List of dance companies

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This is a list of dance and ballet companies

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre			USA
Alameda Civic Ballet	Ballet	Alameda, California	USA	Abra Rudisill Abra Rudisill	2003 to present
Alberta Ballet Company	Ballet	Edmonton, Alberta	Canada	Ruth Carse Jean Grand-Maître -	late 1950s to present
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet	Contemporary ballet	San Francisco	USA	Alonzo King	1982 to present
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater	Modern dance	New York City	USA	Alvin Ailey Judith Jamison -	1958 to present
American Ballet	Ballet
American Ballet Theatre	Ballet	New York City	USA	Mikhail Mordkin Kevin McKenzie -	1937 to present: [1][2]
American Chamber Ballet			USA
American Indian Dance Theatre			USA
American National Ballet	Ballet
Art of Dance Company
ARC Dance		Seattle, Washington	USA	Marie Chong	1999 to present
Artesãos do Corpo	theatre dance	São Paulo	Brazil	Mirtes Calheiros Ederson Lopes -	1999 to present
Asian American Dance Performances	Contemporary	San Francisco	USA
		USA
Atlanta Ballet	Ballet
Atlanta Festival Ballet	Ballet
Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada	Ballet		Canada
The Australian Ballet	Ballet	Melbourne	Australia	David McAllister -	1962 to present
Australian Dance Theatre	Contemporary	Adelaide	South Australia	Elizabeth Cameron Dalman Garry Stewart Garry Stewart	1962 to present
AXIS Dance Company	Contemporary dance	Oakland, California|	USA	Bonnie Lewkowicz, Thais Mazur, Judith Smith and others	1987 to present

[edit] B

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
BacKspace
Ballet Austin	Ballet
Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon	Ballet	Lyon	France
Ballet Deviare			USA
Ballet Fantastique			USA
Ballet Folklorico Aztlan	Ballet
Ballet Gulbenkian	Ballet
Ballet Idaho		Idaho	USA
Ballet Jörgen Canada	Ballet		Canada
Ballet Magnificat!			USA
Ballet Nacional de Cuba	Ballet	Havana	Cuba
Ballet National de Marseille	Ballet	Marseille	France
Ballet Philippines	Ballet
Ballet Preljocaj
Ballet Rejoice			USA
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo	Ballet	Monte Carlo
Ballet San Jose	Ballet	San Jose, CA	USA
Ballet Theatre of Queensland
Balleteatro Nacional de Puerto Rico	Ballet		Puerto Rico
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo	Ballet
Ballets Russes	Ballet	Paris	France	Sergei Diaghilev	1909-1929
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo	Ballet
Bangarra Dance Theatre	Contemporary	Sydney	Australia	Stephen Page	Current
Battleworks Dance Company
Bellydance Superstars (touring company)	Belly dance
Béjart Ballet	Ballet	Lausanne	Switzerland
Birmingham Royal Ballet	Ballet	Birmingham	England
BlackSheep Bellydance	Belly dance
Bolshoi Ballet	Ballet
Boston Ballet	Ballet	Boston	USA
Brighton Ballet Theater	Ballet

[edit] C

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Cape Town City Ballet	Ballet
Carolina Ballet	Ballet
The Carpetbag Brigade			USA
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet	Ballet
Central California Ballet Company	Ballet
Las Chunguitas De Regla Sociedad Castropol
Civic Ballet of Chicago	Ballet	Chicago	USA
Chicago Festival Ballet	Ballet	Chicago	USA
Chunky Move	Contemporary dance	Melbourne	Australia
Cincinnati Ballet	Ballet
CityDance Ensemble			USA
Cluj-Napoca Romanian Opera	Ballet
Columbia City Jazz Dance Company	Jazz dance and Contemporary dance		USA
Complexions Contemporary Ballet	Contemporary dance		USA
CorbinDances	Modern Dance	New York City	U.S.A.	Patrick Corbin	2005 - Present
Cullberg Ballet	Ballet

[edit] D

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
D Underbelly
Dance Alloy
Dance Theatre of Harlem	Modern dance	New York City	USA
Debbie Allen Dance Academy		Culver City, California	USA	Debbie Allen	Current
Deeply Rooted
Diversions the Dance Company of Wales		Wales
dancenorth australia	Contemporary dance	North Queensland	Australia
Duquesne University Tamburitzans			USA
Dutch National Ballet	Ballet
DV8 Physical Theatre		London	England	Lloyd Newson	1986 to present

[edit] E

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Ecnad Project Ltd
English National Ballet	Ballet
Eugene Ballet	Ballet
Esse Aficionado
European Dance Company

[edit] F

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
FatChance Bellydance	Belly dance
Fire of Anatolia
Folsom Lake Civic Ballet	Ballet
Footprints Dance Project
The Forsythe Company	Modern ballet	Dresden	Germany	William Forsythe

[edit] G

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Galili Dance
Gallimaufry Performing Arts			USA
Geomantics Dance-Theater	Contemporary Dance (Modern)	Rochester, New York	USA	Richard Haisma	2005 to present
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Goldwyn Girls			USA

[edit] H

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Hawaii State Ballet	Ballet
Helios Dance Theater
Hot Shots	Swing
Houston Ballet	Ballet
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago	Contemporary	Chicago	USA

[edit] I

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Ice Theatre of New York			USA
In Mixed Company	Contemporary	New York City	USA	Maura Nguyen Donohue	1995-present
Ballet
Indigo Belly Dance Company	Belly dance

[edit] J

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
James Sewell Ballet	Ballet
JammX			USA
Jean Erdman Dance Group
The Jefferson Dancers			USA
Joffrey Ballet	Ballet
Jubilee Dance Theatre
Judson Dance Theater			USA

[edit] K

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
K-ballet	Ballet
Katherine Dunham Company
Keigwin+Company
Kotou Danse Company

[edit] L

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
La La La Human Steps			Canada
LA Unbound		Los Angeles, CA	USA	Elizabeth Tramontozzi, Betsy Uhler	Current
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company			USA
Latin and Ballroom Dance Association	International latin and ballroom dance	Orange County	USA	Long Duong	2005-Present
Leigh Warren & Dancers	Contemporary dance	Adelaide	South Australia	Leigh Warren	Current
Lineage Dance	Contemporary	Los Angeles	USA	Hilary Thomas	current
Live Action Set			USA

[edit] M

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Malibu Ballet	Ballet
Mariinsky Ballet	Ballet
The Mendocino Ballet	Ballet
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Miami City Ballet	Ballet	Miami, Fl	USA
Milwaukee Ballet	Ballet
Millennium Dance Association	Ballet, modern, jazz, tap, contemporary, latin, ballroom	Orange County	USA		2005-Present
Minnesota Ballet	Ballet
Minnesota Dance Theatre			USA
Mirramu Dance Company	Contemporary dance		Australia	Elizabeth Cameron Dalman Elizabeth Cameron Dalman -
Moldova National Opera Ballet	Ballet
Moscow Ballet	Ballet
Momix			USA
Motionhouse	contemporary dance	Leamington Spa	United Kingdom	Louise Richards and Kevin Finnan

[edit] N

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
National Ballet of Canada	Ballet		Canada
National Ballet of China	Ballet
National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico	Ballet
National Dance Institute of New Mexico	Various	Santa Fe New Mexico	US	Cathrine Oppinheimer Tim Santos Russell Baker, Ben Nathan, Jefferson Baum, and Donna Scheer	1990 To Present
National Opera and Ballet	Ballet
Nederlands Dans Theatre	contemporary dance	The Hague	Netherlands	Benjamin Harkarvy, Aart Verstegen and Carel Birnie Anders Hellström Paul Lightfoot and Sol León	1959 to present
New York City Ballet	Ballet
New York Theatre Ballet	Ballet
North Carolina Dance Theater
North Dakota Ballet Company	Ballet
Northern Ballet Theatre	Ballet

[edit] O

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Oakville Ballet Company	Ballet		Canada
ODC/Dance
Orange Dance Studio	Streetdance	Manila	Philippines	Jen Real-Lim and Dexter Lim	2001 to present
Osaka Ballet Academy	Ballet	Osaka	Japan
Oregon Ballet Theatre

[edit] P

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Pacific Northwest Ballet	Ballet
Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris		Paris	France
Parsons Dance Company				David Parsons
Patti Rutland Jazz	Contemporary Jazz & Hip-Hop	Dothan, AL	USA	Patti Rutland	2005 to Present
Pennsylvania Ballet	Ballet
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Les Percussions de Guinee	Ballet
Philippine Ballet Theatre	Ballet
Pick Up Performance Company			USA
Pilobolus
Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal				Pina Bausch
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre	Ballet
Placer Theatre Ballet	Ballet

[edit] Q

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Queensland Ballet	Ballet	Brisbane	Australia

[edit] R

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Rambert Dance Company	Contemporary dance			Marie Rambert/-/-
Rennie Harris Puremovement
Restless Dance Company	Contemporary dance	Adelaide	South Australia		Current
Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance			USA
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company			USA
The Rockettes			USA
Royal Ballet	Ballet
Royal Canadian Dance Company		Canada
Royal Danish Ballet	Ballet		Denmark
Royal New Zealand Ballet	Ballet		New Zealand
Royal Swedish Ballet	Ballet		Sweden
Royal Winnipeg Ballet	Ballet	Winnipeg	Canada

[edit] S

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
The Sacramento Ballet	Ballet
San Francisco Ballet	Ballet	San Francisco	USA
Scapino Ballet Rotterdam	Ballet	Rotterdam	Netherlands
Scottish Ballet	Ballet		Scotland
Seán Curran Company	Modern dance	New York	USA	Seán Curran	Yes
Shanghai Ballet Company	Ballet		China
Shen Wei Dance Arts			USA
Showtime Steppers			USA
Snappy Dance Theater	Postmodern dance	Cambridge, Massachusetts	USA	Martha Mason et al
St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre	Ballet
Stuttgart Ballet	Ballet		Germany
SuperShag Showdance Team	Ballroom and Latin Dance	Waltham, MA	USA	Tibor Kerekes	Yes
Suzanne Farrell Ballet	Ballet
Swedish Opera Ballet	Ballet		Sweden
Swingtime Dance Troupe	Swing
Sydney Dance Company	Contemporary dance	Sydney	Australia	Graeme Murphy

[edit] T

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Team Millennia	Hip Hop	Fullerton, CA	USA	Danny V. Batimana	1998
Tokyo Ballet	Ballet	Tokyo	Japan
Tokyo City Ballet	Ballet	Tokyo	Japan
Tracks Dance Theatre	Contemporary dance	Darwin, Northern Territory	Australia		1994 to present
Tulsa Ballet	Ballet	Tulsa	USA		1956 to present

[edit] U

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Urban Bush Women			USA
Urban Dance Alliance
Ucan2 Dance Studio		Albany Auckland	New Zealand

[edit] V

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Vienna State Opera Ballet	Ballet

[edit] W

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Washington Ballet	Ballet
West Australian Ballet Company	Ballet	Perth	Australia		Current
White Oak Dance Project			USA
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers	Swing		USA
Williamsport Civic Ballet		Williamsport, PA	USA

[edit] Y

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/Region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Yada Dance Company			Malta
Yana Lewis Dance Company		Bangalore	India	Yana Lewis	Current

[edit] Z

Dance companies	Style	Based in city/region	Country	Founder Artistic director Choreographer	Active
Zero Visibility Corp	contemporary	Oslo	Norway	Ina Christel Johannessen Ina Christel Johannessen Ina Christel Johannessen	current
Ziegfeld Follies			USA
Zorya Dance Ensemble	Ukranian	Dallas, TX	USA

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• List of folk dance performance groups