Boston Ballet is an American professional classical ballet company based in Boston, Massachusetts.
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15 Facts About Boston Ballet
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Boston Ballet, founded in 1963 by E Virginia Williams, and Sydney Leonard, was the first professional repertory ballet company in New England.
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In 1983, Boston Ballet presented Don Quixote on Broadway with Rudolf Nureyev as guest artist, after touring the United States, Mexico, France, and Italy.
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Boston Ballet performed Mark Morris's Mort Subite at the PepsiCo Festival in Purchase, New York in 1986, and performed at the BESSIE Dance and Performance award ceremony at New York City Center in 1987.
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Boston Ballet made its debut at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, in January 1990.
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Boston Ballet embarked on its first tour to Seoul, South Korea in the summer of 2008, presenting works not previously performed there, by George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, and Christopher Wheeldon.
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Boston Ballet, which has no official apprentice company, has a secondary company, Boston Ballet II .
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Boston Ballet School is an American ballet school founded by E Virginia Williams in 1963, based in Boston, Massachusetts with three campus locations.
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Between 1958 and 1962: The New England Civic Ballet performed regionally, dancing various pieces such as a three-act Nutcracker, Les Sylphides, and repertory works by E Virginia Williams, Sydney Leonard, Lev Ianov, Jean Paige.
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The review expressed that the Boston Ballet dancers perform with a cohesiveness of style that one rarely encounters even in a seasoned professional company and there is no artifice.
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Boston Ballet was Boston Ballet's artistic advisor for several years, and gave the new company several of his works.
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Friends of Boston Ballet is a membership program that funds the Company's on-stage work and its education and outreach programs.
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Marblehead Boston Ballet School: Located on the second floor of the Lynch Van Otterloo YMCA in Marblehead Massachusetts, the third studio was opened in 2009.
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Pre-Professional Program at Boston Ballet School: The pre-professional program at the Boston Ballet is a stepping stone to the professional company.
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