new york city ballet

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Preeminent U.S. ballet company. The company is descended from the American Ballet, which was founded by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein in 1935 and revived as the Ballet Society in 1946; it assumed its current name in 1948. Under Balanchine's artistic direction, the company became the leading U.S. ballet troupe, combining European classical ballet with American characterization and innovation and exerting enormous influence on American dance. It moved to its permanent home, the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, in 1964. Later artistic directors Jerome Robbins and Peter Martins contributed numerous works to its repertoire. Its leading dancers have included Maria Tallchief, Edward Villella, Jacques d'Amboise, and Suzanne Farrell

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new york city ballet

    Hyphenation

    new York Ci·ty bal·let

    Turkish pronunciation

    nyu yôrk sîti bäley

    Pronunciation

    /ˈnyo͞o ˈyôrk ˈsətē baˈlā/ /ˈnjuː ˈjɔːrk ˈsɪtiː bæˈleɪ/
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