San Francisco Ballet
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Dance Style |
Ballet
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Founder/Artistic director |
Helgi Tomasson |
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Active |
1933 - Present |
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City |
San Francisco |
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Region |
California |
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Country |
United States |
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Company Detail |
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he San Francisco Ballet (SFB) is a ballet company, founded in 1933 as part of San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, under the direction of Helgi Tomasson. SFB is the first professional ballet company in the United States. It is among the world's leading dance companies, along with American Ballet Theatre, and the New York City Ballet, has been described as the "triumvirate of great classical companies defining the American style on the world stage today." |
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origin of Ballet
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