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| x Teatro Massimo, Palermo |
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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. It is the biggest in Italy and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the...
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| x Les Ballets de Monte Carlo |
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Grimaldi Forum | 1985 | Caroline, Princess of Hanover |
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo is a classical ballet company established in 1985 by Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hanover in accordance with the wishes of her mother, Princess Grace of Monaco. It is the official, national company of the...
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| x English National Ballet |
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London | 1950 | Anton Dolin |
English National Ballet is a renowned classical ballet company founded by Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin and based at Markova House in London, England. One of three major ballet companies in Great Britain, English National Ballet is one of...
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| x Pacific Northwest Ballet |
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Seattle | 1972 |
Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) 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...
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| x Royal Danish Ballet |
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Copenhagen | 1748 |
The Royal Danish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in Europe. 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...
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| x Paris Opera Ballet |
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Paris | 1661 |
The Paris Opéra Ballet is the official ballet company of the Opéra de Paris, otherwise known as the Palais Garnier, though known more popularly simply as the Paris Opéra. Its origins can be traced back to 1661 with the foundation of the Académie...
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| x Royal Ballet, London |
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London | 1931 | Ninette de Valois |
The Royal Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the three major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in 1931 by...
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| x San Francisco Ballet |
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War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco | 1933 | Willam Christensen |
The San Francisco Ballet (SFB) is a ballet company, founded in 1933 as part of San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, under the direction of Helgi Tomasson. SFB is the...
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| x Milwaukee Ballet |
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Milwaukee | 1969 |
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...
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| x Australian Ballet Company | Melbourne | 1962 |
The Australian Ballet is the foremost classical ballet company in Australia. It was founded by the English ballerina Dame Peggy van Praagh in 1962 and is today recognised as one of the world's major international ballet companies.
The roots of The...
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| x Royal New Zealand Ballet | Wellington | 1953 |
The Royal New Zealand Ballet is based in Wellington, New Zealand. It was originally known as The New Zealand Ballet Company.
New Zealand Ballet was established in 1953 as an independent charitable trust by Royal Danish Ballet Principal Poul Gnatt,...
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| x Birmingham Royal Ballet |
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Birmingham |
Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) is a British ballet company and one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United Kingdom. It was originally formed as the sister company of today's Royal Ballet when it moved to become the resident...
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| x American Ballet | New York | 1946 | George Balanchine |
American Ballet was the first professional ballet company George Balanchine created in the United States. The company was founded with the help of Lincoln Kirstein, and was populated by students of Kirstein and Balanchine's School of American Ballet...
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| x New York City Ballet |
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New York City | 1948 | George Balanchine |
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein with musical director Leon Barzin and with founding choreographers Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. City Ballet grew out of...
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| x Ballet Nacional de Cuba |
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Havana | 1948 | Alicia Alonso |
The Cuban National Ballet (Spanish: Ballet National de Cuba) is an internationally renowned classical ballet company based at the Great Theatre of Havana in Havana, Cuba. Founded by the Cuban Prima Ballerina Assoluta, Alicia Alonso in 1948, it has...
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| x Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre |
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Pittsburg |
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is an American professional ballet company based in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
In 1965, Yugoslavian choreographer Nicolas Petrov joined the dance faculty at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. By...
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| x National Ballet of Canada | Toronto | 1951 | Celia Franca |
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...
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| x Houston Ballet | Houston | 1955 | Tatiana Semenova |
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 an acclaimed ballet academy, the Ben Stevenson Academy,...
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| x Mariinsky Ballet |
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Saint Petersburg |
The Mariinsky Ballet, is a classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 19th Century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading...
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| x Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo | Monte Carlo | 1933 | Vassily de Basil |
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo was an influential ballet company founded by René Blum and Colonel Vassily de Basil in 1933. The company followed Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, which had stopped operating when Diaghilev died in 1929. In 1938 the...
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| x Tulsa Ballet | Tulsa | 1956 |
Tulsa Ballet is a professional American Ballet company located in Tulsa, OK. The artistic mission of Tulsa Ballet is "To preserve the tradition of classical ballet, promote the appreciation of contemporary dance, create works of superior and...
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| x Ballet San Jose |
Ballet San Jose in San Jose, California, USA, was founded in 1986 as the "San Jose Cleveland Ballet," a co-venture with the ten-year old Cleveland Ballet which offered to the dancers added performing exposure, and each city a ballet company for a...
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| x Ballets Russes |
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Paris | 1909 | Sergei Diaghilev |
The Ballets Russes (French for The Russian Ballets) was an itinerant ballet company which performed under the directorship of Sergei Diaghilev between 1909 and 1929. Some of their places of residence included the Théâtre Mogador and the Théâtre du...
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| x Scottish Ballet | Glasgow | 1957 | Peter Darrell |
Scottish Ballet is Scotland's national ballet company, based in Glasgow.
Founded by Peter Darrell and Elizabeth West as Western Theatre Ballet in Bristol in 1957, the Company moved to Glasgow in 1969 and was renamed Scottish Theatre Ballet, changing...
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| x Royal Swedish Ballet |
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Stockholm | 1773 | Gustav III of Sweden |
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...
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| x Bavarian State Ballet |
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| x Dutch National Ballet | Amsterdam | 1961 |
Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell (1961-1969), Rudi van Dantzig (1969-1991), Wayne Eagling (1991-2003) and is currently directed by...
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| x Vienna State Opera Ballet |
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Vienna State Opera |
The Vienna State Opera Ballet, like the opera company, is based at the Vienna State Opera House in Vienna, Austria. The original building was destroyed by Allied bombing in 1945.
The ballet company performs to a worldwide audience each New Year's...
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| x Royal Winnipeg Ballet | Winnipeg | 1939 |
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is Canada's oldest ballet company and the longest continuously operating ballet company in North America.
It was founded in 1939 as the "Winnipeg Ballet Club" by Gweneth Lloyd and Betty...
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| x Stuttgart Ballet |
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Stuttgart |
Stuttgart Ballet was the first major German ballet company. It rose to fame in the 1960s under Artistic Director John Cranko. The company, which in renowned for full-length narrative ballets, including Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin, The Taming of...
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| x American Ballet Theatre | New York City | 1937 |
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. A writer for London's The Observer describes the ABT along with the New York...
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| x Boston Ballet |
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Boston | 1963 |
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 ...
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| x Pennsylvania Ballet | Philadelphia | 1963 | Barbara Weisberger |
The Pennsylvania Ballet is a ballet company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, established in 1963 by Barbara Weisberger. The company became a regionally important institution, and performed in New York for the first time in 1968. The Ballet has since...
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| x Queensland Ballet | Brisbane | 1960 | Charles Lisner |
The Queensland Ballet, founded in 1960 by Charles Lisner OBE, is the premier ballet company of Queensland, Australia which is based in Brisbane.
With 23 young, athletic and technically accomplished dancers, Queensland Ballet is a vibrant and...
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| x Béjart Ballet | Lausanne | 1987 | Maurice Béjart |
The Béjart Ballet (officially the Béjart Ballet Lausanne) is a Swiss ballet company. It is based in the city of Lausanne, but tours other countries.
Béjart Ballet Lausanne was founded in 1987. It was established by Maurice Béjart, a well-known...
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| x Carolina Ballet |
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Raleigh | 1997 |
Carolina Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1997 which performs primarily in Raleigh, North Carolina and throughout the state. It has toured to New York City, Hungary and China. Robert Weiss, the artistic director, danced for George Balanchine...
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| x Cincinnati Ballet | Cincinnati | 1958 |
The Cincinnati Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1958 in Cincinnati, United States.
Cincinnati Ballet is presently celebrating its 2008-09, the 45th anniversary season. The first official auditions were in 1963 at the YMCA, where 41 dancers were...
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| x Miami City Ballet |
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Miami | 1986 | Edward Villella |
Miami City Ballet is an American ballet company based in Miami, Florida at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. It was created in 1986 by former New York City Ballet principal dancer Edward Villella and flourishes today as one of...
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| x Minnesota Ballet |
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Duluth | 1965 |
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,...
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| x Louisville Ballet | Louisville | 1952 |
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...
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| x Hamburg Ballet | Hamburg | 1973 |
Hamburg Ballet, also known as the Hamburg State Opera Ballet, is an internationally acclaimed ballet company located in Hamburg, Germany. Since 1973 it is directed by the American dancer and choreografer John Neumeier.
In addition there is a Ballet...
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| x Oregon Ballet Theater |
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Oregon Ballet Theatre (OBT) is a ballet company in the U.S. state of Oregon.
The company is the result of the 1989 merger of Ballet Oregon and Pacific Ballet Theater. James Canfield, a former dancer with Joffrey Ballet and principal dancer with...
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| x National ballet of China | Beijing | 1959 |
The National Ballet of China (NBC), or the Central Ballet Troupe as known in China, headquartered in Beijing, was founded on December 31, 1959, and is the only national ballet troupe of the country. Master Peter Gushev from the former Soviet Union...
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| x Washington Ballet |
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Washington | 1976 |
Founded in 1976 by the great American ballet pioneer Mary Day and under Septime Webre’s artistic directorship since 1999, The Washington Ballet is an ensemble of powerfully professional athletic classical ballet dancers performing a repertory of new...
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| x Placer Theatre Ballet | Auburn |
Placer Theatre Ballet ballet company in Placer County, California, USA, and holds performances in Auburn, California. Practice for this company takes place at the school The Conservatory of Dance in Rocklin, California.
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| x Eugene Ballet | Eugene | 1978 |
The Eugene Ballet Company (EBC) is a ballet company based in Eugene, Oregon. It is a resident company of the Hult Center for the Performing Arts.
Under the Artistic Direction of Toni Pimble and Technical Director Jim Bradford, this 20-member...
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| x Complexions Contemporary Ballet |
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New York City | 1994 | Dwight Rhoden |
Complexions Contemporary Ballet is a contemporary ballet company founded in 1994 by Artistic Directors Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson based in New York City comprising about twenty classical and contemporary dancers. Complexions performs...
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| x The Sacramento Ballet | Sacramento | 1954 |
The Sacramento Ballet was founded in 1954 by Barbara Crockett and Deane Crockett. During Ms. Crockett’s tenure as Company Director, The Sacramento Ballet gained national recognition as one of the finest regional arts companies. Through community...
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| x Ballet West | Salt Lake City | 1963 |
Ballet West, Salt Lake City, Utah was founded in 1963 by Glenn Walker Wallace, who served as its first president. It was called the Utah Civic Ballet company. Willam F. Christensen was its first artistic director and also established the first...
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| x Cape Town City Ballet |
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Cape Town | 1934 | Dulcie Howes |
The Cape Town City Ballet Company, formerly known as the CAPAB Ballet Company, is based in Cape Town, South Africa.
The Cape Town City Ballet originates from the UCT Ballet Company, which was established by Dulcie Howes in 1934. This became the...
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| x Suzanne Farrell Ballet | Washington | 2000 | Suzanne Farrell |
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,...
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| x Cullberg Ballet | Norsborg | 1967 | Birgit Cullberg |
The Cullberg Ballet (Swedish: Cullbergbaletten) is a Swedish ballet company.
It was founded by the modern dancer and pioneer choreographer Birgit Cullberg in 1967, who brought it to fame.
After Cullberg's retirement in 1985 the company was until...
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| x Moscow Ballet |
The name Moscow Ballet has commonly been applied to a number of different ballet companies, these include the:
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| x Chicago Festival Ballet | Chicago | 1990 | Kenneth von Heidecke |
Chicago Festival Ballet is a professional ballet company performing a repertoire of classical, romantic and neoclassical works in venues around the United States. Chicago Festival Ballet is also known as Von Heidecke’s Chicago Festival Ballet....
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| x K-ballet |
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K-ballet is a Japanese ballet company. The company started in 1999 and has since held approximately 50 annual performances. K-Ballet's activity was first recognised internationally in July 2004, when the ballet group was invited to New York's...
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| x Original Ballet Russe | Monte Carlo | 1938 | Vassily de Basil |
The Original Ballet Russe was a ballet company led by Wassily de Basil, which split from the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1938, after de Basil's disagreement with Léonide Massine and René Blum.
The company performed in London at the Royal Opera...
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| x Oakland Ballet | Oakland | 1961 |
The Oakland Ballet company is a non-profit ballet company based in Oakland, California since its foundation in 1961. It often performs in the NHL Art-Deco Paramount Theatre. Ronn Guidi served as artistic director from 1961 through 1996. In 2006, the...
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| x St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre |
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Saint Petersburg | 1994 |
The St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre was founded in 1994 by Russian entrepreneur Konstantin Tachkin, for the purpose of delivering classical Russian ballet to audiences worldwide. They tour extensively, including return visits to Great Britain and...
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| x Shanghai Ballet Company | Shanghai | 1966 |
The Shanghai Ballet Company is the state ballet company for Shanghai. This regional dance troupe organized in 1966 (though they did not settle on the name "Shanghai Ballet" until 1979). They perform a blend of traditional and Western dance styles...
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| x National Opera and Ballet Sofia | Sofia | 1890 |
The National Opera and Ballet Sofia is an opera and ballet company located in Sofia Bulgaria. It was founded in 1890 in the Western European and Russian opera theatre traditions following the collapse of Ottoman domination.
As the company evolved...
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