Ballet West is an American ballet company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was founded in 1963 as the Utah Civic Ballet by Willam F. Christensen, the company's first artistic director, and Glenn Walker Wallace, who served as its first president. Christensen had previously established the first ballet department in an American university at the University of Utah in 1951.[1]
In 1968, the Federation of Rocky Mountain States chose the company to represent that group, and by extension, to represent the western United States. Due to that choice, the group's name was changed to Ballet West.[2] This is not to be confused with Ballet West in Taynuilt, Scotland.[3]
The Ballet West Academy is the official school of Ballet West and is located in Salt Lake City.[4]
Ballet West was featured in the reality TV series Breaking Pointe in the Summer of 2012 and 2013 aired on the CW Network, part of a BBC Production.
^"About Us". Ballet West. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
^"Ballet West", Utah History Encyclopedia, University of Utah Press, 1994, ISBN 9780874804256, archived from the original on November 3, 2022, retrieved April 2, 2024
^"Ballet West - Ichrachan House - Taynuilt - Argyll - Scotland". Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
^"Ballet West Academy". Ballet West. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
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