2005 Scottish Ballet
  Scottish Ballet
  Scottish Ballet is the national ballet company of Scotland and one of the four leading ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet...
  
  
• 2005 Staatsoper Unter den Linden
• 2005 State Ballet of Georgia
  State Ballet of Georgia
  The State Ballet of Georgia is the ballet company of the Tbilisi Z. Paliashvilil Opera and Ballet State Theatre. Nina Ananiashvili has been artistic director since 2004. Its repertory includes works by Ashton, Balanchine, Bournonville, Kylián, Ratmansky, Possokhov, McIntyre and Welch...
  
  
• 2005 Teatro dell' Opera di Roma
• 2006 Ballet Arlington, now called Metropolitan Classical Ballet
• 2006 Birmingham Royal Ballet
  Birmingham Royal Ballet
  Birmingham Royal Ballet is one of the three major ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside the Royal Ballet and the English National Ballet....
  
  
• 2006 City Ballet of San Diego
• 2007 Australian Ballet
• 2007 Los Angeles Ballet
  Los Angeles Ballet
  The Los Angeles Ballet, located in Los Angeles, California was founded in 2006.It is led by the husband and wife team of Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary, who serve as artistic directors. Christensen danced with the Royal Danish Ballet, and he and Neary both performed with the New York City...
  
  
• 2007 Norwegian National Ballet
• 2007 Oregon Ballet Theatre
• 2007 Paris Opera Ballet
  Paris Opera Ballet
  The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it...
  
  
• 2007 Sacramento Ballet
• 2007 Zurich Ballet
• 2007 Staatsballett Berlin
• 2008 Absolute Ballet
• 2008 Royal Ballet of Flanders
• 2008 Staatsballett Berlin

External links

• NYCB website

• Balanchine Trust website

• Balanchine Foundation website