Boston Ballet

Boston Ballet
General information
NameBoston Ballet
Year founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
FounderE. Virginia Williams
Principal venueBoston Opera House
Websitewww.bostonballet.org/home.aspx
Senior staff
Executive DirectorMing Min Hui
DirectorMikko Nissinen
Assistant DirectorRussell Kaiser
Company managerVeronica Horne
Artistic staff
Music DirectorMischa Santora
Resident ChoreographersJorma Elo
Stephen Galloway
Helen Pickett
Other
Official schoolBoston Ballet School
Boston Ballet dancers perform Antony Tudor's Dark Elegies (1937) under the direction of Tudor expert Donald Mahler in 2008.

The Boston Ballet is an American professional classical ballet company based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1963 by E. Virginia Williams[1] and Sydney Leonard, and was the first professional repertory ballet company in New England. It has been led by Violette Verdy (1980–1984), Bruce Marks (1985–1997), and Anna-Marie Holmes (1997–2000). Mikko Nissinen has been Artistic Director of Boston Ballet since 2001. Nissinen leads the company in partnership with Executive Director Ming Min Hui.

  1. ^ NY Times obituary of Virginia Williams by Jennifer Dunning, May 9, 1984]