List of dance companies

This is a list of notable dance and ballet companies.

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List of dance and ballet companies  Company  | Style | Based in city/region  | Country  | Founder
Artistic director (AD)
Choreographer | Active

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3e étage |  | Paris | France | Founder & AD Samuel Murez | 2006–present
Ability Unlimited | Indian classical dance | New Delhi | India | Founder & Director Syed Sallauddin Pasha | early 1980s–present
Abby Lee Dance Company | contemporary  | Los Angeles | United States | Founder & Director Abby Lee Miller | 1980–present
Aglaja | contemporary dance  | Bruges | Belgium | Founder Jan Dewulf  | late 1960s–present
Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre | ballet and Broadway-style dance theatre  | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | United States | Founder Agnes de Mille | 1953–1954 and 1974–1975
Alberta Ballet Company | ballet  | Edmonton, Alberta | Canada |

* Founder Ruth Carse
* AD Jean Grand-Maître

| early 1950s–present
Alonzo King LINES Ballet | contemporary ballet | San Francisco, California | United States | Founder & AD Alonzo King  | 1982–present
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | modern dance | New York City | United States |

* Founder Alvin Ailey
* AD Alicia Graf Mack

| 1958–present
American Ballet Theatre | ballet  | New York City | United States |

* Founder Mikhail Mordkin
* AD Kevin McKenzie

| 1937–present
American Chamber Ballet | ballet  | New York City | United States | Founder Joel Benjamin | (unknown)–1976
Arcane Collective | contemporary dance  |  |  | Founder Morleigh Steinberg and Oguri | 2011–present
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | contemporary ballet  | Aspen, Colorado
Santa Fe, New Mexico | United States | AD Tom Mossbrucker  | 2000–present (in current incarnation)
Atlanta Ballet | ballet  | Atlanta, Georgia | United States | AD John McFall  | 1929–present
Atlanta Festival Ballet | ballet  | Stockbridge, Georgia | United States | Co-ADs Gregory Aaron & Nicolas Pacaña  | 1989–present
Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada | ballet  | Moncton, New Brunswick | Canada |

* Founder Susan Chalmers-Gauvin
* AD Igor Dobrovolskiy

| 2002–present
Attack Theatre | contemporary  | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | United States | Founders & AD Michele de la Reza and Peter Kope  | 1994–present
The Australian Ballet | ballet  | Melbourne | Australia  | AD David McAllister | 1962–present
Australian Dance Theatre | contemporary  | Adelaide | Australia  |

* Founder Elizabeth Cameron Dalman
* AD Garry Stewart

| 1965–present
AXIS Dance Company | contemporary  | Oakland, California | United States | Founders Bonnie Lewkowicz, Thais Mazur, Judith Smith & others  | 1987–present
Ballet Austin (formerly Austin Ballet Society)  | ballet  | Austin, Texas | United States | AD Stephen Mills | 1956–present
Ballet Deviare | contemporary ballet  | New York City | United States | Founders & co-ADs:
Laura Kowalewski & Andrew Carpenter
Ballet Fantastique | ballet  | Eugene, Oregon | United States | AD Donna Marisa Bontrager  | 2000–present
Ballet Hispanico | contemporary  | New York City | United States | Founder Tina Ramirez, AD Eduardo Vilaro  | 1970–present
Ballet Jörgen Canada | ballet  | Ontario | Canada | AD Bengt Jörgen  | 1987–present
Ballet Magnificat! | Christian dance company | Jackson, Mississippi | United States |

* Founders Keith & Kathy Thibodeaux
* AD Kathy Thibodeaux

| 1986–present
Ballet Nacional de Cuba | ballet  | Havana | Cuba | Founder Alicia Alonso | 1948–present
Ballet Nouveau Colorado | contemporary ballet
contemporary dance  | Broomfield, Colorado | United States | AD Garrett Ammon  | 2002–present
Ballet Philippines | ballet  | Metro Manila | Philippines | AD Paul Alexander Morales  | 1969–present
Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo | ballet  | Monte Carlo | Monaco | Founders René Blum & Wassily de Basil | 1932–1968
Ballet Theatre of Queensland | ballet  | Queensland | Australia  |

* Founder Phyllis Danaher
* ADs Timothy Brown & Libby McDonnell

| 1937–present
Ballet West | ballet  | Salt Lake City | United States | Founder Willam F. Christensen | 1963–present
Balletcollective | Ballet, Artist collective, Contemporary ballet | New York City | United States | Founder and Director Troy Schumacher | 2010–present
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo | ballet  | Monte Carlo | Monaco | AD Jean-Christophe Maillot  | 1985–present
Les Ballets Nègres | black dance  | London | United Kingdom | Berto Pasuka | 1946–1953
Ballets Russes | ballet  | Paris | France | AD Sergei Diaghilev | 1909–1929
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo | ballet  | New York City | United States |

* Founders Peter Anastos,
Antony Bassae & Natch Taylor
* AD Tory Dobrin

| 1974–present
Ballets with a Twist | ballet  | New York City | United States | Founder and AD Marilyn Klaus  | 1996–present
Bangarra Dance Theatre | contemporary  | Sydney | Australia  | AD Stephen Page | 1989–present
Bat-Dor Dance Company | modern  | Tel Aviv | Israel | Founders Baroness Batsheva de Rothschild & Jeannette Ordman  | 1968–present
Batsheva Dance Company | contemporary  | Tel Aviv | Israel | Founders Baroness Batsheva De Rothschild & Martha Graham

AD Ohad Naharin

| 1964–present
Bay Pointe Ballet | ballet  | South San Francisco, California | United States | AD Bruce Steivel | 2013–present
Béjart Ballet | ballet  | Lausanne | Switzerland | AD Gil Roman  | 1992–present
Bellydance Superstars | belly dance | Los Angeles, California | United States |  | 2003–present
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company | modern  | New York City | United States | Founders Bill T. Jones & Arnie Zane | 1983–present
Birmingham Royal Ballet | ballet  | Birmingham | England | AD David Bintley  | 1931–present
Black Grace | modern  | Auckland | New Zealand | Founder Neil Ieremia | 1995–present
Bolshoi Ballet | ballet  | Moscow | Russia | AD Yuri Burlaka  | 1776–present
Boston Ballet | ballet  | Boston, Massachusetts | United States | AD Mikko Nissinen | 1963–present
Brighton Ballet Theater | ballet  | New York City | United States |  | 1987–present
Camille A. Brown and Dancers  | modern  | New York City | United States | Founder Camille A. Brown  | 2006–present
Candoco | contemporary  | Stanmore, London | England | Founders Celeste Dandeker & Adam Benjamin  | 1991–present
Caracalla Dance Theatre | contemporary  | Beirut | Lebanon | Founder Abdel-Halim Caracalla | 1970–present
Carolina Ballet | ballet  | Raleigh, North Carolina | United States |

* Founder Ann Vorus
* AD Robert Weiss

| 1984–present
Carte Blanche | contemporary  | Bergen | Norway |

* Founders Jennifer Day/Toni Ferraz
* AD Bruno Heynderickx

| 1984–present
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet | ballet  | New York City | United States |

* Founder Nancy Laurie
* AD Benoit-Swan Pouffer

| 2003–2015
Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes | contemporary  | Nantes | France | AD Claude Brumachon and Benjamin Lamarche  | present
Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company | Ukrainian dance | Edmonton, Alberta | Canada |

* Founder Chester & Luba Kuc
* AD Mykola Kanevets

| 1969–present
Chicago Dance Crash | hip hop  | Chicago, Illinois | United States | AD Jessica Deahr | 2002–present
Chicago Festival Ballet | ballet  | Chicago, Illinois | United States | Founder & AD Kenneth von Heidecke  | 1989–present
Chunky Move | contemporary  | Melbourne | Australia  | Founder & AD Gideon Obarzanek  | 1995–present
Cincinnati Ballet | ballet  | Cincinnati, Ohio | United States | AD Morgan, Victoria  | 1963–present
CityDance Ensemble | modern dance  | Washington, D.C. | United States | AD Paul Gordon Emerson  | 1996–present
Cloud Gate Dance Theater | modern  | Taiwan | Republic of China | Founder & AD Lin Hwai-min | 1973–present
Cluj-Napoca Romanian Opera | ballet  | Cluj-Napoca | Romania |  | 1919–present
Columbia City Jazz Dance Company | jazz and contemporary  | Columbia, South Carolina | United States | Founder & AD Dale Lam  | 1990–present
Companhia Nacional de Bailado | Classic  | Lisbon | Portugal |  | 1977–present
Complexions Contemporary Ballet | contemporary  | New York City | United States | Founders & ADs Dwight Rhoden & Desmond Richardson  | 1994–present
Contemporary Dance Company of Angola | contemporary  |  | Angola |  | 1991–present
CorbinDances | modern  | New York City | United States | Founder Patrick Corbin | 2005–present
Cullberg Ballet | ballet  | Hallunda (National Swedish Touring Theatre headquarters)  | Sweden |

* Founder Birgit Cullberg
* AD Anna Grip

| 1967–present
D Underbelly | theatre, modern dance; varied disciplines  | Brooklyn, New York | United States | Curator Baraka de Soleil  | 1997–present
Dance Alloy | modern  | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | United States | AD Greer Reed-Jones  | 1976–2012
Dance Hub SA | contemporary  | Adelaide | Australia  | Founder Leigh Warren | 1993–present
Dance Theatre of Harlem | ballet  | Harlem, New York City | United States |

* Founders Arthur Mitchell & Karel Shook
* AD Arthur Mitchell

| 1971–present
Dancenorth | contemporary  | Townsville,
North Queensland | Australia  |

* Founder Ann Roberts
* AD Raewyn Hill

| 1969–present
Danza Contemporanea de Cuba | modern  | Havana | Cuba | Founder Ramiro Guerra  | 1959–present
Danza Voluminosa | modern, ballet  | Havana | Cuba | Founder Juan Miguel Mas  | 1996–present
Darpana Academy of Performing Arts | Classical Bharata Natyam and contemporary  | Ahmedabad | India | Founder Mrinalini and Vikram Sarabhai  | 1949–Present
DC Cowboys | various  | Washington, DC | United States | Founder Kevin Platte  | 1994–2012
Dreamboys | various  | London | United Kingdom | AD Jordan Darrell  | 1987–present
Dutch National Ballet | classical ballet and contemporary dance (about 50/50)  | Amsterdam | Netherlands | AD Ted Brandsen  | 1961–present
DV8 Physical Theatre | contemporary dance with visual media  | London | England | AD Lloyd Newson | 1986–present
ECNAD | contemporary  | South East Asia | Singapore | AD Lim Chin Huat & Tan How Choon  | 1996–present
Editta Braun Company | body theatre  | Salzburg | Austria | Founder Editta Braun  | 1989–present
Eifman Ballet | contemporary ballet  | Saint Petersburg | Russia | Founder Boris Eifman | 1977–present
English National Ballet | ballet  | London | England |

* Founders Anton Dolin & Dame Alicia Markova
* AD Tamara Rojo

| 1955–present
Eryc Taylor Dance | modern  | New York City | United States | Founder Eryc Taylor  | 2007–present
Eugene Ballet | ballet  | Eugene, Oregon | United States | AD Toni Pimble  | 1978–present
Fire of Anatolia | modern dance & ballet  | Istanbul | Turkey | Founder & AD Mustafa Erdoğan  | 1999–present
Folsom Lake Civic Ballet | ballet  | Folsom, California | United States | AD Deirdre Hawkins
The Forsythe Company | modern ballet | Dresden | Germany | AD William Forsythe | 2005–present
Full Radius Dance | modern, physically integrated  | Atlanta | United States | Founder & AD Douglas Scott | 1995–present
Gallimaufry Performing Arts | contemporary and classic  | Laguna Beach, California | United States | Founder Steve Josephson  | 2004–present
Garth Fagan Dance | contemporary modern  | Rochester, New York | United States | Founder Garth Fagan  | 1970–present
Gary Palmer Dance Company | contemporary modern  | San Francisco (1977–91), San Jose (1991–98)  | United States | Founder Gary Palmer  | 1977–98
Grupo Corpo | modern dance  | Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais | Brazil | Paulo Pederneiras  | 1975–present
Les Gens du quai | contemporary  | Montpellier | France | Founders Anne & François Lopez  | 1993–present
Giordano Dance Chicago | jazz  | Chicago, Illinois | United States | Founder Gus Giordano

AD Nan Giordano

| 1963–present
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens | ballet  | Montreal, Quebec | Canada |

* Founder Ludmilla Chiriaeff
* AD Gradimir Pankov

| 1957–present
Goldwyn Girls | film musical dance  | Hollywood, California | United States | Founder Samuel Goldwyn | 1930s–1950s
Hamburg Ballet | ballet  | Hamburg | Germany | Founder & AD John Neumeier | 1973–present
Hot Shots | swing | Stockholm | Sweden | Founders Anders Lind & others  | 1985–present
Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre | site-specific modern  | Los Angeles | United States | Founder Heidi Duckler  | 1985–present
Houston Ballet | ballet  | Houston, Texas | United States |

* Founder Nina Popova
* AD Stanton Welch

| 1969–present
Houston Metropolitan Dance Company | contemporary, jazz  | Houston, Texas | United States |

* Founder Michelle Smith
* AD Marlana Doyle

| 1995–present
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago | contemporary  | Chicago, Illinois | United States |

* Founder Lou Conte
* AD Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell

| 1977–present
Ice Theatre of New York | modern dance on ice  | New York City | United States |

* Founder Moira North
* Co-AD David Liu

| 1984–present
James Sewell Ballet | ballet  | Minneapolis, Minnesota | United States | Founders James Sewell & Sally Rousse  | 1990–present
The Jefferson Dancers | various  | Portland, Oregon | United States |

* Founder Mary Vinton Folberg
* AD Steve Gonzales

| early 1980s–present
Joffrey Ballet | ballet  | Chicago, Illinois | United States | Founders Robert Joffrey & Gerald Arpino | 1965–present
Judson Dance Theater | postmodern dance | New York City | United States | Founder Robert Ellis Dunn | 1962–1964
Junk Ensemble | Dance theater | Dublin | Republic of Ireland | Founders Megan and Jessica Kennedy  | 2004–present
K-ballet | ballet  | Tokyo | Japan | AD Tetsuya Kumakawa | 1999–present
Kage Physical Theatre | physical theatre | Melbourne | Australia  | Founders Kate Denborough & Gerard van Dyck  | 1996–present
Kambras | tango Tanztheater | Buenos Aires | Argentina Germany | Founders Gonzalo Orihuela, Julián Rodriguez Orihuela & Solange Chapperon  | 2005–present
Katherine Dunham Company | African American modern dance |  | United States | Founder Katherine Dunham  | 1939–1960
Kansas City Ballet | ballet  | Missouri | United States | AD William Whitener  | early 1957–present
Kaunas Dance Theatre Aura | modern  | Kaunas | Lithuania | Founder Birutė Letukaitė  | early 1980s–present
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company | contemporary | Ga'aton | Israel | Founder Yehudit Arnon, Artistic Director Rami Be’er  | 1970–present
La Cebra Danza Gay |  | Mexico City | Mexico | José Rivera Moya  | 1996–present
La La La Human Steps | contemporary  | Montreal, Quebec | Canada | Founder Édouard Lock | 1980–present
Laleget Danza |  | Mexico City  | Mexico  | Diego Vázquez  | 2005–present
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company | modern  | New York City | United States | Founder Lar Lubovitch | 1968–present
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo | ballet  | New York City  | United States  | Peter Anastos, Natch Taylor, and Anthony Bassae  | 1974-present
Light Motion Dance Company | experimental  | Seattle | United States | Founder Charlene Curtiss  | 1988–present
Live Action Set | experimental  | Minneapolis, Minnesota | United States | Founders Noah Bremer & others  | 2003–present
Louise Bédard Danse  | contemporary  | Montreal, Quebec | Canada | Founder Louise Bédard | 1990–present
Lydia Johnson Dance | modern dance & ballet  | South Orange, New Jersey | United States | Founder Lydia Johnson  | 1999–present
Lyon Opera Ballet (Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon)  | ballet  | Lyon | France | AD Yorgos Loukos  | 1969–present
Maria Kong | modern dance  | Tel Aviv | Israel | Founders Anderson Braz, Talia Landa, Leo Lerus and Yaara Moses  | 2009–present
Mariinsky Ballet | classical ballet | Saint Petersburg (Mariinsky Theatre)  | Russia | AD Valery Gergiev  | 1740s–present
Marion Rice Denishawn Dancers | modern  | Fitchburg, Massachusetts | United States | Founder Marion Rice  | 1940s
Mendocino Ballet | ballet  | Mendocino County, California | United States | Founder Mary Knight Morris  | 1984–present
Mark Morris Dance Group | modern  | Brooklyn, New York | United States | Founder Mark Morris | 1980–present
Munt–Brooks Dance Studios | modern  | New York City  | United States  | Founders Alfred Brooks, Maxine Munt | 1952–1966; originally at 1125 6th Ave. moved to Denver in 1966
Merce Cunningham Dance Company | modern  | New York City | United States |

* Founder Merce Cunningham
* AD Robert Swinston

| 1953–Dec. 31, 2011
MIHR | contemporary  | Yerevan | Armenia |

Founders Shoghakat & Tsolak MLKE-Galstyans

| 2003–present
Miami City Ballet | ballet  | Miami, Florida | United States |

* Founder Edward Villella
* AD Lourdes Lopez

| 1986–present
Milwaukee Ballet | ballet  | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | United States |

* Founder Roberta Boorse
* AD Michael Pink

| 1969–present
Misnomer dance theater | modern dance  | Brooklyn, New York | United States | Founder Chris Elam  | 1998–present
Minnesota Ballet | ballet  | Duluth, Minnesota | United States |

* Founders Donna Harkins & Jan Gibson
* AD Robert Gardner

| 1965–present
Minnesota Dance Theatre | contemporary  | Minneapolis, Minnesota | United States |

* Founder Loyce Houlton
* AD Lisa Houlton

| 1962–present
Mirramu Dance Company | contemporary  | Lake George, New South Wales | Australia  | Founders Elizabeth Cameron Dalman & Vivienne Rogis  | 2002–present
Moldova National Opera Ballet | ballet  | Chişinău | Moldova |  | 1957–present
Momix | contemporary, illusion  | Washington, Connecticut | United States | Founder & AD Moses Pendleton | 1981–present
Moscow Ballet (United States) | ballet  |  | United States[a] |  | 1993–present
Motionhouse | contemporary  | Leamington Spa | England | Founders Louise Richards & Kevin Finnan  | 1988–present
Motora | folk dance  | Joensuu | Finland |  | 1968–present
Mystic Ballet | contemporary, TIC Theater  | Stonington, Connecticut | United States | Founder & AD Goran Subotic | 1997–present
National Ballet of Canada | ballet  | Toronto, Ontario | Canada |

* Founder Celia Franca
* AD Karen Kain

| 1951–present
National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico | ballet  | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | United States |  | 2005–present
National Dance Company of Korea | Korean dance | Seoul | South Korea |  | 1962–present
National Dance Company Wales | contemporary  | Cardiff Bay | Wales |

* Founders Roy Campbell-Moore & Ann Sholem
* AD Ann Sholem

| 1983–present
National Opera and Ballet | ballet  | Sofia | Bulgaria |  | 1928–present
Nederlands Dans Theater | contemporary  | The Hague | Netherlands |

* Founders Benjamin Harkarvy, Aart Verstegen & Carel Birnie
* AD Jim Vincent
* Choreographers Jiří Kylián, Paul Lightfoot & Sol León

| 1959–present
New Adventures | contemporary  | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London | England | AD Matthew Bourne | 2002–present
New York Baroque Dance Company | historical ballet  | New York City | United States | AD Catherine Turocy | 1976–present
New York City Ballet | ballet  | New York City | United States | Founders George Balanchine & Lincoln Kirstein | 1948–present
New York Theatre Ballet | ballet  | New York City | United States | Founder & AD Diana Byer  | 1978–present
The New Zealand Dance Company | contemporary dance  | Auckland | New Zealand | Co-founders Shona McCullagh and Frances Turner  | 2011–present
Northern Ballet (formerly Northern Ballet Theatre)  | ballet  | Leeds | England |

* Founder Laverne Meye
* rAD David Nixon

| 1969–present
Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company  | contemporary  | Zürich | Switzerland |

* Founder Nunzio Impellizzeri

| 2014–present
NW Fusion Dance Company | jazz, modern & tap dance  | Portland, Oregon | United States | Founder & AD Brad Hampton  | 2008–present
Oakville Ballet Company | ballet  | Oakville, Ontario | Canada | AD Amanda Bayliss  | current
ODC/Dance | contemporary  | San Francisco, California | United States | Founder & AD Brenda Way | 1971–present
Oregon Ballet Theatre | ballet  | Portland, Oregon | United States | Founder James Canfield

Interim AD Anne Mueller

| 1989–present
Pacific Northwest Ballet | ballet  | Seattle | United States |

* Founders Kent Stowell & Francia Russell
* AD Peter Boal

| 1972–present
Paradosi Ballet Company | Christian dance company | Tacoma, Washington | United States |

* Founders Joel & Tennille Carver
* AD Larissa BIschoff

| 2007–present
Paris Opera Ballet (Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris)  | ballet  | Paris | France | Director Brigitte Lefèvre

as of Oct. 15, 2015 Benjamin Millepied

| 1669–present
Parsons Dance Company | contemporary  | New York City | United States | Founder David Parsons | 1985–present
Patti Rutland Jazz | contemporary jazz & hip-hop  | Dothan, Alabama | United States | Founder Patti Rutland | 2005–present
Paul Taylor Dance Company | modern  | New York City | United States | Founder Paul Taylor | 1954–present
Pennsylvania Ballet | ballet  | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | United States | Founder Barbara Weisberger  | 1963–present
Les Percussions de Guinée | traditional  |  | Guinea |  | 1987–present
Philippine Ballet Theatre | classical ballet  | Metro Manila | Philippines |  | 1987–present
Pick Up Performance Company |  | New York City | United States | Choreographer David Gordon  | 1971–present
Pilobolus | modern  | Washington Depot, Connecticut | United States | AD Robby Barnett  | 1971–present
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre | ballet  | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | United States | Founders Nicolas Petrov, Frederic Franklin  | 1968–present
Placer Theatre Ballet | ballet  | Placer County, California | United States | Founder & AD Pat Colgate | current
Prince Dance Group |  | Berhampur, Orissa | India | T. Krishna Mohan Reddy  | current
Provincial Dances | modern  | Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast | Russia | Founder Tatiana Baganava  | 1990–present
Queensland Ballet (formerly Lisner Ballet Company)  | ballet  | Brisbane | Australia |

* Founder Charles Lisner
* AD François Klaus

| 1960–present
Raks Geek | belly dance | Chicago, Illinois | United States | Founder Dawn Xiana Moon | 2012–present
Rambert Dance Company | contemporary  | London | England |

* Founder Dame Marie Rambert
* AD Mark Baldwin

| 1926–present
Remix Dance Project | contemporary, integrated  | Cape Town | South Africa | Founders Nicola Visser, Malcolm Black  | 2000–present
Rennie Harris Puremovement | hip hop | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | United States | Founder Rennie Harris | 1992–present
Restless Dance Theatre (formerly Restless Dance Company)  | contemporary, integrated  | Adelaide | Australia  |

* Founders Sally Chance, Tania Rose
* AD Philip Channells

| 1991–present
Richard Alston Dance Company | contemporary  | London | England | AD Richard Alston | 1994–present
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company | contemporary  | Salt Lake City, Utah | United States | Joan Woodbury & Shirley Ririe  | 1964–present
Riverdance | Irish Dance  | Dublin | Ireland | Composer Bill Whelan Producer Moya Doherty Director John McColgan  | 1995–present
The Rockettes | precision dance, various  | New York City | United States | Founder Russell Markert  | 1925–present
The Royal Ballet | classical ballet | London | England |

* Founder Dame Ninette de Valois
* Choreographers
Sir Frederick Ashton,
Wayne McGregor (current)

| 1931–present
Royal Danish Ballet | ballet  | Copenhagen | Denmark | AD Nikolaj Hübbe | 1748–present
Royal New Zealand Ballet | ballet  | Wellington | New Zealand |  | 1953–present
Royal Swedish Ballet (formerly Swedish Opera Ballet)  | ballet  | Stockholm | Sweden | AD Madeleine Onne  | 1773–present
Royal Winnipeg Ballet | ballet  | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Canada | AD André Lewis  | 1939–present
Sacramento Ballet | ballet  | Sacramento, California | United States | Founders Barbara Crockett & Deane Crockett  | 1954–present
The Rubberbodies Collective | experimental  |  | Malta | 2009–present
San Francisco Ballet | ballet  | San Francisco, California | United States | AD Helgi Tomasson | 1933–present
Savannah Danse Theatre | ballet  | Savannah, Georgia | United States | Founder Suzanne Braddy  | 1998–present
School at Jacob's Pillow (The) | ballet, contemporary traditions, cultural traditions, tap/musical theatre  | Beckett, Massachusetts  | United States  | Ted Shawn  | 1931-present
Scottish Ballet (formerly Western Theatre Ballet)  | ballet  | Glasgow | Scotland | AD Ashley Page | 1957–present
Scottish Dance Theatre | contemporary  | Dundee | Scotland | AD Janet Smith  | 1986–present
Sensedance | contemporary  | New York City | United States | AD Henning Rübsam | 1991–present
Serbian Cultural Association Oplenac | folk dance  | Mississauga | Canada |  | 1987–present
Shanghai Ballet Company | ballet  | Shanghai | China |  | 1966–present
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company | contemporary  | London | England | AD & Choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh | 1988–present
The Silver Belles | tap | Harlem | United States |  |
Siobhan Davies Dance | contemporary  | London | England | Founder Siobhan Davies | 1989–present
sjDANCEco | contemporary  | San Jose, California | United States | Founders Gary Masters and Maria Basile  | 2003–present
Snappy Dance Theater | postmodern  | Cambridge, Massachusetts | United States | AD Martha Mason  | 1996–present
St Petersburg Ballet Theatre | classical ballet  | Saint Petersburg | Russia | Founder Konstantin Tachkin  | 1994–present
Stephen Petronio Company | contemporary  | New York City, New York | United States | AD Stephen Petronio | 1984–present
Stuttgart Ballet | ballet  | Stuttgart | Germany | AD Reid Anderson  | 1609–present
Suzanne Farrell Ballet | ballet  | Washington, D.C. | United States | Founder Suzanne Farrell | 2000–present
Sydney Dance Company | contemporary  | Sydney | Australia  |

* Founder Suzanne Musitz
* AD Rafael Bonachela

| 1969–present
Tanztheater Reinhild Hoffmann | Tanztheater | Hamburg (1978–86), Bochum (1986–1995)  | Germany | Founder & AD Reinhild Hoffmann | 1978–1995
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch (formerly Wuppertal Opera Ballet)  | Tanztheater | Wuppertal | Germany | AD (former) Pina Bausch,
Dominique Mercy & Robert Sturm  | 1973–present
El Teatro de Danza Contemporanea de El Salvador | contemporary  | Washington, D.C. and San Salvador  | United States and San Salvador  | Founders Miya Hisaka Silva & Francisco Castillo  | 1994–present
Tori Lawrence + Co. | contemporary  | Western Massachusetts  | United States  | Tori Lawrence  | 2010-present
Toronto Dance Theatre | contemporary  | Toronto, Ontario | Canada | AD Christopher House | 1968–present
Touch Compass | professional inclusive dance company  | Auckland | Aotearoa New Zealand | Founding dancers includePelenakeke Brown, Lusi Faiva, Rodney Bell | 1997–present
Tracks Dance | contemporary  | Darwin, Northern Territory | Australia  |  | 1994–present
Tripunithura Kathakali Kendram Ladies Troupe | Kathakali | Tripunithura, Kerala[1] | India  |  | 1975–present
Trey McIntyre Project | contemporary ballet | Boise, Idaho | United States | Founder & AD Trey McIntyre | 2008–present
Tulsa Ballet | ballet  | Tulsa, Oklahoma | United States | AD Marcello Angelini  | 1956–present
tumàka't Contemporary Dance | contemporary  |  | Mexico | Founder Vania Duran  | 2007–present
Urban Bush Women | various  | Brooklyn, New York | United States | Founder Jawole Jo Zollar.  | 1984
Vienna State Ballet | ballet  | Vienna | Austria |  |
Washington Ballet | ballet  | Washington, D.C. | United States |

* Founder Mary Day
* AD Septime Webre

| 1976–present
West Australian Ballet | ballet  | Perth | Australia  | Founder Madame Kira Bousloff  | 1952–present
Whim W'Him | contemporary  | Seattle, WA | United States | Founder Olivier Wevers | 2009–present
White Oak Dance Project | modern  |  | United States | Founders Mark Morris & Mikhail Baryshnikov | 1990–2002
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers | swing | Harlem, New York City | United States | Founder Herbert "Whitey" White  | 1935–1942
Yacobson Ballet | ballet  |  | Russia | Founder Leonid Yacobson | 1969–present
Yin Mei Dance | contemporary  | New York City | United States | Founder Yin Mei  | 1995–present
Zero Visibility Corp | contemporary  | Oslo | Norway | Founders Ina Christel Johannessen & Jens Sethzman  | 1996–present

## Notes

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1. ^ U.S. owned company; dancers based in Moscow and Ukraine.

## References

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1. ^ "Breaking Stereotypes,all-woman Kathakali Troupe Going Strong". The New Indian Express. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 2021-02-20.

## See also

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* List of folk dance performance groups
* List of ballet companies in the United States
* List of dancers

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Participation|

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* close embrace
* closed position
* open position
* slow dance
* circle
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* round
* square

Social|

* Competitive
* Concert
* Ecstatic
* Erotic
* Go go dance
* Grinding
* Hoochie coochie
* Lap dance
* Neo-Burlesque
* Pole dance
* Striptease
* Table dance
* Twerking
* Folk
* Dance crazes
* Sacred
* Street
* War

Styles|

* Acro
* Ballet
* Ballroom
* formation
* waltz
* Belly
* Boogaloo
* Breaking
* Contemporary
* Country–western
* Flamenco
* Hip-hop
* Historical
* Jazz
* Latin
* Lyrical
* Modern
* Polka
* Postmodern
* Swing
* Tap
* Two-step

Technique|

* Ballet
* Choreography
* Connection
* Dance theory
* Graham
* Lead and follow
* Moves
* glossary
* Musicality
* Pointe
* Pole
* Sequence
* Spotting
* Turnout
* Turns

Regional
(national
dances)|

* Africa
* Albania
* Arab
* Armenia
* Assyrian
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Bulgaria
* Burma (Myanmar)
* Cambodia
* Cameroon
* Canada
* China
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Denmark
* Europe
* Faroe Islands
* Georgia
* Greece
* Hungary
* India
* Indonesia
* Bali
* Java
* Sunda
* Iran
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Japan
* Kiribati
* Korea
* Kurdish
* Malaysia
* Mexico
* Middle East
* Nepal
* Netherlands
* Nicaragua
* Peru
* Philippines
* Poland
* Pontic Greek
* Romani
* Russia
* Serbia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United States
* African-American
* Uzbekistan
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
* Wallis and Futuna
* Zimbabwe

Related|

* Dance and disability
* Dance and health
* Dance awards
* Dance costume
* Dance etiquette
* Dance notation
* Dance in film
* Dance in mythology and religion
* Dance occupations
* Dance on television
* Dance research
* Dance science
* Dance technology
* Dance troupe
* Dancing mania
* History of dance
* Women in dance

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