Ballet company
A ballet company (also ballet company , ballet ensemble or corps de ballet ) is a tightly knit group of trained professional dancers , mostly at an opera house or theater , who regularly perform previously rehearsed ballets . As is customary in theater, a distinction can be made between seasonal performances and repertoire pieces.
The author of the respective ballet is called a choreographer .
The term "corps de ballet" is mainly used in connection with ballet companies at opera houses. The Corps de Ballet is responsible there for the design of dance in the performances of operas and operettas .
In addition to the ballet company, which deals with classical ballet, the term dance ensemble is also used. A dance ensemble generally deals with the performance of stage dance . Thus a ballet company is a special case of a dance ensemble.
Ballet companies by country (selection)
Bulgaria
Denmark
Germany
- Sorbian National Ensemble , Bautzen
- State Ballet Berlin , Berlin
- Ballet at the Dortmund Theater
- Semperoper Ballet , Dresden
- The Forsythe Company , Dresden / Frankfurt am Main
- Ballet company of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein , Düsseldorf / Duisburg
- Aalto Ballet, Aalto-Theater Essen
- Hamburg Ballet , Hamburg
- Ballet Ensemble Lower Saxony State Theater Hanover
- Badisches Staatsballett Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
- Leipzig Ballet , Leipzig Opera
- Ballet Magdeburg, Theater Magdeburg , Magdeburg
- Ballettmainz , State Theater Mainz
- Bavarian State Ballet , Munich
- TanzTheaterMünchen , Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz , Munich (artistic director: Hans Henning Paar)
- Ballet of the Saarland State Theater / Donlon Dance Company, Saarbrücken
- Stuttgart Ballet , Stuttgart
France
- Ballets Russes , Paris 1910–1929
- Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris , Paris
Great Britain
- English National Ballet , London
- The Royal Ballet , London
- Sadler's Wells Ballet , London
Japan
Canada
Cuba
- Ballet Nacional de Cuba , Havana
Netherlands
- Het Nationale Ballet , Amsterdam
- Nederlands Dans Theater , The Hague
Austria
- Ballet ensemble of the Vienna State Opera , Vienna
- Ballet ensemble of the Salzburg State Theater , Salzburg
Russia
- Kirov Ballet , Saint Petersburg
- Bolshoi Ballet , Moscow
- Perm Ballet , Perm
- Kremlin Ballet , Moscow
- Russian State Ballet , Moscow
Switzerland
- Zurich Ballet , Zurich
Spain
Hungary
United States
- New York City Ballet , New York
- American Ballet Theater , New York
- San Francisco Ballet , San Francisco
- Houston Ballet , Houston
- Philadelphia Dance Company , Philadelphia
- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago