established by Balanchine and Kirstein in the United States. Its performances were for a subscription audience. The first performance took place on November 20, 1946, at the Central High School of Needle Trades in New York City. In its first season, it opened with The Four Temperaments and the Spellbound Child.

New York City Ballet and change of mission

On April 28, 1948 Orpheus, presented by Ballet Society while it was

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