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Ballet Companies in New York City
New York City is home to 3 of the ballet companies we spotlight. Explore each one below.
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is the company that basically wrote the rulebook for American ballet. Founded by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein, it built its identity around Balanchine's neoclassical style: fast, musical, and often plotless. If you love watching pure movement set to music, this is your company.
American Ballet Theatre
If New York City Ballet is the modernist, American Ballet Theatre is the keeper of the classics. ABT is the company for full-length story ballets like Swan Lake and Giselle, danced by a roster that has long included international superstars. Come here for the tutus, the drama, and the fairy-tale endings.
Ballet Hispánico
Ballet Hispánico is a New York organization founded by Tina Ramirez and is one of the leading voices in Latino dance in the United States. It blends ballet, modern, and Latin dance forms, and it is as much a cultural institution and school as it is a touring company.