San Jose Ballet
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General Information Name : Ballet San Jose
Previous Names: San Jose Cleveland Ballet, Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley
Year Founded : 1986
Current Artistic Director: Dennis Nahat
Location : San Jose, California, USA Brief history In 1983, a group of 18 local community leaders aimed to form a committee as they wanted to identify a nationally-ranked ballet company that the South Bay could embrace as its own. Cleveland Ballet was a company that had been around already for ten years, with Dennis Nahat as the artistic director. This company was known internationally for its combination of strong classical training and theatricality. The group managed to become partnership to Cleveland Ballet and became co-venture in 1986. The group was named as, "San Jose Cleveland Ballet". San Jose Cleveland Ballet expanded during the following years and became one of the top 6 ballet company's in the country. When Cleveland Ballet was coming to an end in 2000, San Jose Cleveland Ballet kept the company going with over half the dancers, the headquarters, and director moving to San Jose to continue operations there. The company was recreated and formed the name "Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley", then in July 2006 shortened its name to Ballet San Jose. Dancers The artistic director, Dennis Nahat, says "no two dancers are the same". In 2005-06 the company employed over 30 professional dancers representing twelve countries which brings a lot of diversity to each individual dancer. Ballet San Jose are full of dancers from all over the world including Argentina, Canada, China, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Venezuela, Vietnam, and the United States. About the Company The company's mission is to produce theatrically produced ballet and professional dance to the San Francisco Bay Area, aiming to meet the highest technical and artistic standards. San Jose Ballet works towards producing work that's welcoming to as broad audience as possible, whilst also contributing the fulfillment of the cultural needs of the community. Associated ballet school Ballet San Jose School is the official school of Ballet San Jose. It was established in 1996 and is the only professional ballet school in Silicon Valley associated with a major ballet company. The school's training is based in the Bournonville technique and aims to develop dancers into professional students. Repertoire The company have developed a repertoire of over 120 traditional and modern classical ballets. The repertoire includes ballets by Balanchine, Bournonville, and also works created especially for the company by artistic director, Dennis Nahat. They also perform well known classic ballets such as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Giselle.
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