Ballet British Columbia
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The Queen Elizabeth Theatre, home of Ballet BC
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| General information | |
| Name | Ballet BC |
| Previous names | Ballet British Columbia |
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| Year founded | 1986 |
| Founders |
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| Artistic Director | Annette av Paul |
| Location | Vancouver, BC |
| Principal venue | Queen Elizabeth Theatre |
| Website | http://balletbc.com/ |
| Senior staff | |
| Chief Executive | Branislav Henselmann |
| Company Manager | Francesca Fung |
| Artistic staff | |
| Artistic Director | Emily Molnar |
| Resident Choreographers | Cayetano Soto |
| Rehearsal Director | Christophe Dozzi |
Ballet BC is a contemporary ballet company located in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Ballet BC was founded as Ballet British Columbia by Jean Orr, David Y. H. Lui and Sheila Baggs in 1986, with Annette av Paul as first Artistic Director. The company adopted its current name after financial problems and a restructuring in 2009.
Artistic direction passed to Reid Anderson, Patricia Neary and Barry Ingham and in 1992 to John Alleyne, who introduced a program with original choreography including his The Faerie Queen in 2000 and dances by other Canadian choreographers. Alleyne was followed by Emily Molnar after the reorganisation in 2009.
As of April 2015[update], the company is the only professional ballet company in British Columbia. It is based in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
Ballet BC presents a repertoire of contemporary ballet.
The company opened the 2015 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, presenting three dances each by a different choreographer, including Twenty Eight Thousand Waves by their own resident choreographer Cayetano Soto. The company travelled on their 30th anniversary tour in late 2015 and 2016.
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