2006-American Ballet Theater
Originally founded in 1940, the American Ballet Theater was finally adopted as America's National Ballet Company by Act of Congress in 2006. It is one of the greatest ballet companies in the world and is recognized for its "combination of size, scope, and outreach." When the ballet company was first founded, its main goal was to take classic ballets such as The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake and allow young choreographers to re-create them. This was known as reconstruction. ABT, without a shadow of a doubt, fulfilled this goal within the first ten years of its foundation. Not only has it traveled and performed in all fifty states of America, it has also made its way to Beijing, Havana, London, and Moscow.
Picture cited: http://www.coreofculture.org/ballet.html
Picture cited: http://www.coreofculture.org/ballet.html