Moscow Ballet
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The name Moscow Ballet has commonly been applied to a number of different ballet companies, these include the:
- Moscow Ballet, an American touring ballet company that first performed in 1993. The name is a trademark of the Massachusetts-based SMI, Inc.
- The Bolshoi Ballet, based in Moscow in Russia has often been referred to generically as "The Moscow Ballet"
- A Russian company known as Ballet Moskva ("Ballet Moscow").
- A "Moscow Ballet", founded in 1979, gained publicity in 1987 when a dancer, Andrei Ustinov, defected during the company’s first U.S. tour. Its artistic director is Vyacheslav Gordeyev, previously of the Bolshoi Ballet. Its 1987 tour was seen by an estimated 150,000 people.[1][2][3]
- Other companies incorporating the words Moscow, Russian and Ballet include:
- Moscow Stanislavski Ballet, founded in 1929
- Ballet of Russia, founded in 1981
- Ballet Stars of Russia
- Ballet Stars of Moscow Theaters
- Moscow Ballet Theater
- Moscow City Ballet, founded in 1988,
- Moscow Classical Ballet
- Moscow Dramatic Ballet, founded prior to 1992 (exact date unknown)
- Moscow Festival Ballet, founded in 1989,
- Moscow Grand Ballet
- Russian Festival Ballet, founded in 1989
- National Russian Ballet
- Russian National Ballet