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Each country uses their own cultures and societies to inform the art. Therefore, you can understand why each company is very individual.

Each country tends to have their own way of training and technique so the dancers have a certain style, training or technique in which the company have influenced.

A lot of companies have an association with a ballet school which trains the younger dancers for the profession. This helps to produce dancers with the certain style and training in which the company want.

It would be traditional for the school to provide nearly all of the company dancers but unfortunately, nowadays, the companies tend to have mostly international dancers.

There are a huge number of different dance companies around the world. You'll notice by looking at the list below how prominent ballet is in so many countries. Let me familiarize you with the importance and the difference in regional ballet.

Here are the names of some of the leading ballet and dance companies and schools around the world -

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Ballet Russes

New York Ballet (City Overview)

New York City Ballet (The Company)

Also known as - NYC Ballet

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

San Jose Ballet

Ballet Arizona

Joffrey Ballet

San Francisco Ballet

Houston Ballet

Chicago Ballet (City Overview)

The Royal Ballet

Birmingham Royal Ballet

English National Ballet

Boston Ballet

Paris Opera Ballet

American Ballet Theatre

Australian Ballet

Every ballet company is made up of a group of dancers who perform not only perform just ballet, but also a variety of different dance styles such as contemporary or neo-classical.

Ballet companies nowadays expect their dancers to be very versatile. It's important in this day and age to be able to do other styles of dance too such as contemporary, jazz or modern. For young dancers in training, it's greatly beneficial to study other types of dance as it broadens your opportunities.

The companies range from being purely classical, contemporary, or being versatile and having repertoire from all sorts of styles of dance.

I'm sure you've probably seen a ballet production at the theatre, and this would have been performed by a certain ballet company.

The photograph on the right is of American Ballet Theatre performing "Sylvia".

Photo sourced from artsplace.blogspot

Each company will have different repertoire but most companies will perform the traditional ballets such as such as Swan Lake or Giselle.

The list would be endless to state every single dance company. I'm sure you are probably most familiar with the companies around your country but there are so many more around the world!

It is fascinating to discover how significant ballet really is to the world. It is a beautiful art form that allows dancers to express themselves through the movement and the music.

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