Ballet Society Ballet Society Ballet Society is a non-profit educational institution founded in 1946 by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine. At its founding, Balanchine was the Artistic Director and Kirstein served as the Secretary. The president of Ballet Society is Nancy Lassalle, an original Board member of both the School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet, currently Emerita. The first performance took place on November 20, 1946 at the Central High School of Needle Trades in New York City. In its first season, it opened with "The Four Temperaments" and the "Spellbound Child". Ballet Society's purpose was to develop
Short list of New York City Ballet repertory and ending Monday, October 12th. This is the list of ballets for the 2011 Winter tour to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, beginning Thursday, March 3, and ending Monday, March 7. This is the list of ballets for the 2011 Spring tour to the Kennedy Center, beginning Tuesday, April 5, and ending Sunday, April 10th. This is the list of ballets for the 2011 Summer tour, beginning at the Vail International Dance Festival, Vail, Colorado, Sunday, July 1, and finishing at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts Sunday, August 7. Short list of New York City Ballet repertory New