Finnish National Ballet (Ballet company) Finnish National
Ballet (Suomen Kansallisbaletti) is a professional ballet company at
the Finnish National Opera, in Helsinki, Finland. The company was founded in
1922 and it currently employs 73 dancers. It is the only Finnish company that
regularly performs a classical ballet repertoire. The current director Kenneth
Greve started with the company in 2008, after Dinna Bjorn (2001–2008) and Jorma
Uotinen (1992–2001).
The Finnish National
Opera Ballet School works in close association with the National Ballet. The
school has 30 secondary education places for training professional dancers, and
150 basic arts pupils (young students).
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