Korean National Ballet is Korea’s first professional ballet company established in 1962 that embodies the history of Korean ballet. During its approximately 60 years of history, KNB has been widely recognized both at home and abroad thanks to its scores of committed dancers and choreographers as well as great art directors and impressive repertoire. Today, with about 60 of the country’s top ballet dancers and a repertoire of international masterpieces, the ballet company continues to reach out to audiences through regular performances and an array of special performances.
KNB’s major full-length ballet repertoire includes Yury Nikolayevich Grigorovich’s, Patrice Bart’s ; Márcia Haydée’s and John Cranko’s. With a range of other performances, including Uwe Scholz’s, Glen Tetley’s, George Balanchine’s, Christian Spuck’s, and Renato Zanella’s, KNB has been broadening its scope from classical ballet to modern, neo-classical and dramatic ballet. 
KNB has also been striving to create a repertoire of original works such as and inspired by a traditional Korean folk tale and classic poems, respectively. A new show set to premiere in 2019, is another original work that renders a traditional Korean narrative through the movements of a Western dance form. The new show demonstrates how much effort has been put into the creation of original Korean ballet works. 

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