One of the world's great ballet companies
English National Ballet is current holder of the TMA Theatre Award for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Dance’, reinforcing its reputation as one of the world’s great ballet companies, performing productions in cities across the UK and the world. The Company has 67 dancers and a full live orchestra. English National Ballet makes ballet relevant for today’s audiences by representing the classics alongside a repertoire of exciting new works.
60th Birthday
English National Ballet Celebrates 60 years of dance excellence in 2010, with five of the world’s favourite classical ballets; Giselle and Cinderella on tour in Bristol, Glasgow, Woking, Manchester, Southampton and London; Swan Lake in-the-round at the Royal Albert Hall; Romeo & Juliet in Manchester, Southampton and Milton Keynes, and a new production of The Nutcracker at the London Coliseum in December.
English National Ballet’s first official performance was on 14 August 1950. 60 years on, English National Ballet is recognised as Britain’s largest touring ballet Company with 67 dancers and a live orchestra. Founded by two of the greatest British dancers of all time, Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin, English National Ballet acts as a cultural ambassador for the nation and performs full scale productions throughout the UK, Europe, and across the world, at a price everyone can afford.