Ballet Municipal de Lima and several others. Ballet Municipal de Lima The Ballet Municipal de Lima is Peru's classical ballet company, based in the capital city of Lima. The Ballet Municipal de Lima was founded in 1983 by Lucy Telge de Linder, who remains the current Director of the company. Although the company is a small one by international standards (48 dancers during the 2011-2012 season), it is a professional company that performs regularly in Lima, as well as touring throughout Latin America. The company's repertoire includes classical ballet standards such as Giselle, Swan Lake, La Sylphide, Coppelia, Romeo and Juliet, La Fille Mal
Lima under General José de San Martín landed south of Lima in 1820 but did not attack the city. Faced with a naval blockade and the action of guerrillas on land, Viceroy José de la Serna e Hinojosa evacuated its capital in July 1821 to save the Royalist army. Fearing a popular uprising and lacking any means to impose order, the city council invited San Martín to enter Lima and signed a Declaration of Independence at his request. However, the war was not over; in the next two years the city changed hands several times. After independence, Lima became the capital