Category: Companies

In 1909 the city of Ufa built a community cultural centre named after S. Aksakov. In 1938 this building became the home of the Bashkortostan State Opera & Ballet Theatre. The Bashkortostan Opera Studio was opened in 1932. The Bashkortostan Ballet began its history in 1940 with the ballet Coppelia. The Bashkortostan Ballet School opened in 1955 and started to train dancers for the company. In October 1987 the theatre reopened after renovation.

The Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre is one of the youngest musical theatres in Russia, having opened for its first season on 20 December 1978. In the same year the theatre’s ballet company, the Russian State Ballet of Siberia was formed and comprises about 50 dancers.

Under the direction of young Spanish balletdirector and principal choreographer Goyo Montero a completely new ballet company started at Nuremberg with the season 2008/09 rnThe work of the company is based on a strong classical fundament and at the same time it focusses on contemporary dance language. rnWith his 19 soloists from 10 nations, Goyo Montero has succeeded in very short time to form an ensemble …

Australian Dance Theatre is the pre-eminent contemporary dance company in Australia and has been producing consistently extraordinary new dance since it was formed in Adelaide in 1965.

Throughout its rich history, the audiences of National Theatre in Belgrade had seen many guest performing of best dancers, singers and actors of their time. The constant quality of the repertoire that merges good tradition with contemporary approach, along with the outstanding level of performing ….

The Romanian Opera House was established on April 1st, 1921. In 1924, Anton Romanovski moved to Romania and set up the first ballet company of the opera. The former prime-soloist of Polish origin had danced with Vaslav Nijinski, Anna Pavlova, Tamara Karsavina and Matilda Ksesinska. The first ballet ….

The Polish Dance Theatre – Poznań Ballet was established in 1973 on the initiative of the city authorities and local artistic circles. The job of managing it was given to Conrad Drzewiecki, an outstanding dancer and choreographer. Drzewiecki\’s 15 years at the helm were characterised by pioneer ….

The Polish National Ballet is Poland’s largest ballet company, with plenty of excellent local and foreign dancers guaranteeing a high standard of performances. It reflects the character, energy, and aspirations of Polish society. The company works and performs at the Teatr Wielki, sharing the ….

The Baltic Dance Theatre started its existence on March 1, 2010 but already two years earlier young, talented dancers started arriving in Gdańsk from all over Poland to strengthen the small, yet dynamically developing Baltic Opera ballet team. Consecutive premieres: 4&4 and Eurasia choreographed ….

The beginnings of the Slovak ballet go back to the historic day of the first ballet premiere of Coppélia by C. Ph. L. Delibes on May 19, 1920. The choreography was by Vaclav Kalina, the first artistic director of the SND Ballet. In the season 1922 – 1923 this position was taken over by Czech ….