Korean National Ballet

KNB-Korean National Ballet

Founded in 1962 as the first professional ballet company in Korea, Korean National Ballet is a representative arts organization
in Korea that leads the development of ballet at home and abroad with top-notch ballet dancers
and world-famous works as its repertoire.

KNB’s celebrated repertoire includes full-length ballet pieces
such as Yuri Grigorovich’s < Swan Lake >, < The Nutcracker >,
< Spartacus >, < La Bayadère >, Patrice Bart's < Giselle >,
Márcia Haydée's < Sleeping Beauty >,
Frederick Ashton's < La Fille mal gardée >,
Christian Spuck's < Anna Karenina >,
and John Neumeier's < The Little Mermaid >.

The company also presents a wide variety of works to the audience,
encompassing classical, contemporary, and neoclassical ballet,
including Uwe Scholz’s < The Seventh Symphony >,
Glen Tetley's < The Rite of Spring >, George Balanchine's < Serenade >,
< Jewels >, Jiří Kylián's < Forgotten Land >, < Sechs Tänze >,
Edward Clug's < Ssss… >, and William Forsythe's < Artifact Ⅱ >.

Besides, KNB has considerably widened its repertoire with the
adaptation and re-choreography of the full-length ballets < Le Corsaire >
and < Don Quixote > (choreography: Song Jungbin), allowing
the company to contribute to publicizing the artistic identity of Korean ballet.
Also, KNB is currently expanding the horizons of ballet by developing its own
creative productions, such as < Prince Hodong >,
< Heo Nan Seol Heon - Su Wol Kyung Hwa >, and < Hoi Rang >.

Through provincial tours and its outreach program ’Ballet on The Road’,
KNB has been able to contribute to regional cultural development
as well. Starting from 2021, the company has been running an
education program ‘Dream Tree Ballet Class’ that offers children free
ballet classes and stage performance experience, which is fostering
the growth of interest in ballet nationwide.

As an active promoter that makes the excellence of Korean culture and
arts known to the world, KNB performs not only in Korea but also
in many countries around the world, including Italy and Russia,
where the history of ballet begins, as well as Canada, the Czech Republic,
Switzerland, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Columbia.

Founded in 1962 as the first professional ballet company in Korea, Korean National Ballet is a representative arts organization in Korea that leads the development of ballet at home and abroad with top-notch ballet dancers and world-famous works as its repertoire.

KNB’s celebrated repertoire includes full-length ballet pieces such as Yuri Grigorovich’s < Swan Lake >, < The Nutcracker >, < Spartacus >, < La Bayadère >, Patrice Bart's < Giselle >, Márcia Haydée's < Sleeping Beauty >, Frederick Ashton's < La Fille mal gardée >, Christian Spuck's < Anna Karenina >, and John Neumeier's < The Little Mermaid >.

The company also presents a wide variety of works to the audience, encompassing classical, contemporary, and neoclassical ballet, including Uwe Scholz’s < The Seventh Symphony >, Glen Tetley's < The Rite of Spring >, George Balanchine's < Serenade >, < Jewels >, Jiří Kylián's < Forgotten Land >, < Sechs Tänze >, Edward Clug's < Ssss… >, and William Forsythe's < Artifact Ⅱ >.

Besides, KNB has considerably widened its repertoire with the adaptation and re-choreography of the full-length ballets < Le Corsaire > and < Don Quixote > (choreography: Song Jungbin), allowing the company to contribute to publicizing the artistic identity of Korean ballet. Also, KNB is currently expanding the horizons of ballet by developing its own creative productions, such as < Prince Hodong >, < Heo Nan Seol Heon - Su Wol Kyung Hwa >, and < Hoi Rang >.

Through provincial tours and its outreach program ’Ballet on The Road’, KNB has been able to contribute to regional cultural development as well. Starting from 2021, the company has been running an education program ‘Dream Tree Ballet Class’ that offers children free ballet classes and stage performance experience, which is fostering the growth of interest in ballet nationwide.

As an active promoter that makes the excellence of Korean culture and arts known to the world, KNB performs not only in Korea but also in many countries around the world, including Italy and Russia, where the history of ballet begins, as well as Canada, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Columbia.