Development
In 1964 the National adopted the 3200-seat O'Keefe Centre (Hummingbird Centre from 1996 to 2007], now know as the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts) in Toronto as its home venue. The company has recently moved again (2006) to new facilities, at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
In 1976 Alexander Grant, former Principal Dancer with London's Royal Ballet and Artistic Director of Ballet for All, became the Artistic Director of The National. Under his leadership, The National Ballet added many works by Frederick Ashton to its repertoire. The National has historically been viewed by many as very similar in training, technique, and style to The Royal Ballet of England.
The National Ballet of Canada was the first Canadian company to perform at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London in 1979.
In 2011, the company premiered a choreography of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet by Alexei Ratmansky.
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