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Members

A ballet company usually consists of:

• Artistic Director
• Ballet Mistress or Ballet Master
• Choreographer
• Corps de Ballet or Artists
• Executive Director
• Principals
• Regisseur
• Character Dancers
• Repetiteur or Dance Notator
• Soloists

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Famous ballet companies

Russia

• Ballets Russes
• Kirov Ballet / Mariinsky Ballet
• Bolshoi Ballet
• St Petersburg Ballet Theatre - Konstantin Tashkin

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Europe

• The Royal Ballet
• The Paris Opera
• Birmingham Royal Ballet
• Northern Ballet Theatre
• Lyon Opera Ballet
• Marseille Opera Ballet

Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one. ... The Royal Ballet, which is based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, is the leading ballet company in the United Kingdom. ... The Paris Opera Ballet is the ballet company of the Paris Opera. ... The Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) is one of the UKs foremost ballet companies, based at the Birmingham Hippodrome theatre in Birmingham, where it enjoys custom-buit facilities such as the Jerwood Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Dance Injuries and the Patrick Centre, a studio theatre. ...

The Americas

• Alberta Ballet Company
• American Ballet Theatre
• Atlanta Ballet
• Ballet British Columbia
• Charleston Ballet Theatre
• National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico
• National Ballet of Cuba
• Dance Theatre of Harlem
• Houston Ballet
• Joffrey Ballet
• Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
• Miami City Ballet
• Midland Festival Ballet
• National Ballet of Canada
• New York City Ballet
• Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Royal Winnipeg Ballet
• San Francisco Ballet

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Oceania

• The Australian Ballet
• The Royal New Zealand Ballet

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Asia

• Shanghai Ballet Company

Asia is the largest and most populous region or continent depending on the definition. ... The Shanghai Ballet Company the state ballet company for Shanghai. ...

See also

• List of ballet companies