New York City Ballet (NYCB) was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine in 1948. Within no time, it became world-renowned for its contemporary and athletic style. NYCB is one of the leading dance companies worldwide. Their roster consists of unparalleled repertory and spectacular dancers.
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company.
The company was named New York City Ballet in 1948 when it became a resident at City Center of Music and Drama. Its success was marked by its move to the New York State Theater, now David H. Koch Theater. City Ballet became the first ballet company in the United States to have two permanent venue engagements: one at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater on 63rd Street in Manhattan, and another at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Currently, the company has approximately 90 dancers, making it the largest dance organization in America. It has an active repertory of over 150 works, principally choreographed by Balanchine and Robbins. The School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, is thriving in its spacious home in The Samuel B. & David Rose Building at Lincoln Center with an enrollment of over 350 aspiring dancers from nearly every state in the nation and around the world.
NYCB still has the largest repertoire by far of any American ballet company. It often stages 60 ballets or more in its winter and spring seasons at Lincoln Center each year, and 20 or more in its summer season in Saratoga Springs. City Ballet has performed The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and many more. City Ballet has trained and developed many great dancers since its formation.
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