The Paris Opera Ballet is a French ballet company that is an integral part of the Paris Opera. It is the oldest national ballet company, and many European and international ballet companies can trace
Louis XIV as Apollo in the Ballet Royal de la Nuit (1653)
Adelaïde Simonet as the Princess in the pantomime-ballet Ninette à la cour [fr], first produced by the Paris Opera Ballet in 1778 with choreography by Maximilien Gardel, as performed in London in 1781
The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies. In
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…ballet companies can trace their origins to it. It is still regarded as one of the most prominent ballet companies in the world, together with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow and the Royal Ballet in London. Since December 2022, the company has been under the direction of José Martínez, the director of dance. The…
Soloists of the Bolshoi Ballet at the Schiphol airport, 9 June 1960
Bolshoi Ballet troupe after the reopening gala of the Bolshoi Theatre in 2011
Anna Tikhomirova performing in Delhi