Royal Winnipeg Ballet in Winnipeg, Winnipeg Capital Region, Canada | Ballet | Entertainment

Versatility, technical excellence, and a captivating style are the trademarks of Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet, qualities that have garnered both critical and audience acclaim. These qualities keep the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in demand as it presents more than 100 performances every season.

Founded in 1939 by Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Farrally, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet holds the double distinction of being Canada's premier Ballet company and the longest continuously operating Ballet company in North America.

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet began to tour Canada in 1945 and completed its first American tour in 1954. Today, the Company spends 20 or more weeks a year on the road, performing in centres large and small. Throughout its history, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet has been a dance leader, recording innumerable firsts.

At the corner of Graham and Edmonton, in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet building draws the eye up off the pavement, past its church windows, its graceful curves and cool angles and up to its peak that resembles a grain elevator.

Reaching up from firm roots, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's beautiful dance centre has been called "a jewel of a building". For Canada's oldest Ballet company, winner of accolades and warm welcomes in 567 cities world-wide, this is home.